DELHI, N.Y. – The Elmira College women’s volleyball team pulled out a thrilling five-set victory over SUNY Delhi on Tuesday evening, defeating the Broncos after taking a 15-13 victory in the fourth set. For the match, the Soaring Eagles were led by Maddie Boucher ’24 (16 kills, nine digs), and Morgan Richardson ’25 (11 kills, six digs, two service aces).
With the win, Elmira improves to 8-1 all-time against SUNY Delhi.
JUST THE BASICS:
SCORE: Elmira 3, SUNY Delhi 2
LOCATION: Delhi, New York | Floyd L. Maines Arena
TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (6-8, 0-0 Empire 8), SUNY Delhi (2-8, 0-0 NAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Soaring Eagles would go back and forth with the Broncos in the first set until the midway point, before the Soaring Eagles capped the set on a 14-2 run to take the early advantage.
- In the opening frame, the Soaring Eagles and Broncos would match each other with six kills a piece, but eight attacking errors (.-074 hitting percentage), six reception errors, and four service errors for SUNY Delhi allowed Elmira to take advantage in the first set to take an early lead with four kills from Boucher.
- In the second, the Soaring Eagles would find themselves trailing 9-5 in the early going before an 8-1 run found EC ahead 13-10. From there, a 4-0 run from the Broncos would force Elmira into a timeout before the home squad eventually took the frame 25-19. In the set, the Broncos doubled its kill total from the first set (12), while increasing its hitting percentage to .243%.
- The Soaring Eagles would come out in the third much…
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