Women’s Volleyball Held in Day One of Ramapo Invitational
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
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St. Joseph's (L.I.) (3-5) | 19 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
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Ithaca (9-1) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
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Scranton (12-3) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
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St. Joseph's (L.I.) (4-5) | 19 | 20 | 18 | 0 |
Mahwah, NJ| The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) women's volleyball team dropped both of its games on day one of the Ramapo Invitational to Ithaca University and Scranton University on Friday evening, both by the score of 3-0. With the losses, the Golden Eagles will enter play on Saturday morning with a 3-6 record.
St. Joe's was paired with Ithaca in the opening fixtures, but fell behind early to the Bombers, surrendering 10 of the first 15 points. The Golden Eagles to clawed back into the game, grabbing six of the next eight points to draw the set back to 12-11, but Ithaca rallied to win the set 25-19.
The second set was much tighter, and saw ties of two, six and eight. With score 14-12 for in favor of Ithaca, the Bombers pulled away, scoring the next eight points to build a 22-12 lead before cruising to a 25-17 win. The third was more of the same, as Ithaca built 12-5 and 17-10 leads before claiming the set in same 25-17 fashion as the second en route to a 3-0 sweep.
The Bombers fired at a .220 attacking percentage while holding the Golden Eagles to a -.045 percentage. Despite her side's attacking futility, senior Heather Ferchland recorded a game-high nine kills. Ithaca also held a steep advantage in blocks, collecting 17 to St. Joseph's six.
In game two, Scranton jumped out to a 10-6 lead before capturing a 25-19 lead in the first set. The second set was tighter, with the Golden Eagles keeping pace with Scranton and even tying the game on a number of occasions. With the score at 19-18 in favor of Scranton, the Golden Eagles stumbled and surrendered the six of the next eight before dropping the set 25-20.
St. Joe's again maintained Scranton's pace early in the third, but after trailing 8-6 the Golden Eagles allowed the next eight points, which allowed Scranton a clear path to a 25-18 set and 3-0 match victory.
St. Joseph's again failed to get its offense going, holding Ferchland to just six kills and Kiersten Kissinger to five. Courtney Wickline recorded 21 assists in the match.
The Golden Eagles continue play in the Ramapo Invitational tomorrow, September 19, when they'll face SUNY Potsdam at 11:00 AM and New Paltz at 3:00 PM. Live stats for both matches will be available here.
