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Bombers Advance to ECAC Final

Chelsea Hayes scored the last two points of the match

Elmira, N.Y.--The volleyball team won a five-set match against Ramapo on a block from sophomore Chelsea Hayes (Northern Valley Regional/Haworth, N.J.) to advance to the championship match at the ECAC Metro/Upstate Championship. The Bombers (25-17) defeated the Roadrunners (25-11) 25-12, 23-25, 25-23, 15-13. The final will be played at 5 p.m., with Ithaca facing off against the winner of the semifinal match between St. John Fisher and Elmira. The Bombers will look to win their second ECAC title in three years.

Hayes' block capped an Ithaca rally that saw the Bombers come back from a 6-1 deficit in the fifth set. Ithaca took their first lead of the set at 10-9 on a kill from senior Rachel Busch (Hoover/North Canton, Ohio). The two teams tied at 12-12 and 13-13 before a Hayes kill set up match point at 14-13.

Hayes had seven kills in the match. Sophomore Kate Thoene (Voorhees/High Bridge, N.J.) had a match high 20 kills. Busch added 13.

Thoene also had 8 total blocks in the win, matching her career high.

Ithaca broke open a close first set by scoring 11 of the set's final ten points. The Bombers had been up by just three at 14-11. They forced five Rampo attack errors in the set's final 10 points.

The Roadrunners took the second set by ending it on a 5-1 run. Ithaca went down 20-17 in the third set before taking the lead for good on five straight points. Thoene scored two of the points on kills with junior Taylor Horton (Lakeridge/Lake Oswego, Ore.) adding one on a service ace.

The Roadrunners jumped out to a 21-10 lead in the fourth set. Ithaca twice pulled the score withing six at 23-17 and 24-18 but could get no closer.

Four players reached double figures in kills for Ithaca. Junior Tina Orlandini (Flintridge Sacred Heart/Altadena, Calif.) had a match-high 22. She has 716 on the season--second-most in Ithaca history. Freshman Stephanie Lavallato (Hunterdon Central/Flemington, N.J.) had 12, while freshman Marissa Woodcome (Pittsford-Sutherland/Pittsford) and senior Corinna Doctor (Skaneateles/Skaneateles) added 11 and 10 respectively.

Doctor had 40 assists in the win, extending her school-record career total to 5,573.
 

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