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Justine Duryea

Volleyball

Bombers Roll to Pair of Season-Opening Victories at Bomber Invitational

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ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College volleyball team (2-0) blanked visiting Cazenovia (3-0), 3-0 (25-15, 25-10, 27-25), and defeated Rutgers-Newark (3-2), 3-1 (21-25, 25-10, 25-21, 25-15), on day one of the 2012 Bomber Invitational Friday in Ben Light Gymnasium.

Against Cazenovia, returning players junior Justine Duryea and senior Marissa Weil led the Bombers. Duryea tallied a career-high nine-ace performance all of which came in the second set. Weil recorded match-highs of 11 kills and three blocks.

Freshman Carly Garone tallied six kills and set for 24 assists in her collegiate debut.

Ithaca went on a 9-2 run in the first stanza to take a 21-12 lead and power to a 25-15 open-set victory.

Duryea dug Ithaca out of a 5-4 deficit in the second as she held serve and posted a 20-5 margin in Ithaca's favor. The teams exchanged points down the stretch as Ithaca took a 2-0 lead with a 25-10 second set.

The third proved to be competitive as it was tied on 13 occasions – lastly at 25-25. Weil and junior Syline Kim combined for a block for a 26-25 edge, though it was a Wildcat attack error that sealed the match.

Ithaca surrendered the first set to the Scarlet Raiders, but surged to take three straight and improve to 2-0 on the season.

The Bombers had three players with double-digit kills. Weil posted a career-high 19-kill performance, while adding 14 digs. Duryea added 13 kills and freshman Christine Flannery 12 kills and a trio of aces. Classmate Dylan Gawinski Stern also chipped in three aces and a match-best 22 digs. Sophomore Brittany Noel Pietrzykowski tallied three blocks and Garone set for 47 assists.

After dropping the first set to the Scarlet Raiders, 25-21, Ithaca dominated the second for a 25-10 decision. The Bombers got out to a 9-1 lead on Duryea's serve and never looked back. Holding a 16-7 gap, the Bombers won nine of the set's final 12 points to tie up action, 1-1.

The Bombers trailed early in the third, 5-2, but took the lead indefinitely with a 6-1 run for a 17-12 lead. Rutgers-Newark snuck within one, 18-17, but Ithaca rallied for a 25-21 third-set victory.

A 6-0 run opened the final frame of action for the Bombers. The Scarlet Raiders brought action within one, 7-6, before Ithaca pieced together a 9-2 run en route to a 25-15 fourth-set win. 

Ithaca is slated to face Baptist Bible at noon on Saturday.

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