Volleyball Falls to Skidmore in Five Sets

Suffolk volleyball fell on the wrong side of a 3-2 decision as Skidmore snuck past the Rams Friday night at the Viniar Athletic Center in the Crosstown Challenge.

Suffolk

6-2

Skidmore

2-7

Final	1	2	3	4	5	T
Suffolk 6-2	25	23	21	25	14	2
Skidmore 2-7	16	25	25	19	16	3

September 13, 2024

Game Leaders

Suffolk

K: McKenna Keowen - 17

B: Grace Cervenka - 4

D: Morgan Kelsey - 27

SA: McKenna Keowen - 4

Skidmore

K: Madison Manning - 15

B: Jazlin Chen - 3

D: 2 Players (#14, #24) - 17

SA: 5 Players (#2, #3, #14, #19, #24) - 1

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Suffolk	Skidmore
Hitting %	.173	.157
Blocks	6.0	5.0
Digs	78	78
Aces	11	5

Full stats

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Suffolk volleyball fell on the wrong side of a 3-2 decision as Skidmore snuck past the Rams Friday night at the Viniar Athletic Center in the Crosstown Challenge.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Skidmore 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (6-2) | Skidmore (2-7)

SET ONE (25-16, SUFFOLK)

Out of a 4-all time, Suffolk took a 9-5 advantage thanks to kills from Sami Shore, Chloe Clement, and Isabelle Huzar combined with one ace from Tatum Kalt.
The blue-and-gold did not look back as it maintained the four-point margin and expanded it to as many as six twice, with the last coming at 21-15.
Suffolk scored four of the final five points of the frame to take the set, 25-16.

SET TWO (25-23, SKIDMORE)

Like the first set there were tied scores early on.
Out of a 3-3 game, the Thoroughbreds jumped ahead to a 7-3 advantage.
That gap grew to seven, 11-4.
The Rams started to battle back and used a 10-1 spurt to take the lead, 17-15.
Skidmore did not let up as it went on a run of its own to flip the script in its favor, 19-18.
Despite its best efforts, Suffolk was unable to fully catchup and slipped down the stretch in the second stanza, 25-23.

SET THREE (25-21, SKIDMORE)

The teams traded 4-0 runs to get the third frame going and let Suffolk go up 8-4.
Things evened up at the midway point at 14-all.
The Thoroughbreds pushed ahead thanks to a Suffolk service error and the Rams could not rally back the rest of the way to slip 25-21.

SET FOUR (25-19, SUFFOLK)

The set started even once again at 4-4.
Back-to-back Skidmore attack mishaps paid off for Suffolk.
The blue-and-gold grabbed the lead, 5-4, and never let go of it, as the distance grew to a 14-9 cushion.
See-saw action ensued the rest of the set, but thanks to its advantage Suffolk managed to claim the set, 25-19 and force a fifth frame.

SET FIVE (16-14, SKIDMORE)

Jayla Martinez served an ace to put Suffolk on the board first.
The score would lock nine times with the last at 10-10.
Skidmore coupled two consecutive points on an ace from Catriona Hoelperl and a kill by Madison Manning.
The Thoroughbreds set up set and match point, 14-12, but Suffolk battled back once more.
A kill from Emily Norgrove was followed by bad set from Skidmore's Rudi Reyes that tied things at 14 and force a Thoroughbred timeout.
Skidmore scored the point out of the huddle and Scott Blanchard used a timeout of his own to calm his squad down.
The break did not help the blue-and-gold though as an attack error by Emma Rezendes' attack error allowed Skidmore to lock up the set and match.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

McKenna Keowen provided a 17-kill, 13-dig double-double with four aces and one assist.
Shore supplied 11 kills on a .465 hitting percentage. She added one block, one dig and one handout.
James registered nine kills, three digs and one block.
Grace Cervenka added eight kills, six digs, four blocks and one helper.
Jayla Martinez and Aislinn Lanigan set-up the attack with 28 assists and 17 assists, respectively.
Morgan Kelsey notched 27 digs, six assists, and three aces.

NOTEWORTHY

Suffolk and Skidmore met for the second time, first since Sept. 10, 2021.
The Rams moved to 0-2 all-time against the Thoroughbreds.
The Rams and Skidmore played more than three sets for the first time in program history.
Suffolk played its first five-set game since the conference first round Nov. 7, 2023.
Keowen had her third double-double of the year, 18th of her collegiate career.
Shored matched a career-high 11 kills.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk wraps up action at the Crosstown Challenge tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 14 when it takes on Russel Sage at 11 a.m. and SUNY Oswego at 1:00 p.m. in Albany, New York.