CORTLAND, N.Y. - The Cortland women's volleyball team improved to 2-1 in SUNYAC play and 9-8 overall with a sweep over visiting Oswego in a rematch of last year's SUNYAC championship match. The Red Dragons won all three sets by identical 25-16 scores.
Saniaya Whitted (Poughkeepsie/Franklin D. Roosevelt),
Kira Pirrera (Hauppauge/Smithtown West) and
Erica Arroyo (Nesconset/Smithtown West) led Cortland with eight kills each.
Lauren Millspaugh (Trumansburg/Charles O. Dickerson) posted four kills and no errors in six attempts and led the team with six blocks, two solo.
Samantha Rodriguez (Camarillo, CA/Adolfo Camarillo) finished with 18 assists and two aces and
Lily Coan (Sayville) registered 10 assists and three aces.
Sarah Taggart (Buffalo/Williamsville South) had a team-high 18 digs, followed by
Bianca Sapano (Floral Park/Kellenberg Memorial) with 10. Whitted and
Anna Lynch (Rochester/Our Lady of Mercy) each had three blocks.
Alaina Dudzinski led Oswego (6-11, 0-3 SUNYAC) with five kills. Mya Bush dished out 20 assists and Juliana Santafemia finished with 12 digs.
Cortland finished the match with a .292 team attack percentage, including a .414 mark in the first set, and the Red Dragons held the Lakers to a minus-.009 attack percentage.
Cortland fell behind 3-0 in the first set before scoring seven straight to take a 7-3 lead. The lead was at least three of the rest of the set. The Red Dragons used a 6-1 run in the second set to turn a 4-4 tie into a 10-5 lead, and they were never threatened from that point. In the third set, Oswego was within two at 13-11 before Cortland scored five of the next six points to take control.
Cortland returns to league action next Friday at Plattsburgh and next Saturday at Cobleskill.
