FREDONIA, N.Y. –
Kira Pirrera (Hauppauge/Smithtown West) recorded a season-high 19 kills and
Samantha Rodriguez (Camarillo, CA/Adolfo Camarillo) surpassed the career 1,000-assist mark as Cortland defeated host Fredonia, 25-22, 25-21, 23-25, 25-14 in a SUNYAC women's volleyball match.
Cortland evened its record at 8-8 overall and 1-1 in the SUNYAC with the win. Fredonia is 7-10 overall and 1-1 in the league.
Pirrera finished with 19 kills and two errors in 35 attempts for a .486 attack percentage. She also had seven digs, and she didn't commit an attack error until the fourth set. Rodriguez handed out a season-high 26 assists and added two aces and six digs. She now has 1,025 assists during her four-year Red Dragon career.
Erica Arroyo (Nesconset/Smithtown West) registered eight kills and 12 digs,
Reese Chudoba (Hamburg) had seven kills and three blocks,
Lauren Millspaugh (Trumansburg/Charles O. Dickerson) ended with six kills, a .385 attack percentage and four blocks, and
Sanaiya Whitted (Poughkeepsie/Franklin D. Roosevelt) added six kills and two blocks.
Lily Coan (Sayville) chipped in with 15 assists, eight digs and two aces and
Sarah Taggart (Buffalo/Williamsville South) had 20 digs and two aces.
Anna Lynch (Rochester/Our Lady of Mercy) shared the team lead with Millspaugh with four blocks.
Kyle O'Brien and Maeve Musielak led Fredonia with 10 kills apiece. Molly Cassidy finished with 18 assists, Olivia Boswell served three aces, and Musielak paced the Blue Devils with 11 digs. Cayla Partsch totaled three blocks.
Cortland trailed 17-14 in the first set before fighting back with a 6-1 run, capped by two aces and a kill from Rodriguez, to take a 20-18 lead. The Red Dragons led 24-20 after a Pirrera kill, and Fredonia fought off two set points on Cortland misplays before Pirrera's kill ended the set.
In the second set, Cortland extended a 17-16 lead to 21-16 before the Blue Devils got back to within 21-20 on a Musielak kill. The Red Dragons scored the final three points on kills by Millspaugh and Pirrera and an ace by
Corrine Jarc (Poughkeepsie/Arlington).
The third set was tied five times, the last at 20-20, and Fredonia eventually took a 24-21 lead on a Megan Nottis ace. Cortland scored the next two points on a Chudoba kill and Millspaugh block, but an attack error gave Fredonia the set.
Cortland scored the first four points of the fourth set and never trailed. The closest the hosts got was 9-7 after an ace from Nottis, but Cortland scored six of the next seven points to take control.
Cortland will host Oswego in SUNYAC action Friday at 6 p.m.
