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Updated statsROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Nazareth defeated visiting Cortland in four sets in a women's volleyball match on Saturday afternoon. The scores of the match were 25-20, 25-13, 21-25, 25-21. Junior
Jennifer Hicks amassed a match-high 14 kills to lead the Golden Flyers. Three additional Golden Flyers finished in double-digits in kills for Nazareth's balanced attack as senior
Kassandra Buseck tallied 11 kills and classmates
Maria Allocco and
Olivia Harrigan each had 10 kills.
With the victory, Nazareth improves to 20-6 overall. Following the loss, the Red Dragons drop to 10-17 overall.
The Golden Flyers surged to a two-set advantage with hitting percentages of .400 or better in each of the sets. Nazareth connected on 16 kills and only two errors on 35 total attempts for a .400 percentage in the first set, then the Golden Flyers pounded 15 kills and only three errors on 28 attempts for a .429 attack percentage in the second set. Hicks and Buseck combined for 11 kills and only one error in the first set. In the second set, Nazareth used a balanced attack with six players recording kills. Sophomore
Cady Messmer tallied four kills in the second, followed by three kills apiece by Hicks and Harrigan.
In the third set, the Golden Flyers' attack slowed, connecting on only nine kills and committing 10 attack errors. Nazareth rebounded in the fourth set with 14 kills and seven hitting errors for a .175 attack percentage. Harrigan had five of her kills in the final set. Allocco and Hicks each added three. Sophomore
Madi Wickens finished with a match-high 40 assists as she directed most of the Golden Flyers' offense.
Nazareth's defense, meanwhile, held Cortland to attack percentages of .257, .000, .027, and .000 over the course of the match. The Red Dragons had 22 total kills and managed only four kills in the second set. Sophomore
Maureen Thayer and Buseck had 12 digs and 10 digs, respectively. Buseck also had an impact at the net with two solo blocks and three assisted blocks. Allocco added one solo block and three assisted blocks while Hicks recorded three assisted blocks.
The Golden Flyers are home again October 21st for a non-conference match against Buffalo State at 7 p.m.
