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Volleyball

Bombers Drop Back-to-Back Matches at Fredonia

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

FREDONIA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College volleyball team (13-14) fell to host Fredonia (18-14), 3-1 (26-24, 21-25, 25-21, 25-21), and dropped a 3-0 (25-7, 25-21, 25-16) loss to Hiram (23-7) Saturday in its regular-season finale.

Against the Blue Devils, senior Marissa Weil tallied a team-best 15 kills and freshman Christine Flannery added 10. Freshman Carly Garone set for 29 assists and served up a match-high five aces. Junior Justine Duryea had 16 digs for the Bombers.

Ithaca took an early 8-4 first-set lead. Ithaca maintained the advantage with a 15-10 gap, but Fredonia chipped away at its deficit to knot action at 23-23. The Blue Devils took the final two points of the match for the series lead, 1-0.

Ithaca was down early in the second, 10-6, but went on a 5-1 run to deadlock action at 11. The Bombers snapped an 18-18 stalemate with a 7-3 streak to put away the game, 25-21.

The Blue Devils took the third and fourth, 25-21, claiming their second match from the Bombers in 2012. Fredonia held a slight edge through much of the third and tallied the set's final two points to lead, 2-1. The Bombers powered to a 16-10 lead in the final frame before surrendering eight of the next 10 points for an 18-18 tie. The Blue Devils carried the momentum from the run to secure the victory in four.

Against the Terriers, Weil posted a team-best 11 kills, while Garone set for 14 assists. Garone tallied 11 digs and Weil 10.

The teams exchanged points early in the first before Hiram improved on an 8-5 edge with a 14-1 run en route to a 25-7 victory. The second was tied 9-9, but four unanswered solidified the Terriers' lead indefinitely. Ithaca pulled within 22-18, but Hiram went on to claim the second, 25-21. Ithaca snapped a 6-6 tie in the third to lead 8-6, though the Terriers responded with four straight. Hiram used a 10-2 stretch to power to a 25-16 victory.

The third-seeded Bombers face second-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology in the Empire 8 Championship Tournament at top-seeded Elmira on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m.