Conti Notches Career-High 19 Kills; Soaring Eagles Fall Twice on Saturday

ELMIRA, N.Y. – The Elmira College women’s volleyball program wrapped up play on Saturday with a pair of matches against Smith College and SUNY Potsdam at the SUNY Cobleskill Quad Tournament inside lorio Gymnasium. The Soaring Eagles would drop a 3-0 decision against Smith and rallied to force a fifth set before falling 3-2 against Potsdam. Elmira’s Madi Conti ’28 recorded a career-high 19 kills in the matchup against Potsdam.
 

JUST THE BASICS (Match 1):

SCORE: Elmira 0, Smith College 3

LOCATION: Cobleskill, N.Y. | lorio Gymnasium

TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (1-5, 0-0 Empire 8), Smith (6-0, 0-0 NEWMAC)

 

JUST THE BASICS (Match 2):

SCORE: Elmira 2, SUNY Potsdam 3

LOCATION: Cobleskill, N.Y. | lorio Gymnasium

TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (1-6, 0-0 Empire 8), SUNY Potsdam (3-2, 0-0 SUNYAC)

 

HOW IT HAPPENED (ELMIRA vs. SMITH):

• Smith opened the first set with a 7-0 run and would later go up 8-1 before Elmira recorded back-to-back points on a kill from Madi Conti ’28 and a service ace from Gabriela Rodriguez ’26. EC would put together a 3-0 rally later in the set thanks to a kill from Morgan Richardson ’25 and a block from Asia Curkendall ’25.
• Leading the first set 11-6, the Pioneers used an 8-0 rally to increase their advantage to 19-6. EC did tally three consecutive points late in the set to make it 21-10 before Smith recorded four of the final five points to secure the 25-11 victory.
• Conti highlighted a 4-0 run in the second set for the Purple & Gold while Rodriguez and Morgan Sica ’28 also notched kills for EC. A 3-0 run late in…