Pool Reaches 1,000 Digs as Women’s Volleyball Tops RIT, 3-1

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Union College women’s volleyball team used a full team effort to take down Rochester Institute of Technology by a 3-1 (25-20, 13-25, 25-21, 25-23) score in a key Liberty League matchup at RIT’s Clark Memorial Auditorium on Saturday afternoon.
 
Six players recorded at least four kills on the day for Union (13-5, 2-1 Liberty League), led by junior Shannon McGrath with 10 to go with nine digs. Sophomores Erin Stevens and Maddie McCarron both had a team-best four blocks to go with seven and six kills, respectively, while first-year Georgia Pinciaro also put down seven kills. Senior Farah Elgala served up a match-best four aces, first-year Allie Kronenberg dished out a team-leading 29 assists, and junior Georgia Pool dug out a team-high 18 balls.
 
With her fifth dig of the day, Pool reached 1,000 digs for her career, the first Union player to crack quadruple-figures in that category since Gillian Gore ’21 (2017-19).
 
Union made only one error in an excellent first set, putting down 14 kills on .382 hitting to take an early lead. RIT (14-7, 3-1 Liberty League) jumped out to a 7-3 lead to start the set, but the visitors came back with a 12-2 run to take back the lead at 15-9. Union did not let RIT get back within three points the rest of the way to take the first set.
 
The Garnet Chargers managed only five kills as the Tigers evened the match with a second-set win, but Union battled through the final two frames to pull out a win. The visitors trailed for almost the entirety of the third set and were down 20-13 before mounting a huge comeback….