CORTLAND, N.Y. – The top-seeded Cortland women’s volleyball team repeated as SUNYAC champion with a thrilling five-set win over second seed Brockport, 25-15, 26-28, 19-25, 25-21, 15-9, in the league’s title match at Corey Gymnasium.
Cortland (21-5) won the 21st SUNYAC title in program history and earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III playoffs. The NCAA tournament field will be announced Monday at 1 p.m. at NCAA.com.
Tournament MVP Allie Sturgess (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) led Cortland with career bests of 21 kills, 23 digs and three blocks. She was joined on the all-tournament team by teammates Meadow Wittman (Colden/Springville Griffith Institute) and Emma Reilly (Massapequa Park/Massapequa), Brockport’s Madalyn Bowen and Jordan Thompson, Geneseo’s Linda Rossi and New Paltz’s Mia Waddell.
Wittman dished out 23 assists and had 11 digs. Reilly led the Red Dragons with seven blocks, three solo. Giovanna Rossi (Nichols/Tioga Central) finished with 10 kills, Zoe Staats (Buchanan/Hendrick Hudson) registered nine kills and Alexa Guedez (Rye/Rye Neck) had eight kills and three blocks. Mikenzie Martens (Carthage) amassed 20 digs and Carly Haegele (Commack) added 11 digs.
Thompson led Brockport (20-8) with 13 kills and added four blocks. Andrea Coyle also finished with 13 kills, Megan Loomis ended with 11 kills, Myah Frostclapp had 10 kills and five blocks and Bowen totaled 30 digs.
Cortland took a 4-0 lead in the first set and never trailed, with Sturgess leading with way with eight kills on 12 swings. Brockport led 23-18 in the second set before Cortland…
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