BROCKPORT, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher College women's volleyball team dropped a pair of matches at the Brockport Invite on Saturday. The Cardinals fell to Clarkson, ranked second in the New York Regional Rankings, in straight-sets (25-15, 28-26, 25-22). Fisher would then be swept by the host Golden Eagles, ranked 10th in the New York Regional Rankings by a score of 25-15, 25-20, 25-21. The Cardinals end their regular season with a record of 21-10.
CLARKSON 3, FISHER 0
The first set was a tight affair with the Cardinals trailing 16-15. The Golden Knights would go onto win the next nine points to claim the opening frame.
Fisher started the second set off well with earning a 5-1 advantage. The two teams would go back and forth with exchanging leads throughout the stanza. A kill from sophomore
Alea Steigerwald gave the Cardinals a 22-20 edge and they would later have set point at 24-23. However, Clarkson would win five of the next seven points to come back and win the set.
The Cardinals looked to mount a comeback with holding a steady lead throughout the third set. At 20-16 Fisher, the Golden Knights won four straight to tie things up at 20-all. Clarkson was able to close things out with five of the last seven points.
Freshman
Lindsey DeBonis had a game-high 15 kills while junior
Rebecca Hay had a game-high 31 assists. Sophomore
Julia Halsey had team-high 15 digs.
BROCKPORT 3, FISHER 0
The Golden Eagles controlled the start of the match until a 4-0 run by the Cardinals knotted things up at 16 each. Brockport got on another run though and took the opening set.
Fisher started the second set cold and the Golden Eagles took advantage by taking a commanding lead that they would not surrender. Brockport won the stanza by 10 points to earn a two-sets-to-none advantage.
Brockport got off to another large lead to kick off the third set as they looked to earn the sweep. The Cardinals fought back thought to cut the lead to three at 23-20. The Golden Eagles were able to finish off the match with winning two of the next three points.
Steigerwald led the team in kills with nine. Hay had the most assists in the game with 19. Freshman
Alexis Mancha led Fisher in digs with 13.
The Cardinals now prepare for the Empire 8 Championship. As the Regular Season Conference Champion, Fisher will be the No. 1 seed and host the tournament next weekend.
