Women’s Volleyball Suffers Setback at Saint Rose

ALBANY, N.Y. – The Saint Michael’s College women’s volleyball team lost at The College of Saint Rose, 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-17), on Saturday during Northeast-10 Conference play in Nolan Gymnasium.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael’s (1-14, 0-6 NE10), Saint Rose (11-11, 3-4 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS

• First-year Ella Patterson (Folsom, Calif./Vista Del Lago), 7 kills, 4 digs
• First-year Dana Welch (Howell, N.J./Donovan Catholic), 6 kills
• Senior Caroline Curley (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury), 4 kills, .500 hitting
• Senior Beth Syverson (Huntington, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union/Emmanuel [Mass.]), 2 kills, 3 blocks
• Sophomore Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 20 assists, 5 digs, 4 kills, .364 hitting
• Senior Maddie Van Winkle (Medford, Mass./Arlington Catholic), 5 digs
• Sophomore Syrah Wright (Richmond, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union), 5 digs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Valeria Jorge, 25 assists, 8 digs, 6 blocks, 5 kills, .625 hitting
• Senior Jessica Vargas, 11 kills, 6 digs
• Junior Karleigh Fripp, 10 kills, 5 blocks, .750 hitting

THE ACTION

• Welch had a pair of kills to help the Purple Knights nab a 4-2 lead in the opening set, and they forged back ahead at 6-5 on Wright’s ace. After first-year Joanna Forrest had a pair of aces in a 4-0 Golden Knight response, the visitors forged a 9-9 tie when Syverson and junior Haley Stanton (Nashua, N.H./Nashua North) combined on a block. However, Saint Rose tallied eight of the nine points and never again led by fewer than four points.
• Patterson’s kill brought Saint Michael’s within 6-5 during the second set before the next six points went to Saint Rose, which never again led by fewer than five points.
• Saint Michael’s put together a 5-1 run to take an 8-7 lead in set No. 3 when Báez Rentas and Curley combined for a block. The hosts countered with a 7-1 run before Patterson’s kill had her team down just 14-11. Saint Rose netted the next three points, building no less than a five-point cushion from there.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL’S MATCH

• Tuesday vs. Franklin Pierce University, 7 p.m.