SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Union College women’s volleyball team celebrated its three seniors on Senior Night on Friday night at Viniar Athletic Center. Unfortunately, the trio could not be sent off with a win as Clarkson University posted a 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-17) victory over Union in a Liberty League matchup.
Before the game, Union celebrated graduating seniors Haley Kresch, Denesha Lafontant and Julia Webster, who were playing in their final regular-season home match. Kresch led the team with 17 assists on the night, while Lafontant put down four kills and Webster added two kills and two blocks for Union (9-9, 2-3 Liberty League).
Juniors Nikki Newcomer and Keara Page led the team with seven kills apiece, while first-year Georgia Pool led all players with 18 digs. Clarkson (11-7, 6-0 Liberty League) was paced by Allyson Treichel with a game-high 16 kills on .483 hitting and Sara Galante with 12 kills on .379 hitting.
Union started the opening set with some energy, getting kills from Page and Newcomer and an ace by junior Brooke Fleming as part of a 5-0 run that put the home team up 8-4. Union still led by a 12-11 score before Clarkson began to assert itself, rolling off a 14-3 run to close out the frame.
Clarkson never trailed after the opening point of the second stanza on the way to a 2-0 lead, but the home team showed some more fight in the third set. After falling into an early 7-2 hole, Union battled back to within a point on three occasions, but just could not get the score back on the right side of the ledger. Up one at 16-15, the Golden Knights…
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