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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Visiting Nazareth defeated Buffalo State in four sets in a non-conference women's volleyball match on Wednesday evening. The Golden Flyers defeated the Bengals by the scores of 25-23, 14-25, 25-22, 27-25. Junior Kassandra Buseck and sophomore Jennifer Hicks had 15 kills and 13 kills respectively to lead Nazareth's attack.



With the victory, the Golden Flyers overcome their loss to the Bengals during the Purple & Gold Invitational on October 5th and improve to 21-6 overall. Wednesday's victory is the sixth in a row for Nazareth. Buffalo State falls to 17-8 with the loss.



In addition to the kills from Buseck and Hicks, junior Maria Allocco tallied 11 kills while classmates Olivia Harrigan and Chelsea Beecher combined for 13 kills. Freshman Madi Wickens amassed 35 assists to direct Nazareth's offense. Defensively, freshman Maureen Thayer and Beecher thwarted many of the Bengals' attacks. Thayer finished with a match-high 23 digs and Beecher recorded 12 digs.



Hannah Renaldo had 11 kills to lead Buffalo State's attack. Kelley Bashore recorded 34 assists, and Chelsea Moore amassed a team-high 20 digs.



The Golden Flyers are in action again next weekend when Nazareth hosts the Empire 8 Crossover, October 25th-26th. The Golden Flyers' first match is against Elmira on Friday at 7 p.m.