PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Cortland posted a season-high .434 team attack percentage on its way to a 25-17, 25-12, 25-14 victory at Plattsburgh in SUNYAC women's volleyball action.
Cortland (10-8, 3-1 SUNYAC) continues its weekend road trip with a Saturday league match at Cobleskill at 1 p.m.
Kira Pirrera (Hauppauge/Smithtown West) led the Red Dragons with 12 kills and no errors in 17 attempts for a .706 hitting percentage.
Erica Arroyo (Nesconset/Smithtown West) finished with 10 kills and a .292 attack percentage, and
Sanaiya Whitted (Poughkeepsie/Franklin D. Roosevelt) recorded nine kills and a .412 attack percentage.
Lauren Millspaugh (Tru-mansburg/Charles O. Dickerson) ended with five kills and no errors in eight attacks (.625).
Samantha Rodriguez (Camarillo, CA/Adolfo Camarill) and
Kayla Wasserman (Minisink/Minisink Valley) finished with 13 and 11 assists, respectively.
Lily Coan (Sayville) served a team-high five aces and
Bianca Sapano (Floral Park/Kellenberg Memo-rial) had three aces.
Sarah Taggart (Buffalo/Williamsville South) paced the Red Dragons with 14 digs, followed by Pirrera with 11.
Annika Fedullo (Amsterdam) led the team with four blocks and added three kills, and Millspaugh had three blocks.
Liya Girma led Plattsburgh (11-11, 2-2 SUNYAC) with nine kills and seven digs and Augustina White finished with six kills, a .556 attack percentage, and three blocks.
Cortland finished the match with 43 kills and only seven errors in 83 attempts. Those figures included 15 kills with just one error for a .737 mark in the second set. The Red Dragons held the Cardinals to .044 for the match (23 kills, 19 errors in 90 attempts).
Cortland led 13-4 in the first set, but Plattsburgh got back to within 20-15 before Cortland closed on a 5-2 run. Coan recorded all five of her aces on consecutive serves in the second set to push a 14-5 lead to 19-5. The third set was tied at 9-9, but the Red Dragons tallied the next four points and never looked back.
Audrey Cimo (Orchard Park) served aces on two of Cortland's final three points, including match point.
