Soaring Eagles Defeat Marywood in Saturday Afternoon Tri-Match Inside Speidel Gymnasium

ELMIRA, N.Y. – The Elmira College women’s volleyball program split its Saturday afternoon tri-match inside Speidel Gymnasium, defeating Marywood in dominant fashion to begin the day before falling to the Cougars to end the afternoon. In game one, Madi Conti ’28, Asia Curkendall ’25, and Morgan Richardson ’25 led the way offensively with six kills a piece, while Curkendall also chipped in ten set assists. Defensively, Cassara Jones ’27 finished the match with four block assists, and a solo block while Gabriella Rodriguez ’26 notched ten digs. 

JUST THE BASICS (Match 1):

SCORE: Elmira 3, Marywood 0

LOCATION: Elmira, N.Y. | Speidel Gymnasium

TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (2-6, 0-0 Empire 8), Marywood (1-6, 0-0 Atlantic East)

JUST THE BASICS (Match 2):

SCORE: Elmira 0, Misericordia 3

LOCATION: Elmira, N.Y. | Speidel Gymnasium

TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (2-7, 0-0 Empire 8), Misericordia (7-1, 0-0 MAC Freedom)

HOW IT HAPPENED (ELMIRA vs. MARYWOOD):

• The match would see the Pacers take an early 11-9 lead following a service ace from Emilie Agnoli, before Elmira used a 10-0 run with Curkendall at the service position to regain the lead at 19-10. After some back-and-forth play, EC would score two of the final three points on a pair of Marywood attacking errors and a kill from Richardson to take the set 25-15. 
• In the second set, EC would hit .227% as a team, notching 11 kills in the frame. In the second, Curkendall would record five kills to lead the way, while using a 6-2 run to begin the set to gain the early advantage. Leading by as many as seven…