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Tuesday, October 11
Syracuse, N.Y.
7:30 p.m.
Syracuse University
3
vs
2
Cornell
Volleyball Takes Two; Defeats Buffalo and Cornell
10/11/2005 10:56:51 PM | Volleyball
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Orange volleyball squad won both of its matches tonight by defeating Buffalo, 3-0 (36-34, 30-19, 30-27), and slipping by Cornell, 3-2 (30-21, 31-33, 30-24, 26-30, 15-11). Against Cornell, sophomore Joscie Kaup recorded a season-high 28 digs, which is one shy of her career best, while sophomore Jen Malcom tied her career high with 11 block assists. SU improves to 15-7 on the season.
Senior Kelly Duan led five SU players in double-digit kills with 18 against the Big Red. Senior Kristen Conway posted her second double-double of the night with 15 kills and 11 digs. Malcom added 12 kills to go along with her defensive effort, and senior Katie Allen and sophomore Cheryl Cobbina both contributed with 10 kills. Senior Aila Dommestrup dished out 62 assists, five short of her career high. Senior Kathryn Dercher notched 16 digs, two off of her career high.
In game one, SU jumped out to a 7-0 lead behind the serve of Dommestrup, and the Orange took it from there. The Big Red would close the gap to three points a few times, the last being at 21-18. Conway served three-consecutive points to give SU a 28-20 edge, and the Orange took game one 30-21.
SU went was up 16-12 midway through game two, before Cornell climbed back into the game and tied the game, 21-21, with a Joanna Weiss kill. A Thais Mirela kill and an SU miscue gave the Big Red a 23-21 advantage. Kaup bumped a ball deep into the vacated back corner for an SU point, and then Dercher notched her only service ace of the match to tie the game. The Orange was one point away at 29-27, but Rachel Adomat provided two kills to tie the game at 29-29. Cobbina struck right back with one of her kills, but Adomat had a response yet again, and deadlocked the game, 30-30. A block by Cornell and a Malcom kill made the game 31-31, but Weiss and Mirela put the game away with two more kills to tie the match, 1-1.
In game three, SU lost the first two points, but won the next five to take a three-point lead. The Orange would never relinquish that lead. The closest Cornell came was at 5-4 with another Adomat kill. SU kept a steady two-point advantage through the game, but a six-point run, capped by a Big Red attack error put SU up 27-17, and the Orange went on to win, 30-24.
Cornell and SU were tied in game four, 19-19, when a Weiss kill gave the Big Red the slight advantage. Cornell would not lose the lead again. An Adomat error tied the game, 24-24, but Heather Young responded with a kill and a service ace to put the Big Red up, 26-24. Cornell would force a fifth and final game with a 30-26 victory in game four.
In the decisive game, Syracuse took a timeout with the score 10-9 in its favor to try and stop a Big Red rally. Conway put down a kill on the following play, but Mirela responded with one of her own to make the score 11-10. Duan tallied another kill, and Cornell closed out the match with three attack errors to give SU its first five-game win this season.
For Cornell (10-3), Weiss had a match-best 19 kills. Adomat and Mirela both added 17 kills. Kelly Kramer had 30 digs for the Big Red, who were outblocked by SU, 17.5-7.0, in the match.
In the first match of the night against Buffalo, Duan paced the way with 14 kills while Conway added 11 kills and 11 digs. Dommestrup distributed 32 assists, and Kaup dug 16 balls.
The Orange used a 6-0 run in the first game behind the serve of Dommestrup to jump out to an early lead. SU stretched the lead to 12-2, before Buffalo began to climb its way back into the game. The Bulls steadily came back, and finally evened the game, 25-25, on a block by Brandie Clark and Lauren Burd. Another block by the same players on the very next play gave the Bulls its first lead of the night, 26-25. Buffalo would go up by as much as two at 29-27 with an SU attack error. A Sarah Steib service error and a Conway kill deadlocked the game, 29-29. The two teams traded points all the way to 34-34, before Dommestrup slipped a ball over the net to give SU a 35-34 lead. An attack error by the Bulls sealed the win in game one for the Orange.
SU scored the first four points of game two, and went up 7-1 with kills from Conway and Cobbina. SU would hold that lead, and even build on it as its largest lead came at 20-8. SU would eventually win the game, 30-19.
In game three, Buffalo led 15-9 midway through the game. The Orange fought back and tied the game, 17-17, with the help of a UB attack error. After the two teams traded kills, Malcom put down a ball from Dommestrup to give SU a 19-18 lead. The Orange would not lose the lead again, and ended up winning the final game, 30-27.
For the Bulls (8-12), Burd registered 10 kills and seven block assists. Clark totaled 11 digs and 11 block assists, while Streib posted 15 digs. Buffalo was held to a .040 hitting percentage.
For the two matches, Dommestrup averaged 11.75 assists with 94 on the night. Kaup totaled 44 digs, a 5.50 per game average, while Malcom had 14 blocks for a 2.00 per game average.
SU, which finished a five-matches in five-days stretch tonight, will travel to Marquette on Saturday, Oct. 15 for a 1:00 p.m. contest.
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