ITHACA, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher women's volleyball team opened the 2025 season by splitting a pair of matches in the Bomber Invitational on Friday, falling in four sets to host Ithaca before sweeping the University of Rochester. 
How It Happened: St. John Fisher 1, Ithaca 3 
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The Cardinals scored four of the last five points in the first set to secure a 25-23 victory. Freshman Kalyna Dannenberg led Fisher in the opening frame, slamming five kills. 
	 
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Fisher trailed by as many as eight in the middle of the second set before rallying, using a 12-4 run to tie the Bombers at 22. The teams traded points before IC secured a 25-23 win with back-to-back kills. 
	 
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The Bombers got off to a 13-6 lead and kept their foot on the gas en route to a 25-14 victory in set No. 3. 
	 
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The Cardinals had Ithaca on the ropes, needing just one more point to secure the fourth set, but Ithaca ripped off four consecutive points to pull off a 27-25 win to end the match. The Cardinals and Bombers each held leads of at least four points in the set, with Fisher's largest lead being five (13-6). 
	 
    Match Notes
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Junior Kaylene Noble slammed a team-high 12 kills while hitting .250. Dannenberg finished the match with 11 kills.
	 
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Senior Ana Gutman amassed seven kills and hit .400. She also led the Cardinals with four total blocks. 
	 
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Senior setter Reilly Morrow had 31 assists. 
	 
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Senior libero Kiera Hartpence tallied 16 digs. 
	 
How It Happened: St. John Fisher 3, UR 0
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The Cardinals and Yellowjackets traded slim leads throughout the first set. Fisher finished off a 25-23 victory behind two kills from sophomore Lydia Fraser and one from Noble. 
	 
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In the second set, the Cardinals responded to an 8-3 Rochester start with a 7-0 run to take a two-point lead. Noble had two kills and Fraser had two service aces during that stretch. 
	 
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The hot hand all match, Noble slammed two kills at the end of the second set as Fisher turned a 24-23 deficit into a 26-24 win. 
	 
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The Cardinals pulled out another nail-biter in the third set, once again prevailing 26-24. After Rochester ripped off five straight points to erase a 24-19 deficit, Morrow and Noble recorded kills to complete the sweep for the Cardinals. 
	 
    Match Notes 
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Noble led the Cardinals with 14 kills while hitting .414. She also had a pair of service aces. 
	 
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Fraser and Dannenberg each slammed seven kills; Gutman had five and registered a .444 hitting percentage. 
	 
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Morrow had 22 assists, while sophomore Zofia Keogh dished out nine. 
	 
Up Next
The Cardinals face John Carroll at 11 a.m. on Saturday to conclude their weekend in Ithaca.