Albany, N.Y. – The Adelphi University volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision in their first Northeast-10 Conference matchup at the College of St. Rose earlier this afternoon. After pushing the first set to 29-27, the Panthers were turned away with identical scores of 25-20 in the ensuing two games. The Brown and Gold level out their overall record at 7-7 and slip to 0-1 NE-10 while the Golden Knights improve to 10-1, 2-0 NE-10 on the season.
Junior middle blocker,
Kaitlyn DeStefano led the attack for Adelphi with a game high 10 kills and three block assists while
Haley Blunt and
Colleen Raga chipped in with four kills apiece.
Katie Bryson,
Amanda Borges,
Shelby Stoner and
Mandy Stanislovaitis all did their part with three kills. In her setting duties, Bryson tallied 14 assists.
The first game was the Panthers' best as they hammered home 13 kills, but were outdone by the host's 16. Adelphi stayed within two points early until they fell behind by five when the score hit 12-7. Three straight points in the latter stages, courtesy of kills from DeStefano and Bryson and an error by St. Rose, brought the Panthers to within one point once again. A Stoner kill broke the 25-25 tie, giving Adelphi the one point advantage, but the Golden Knights stormed back to take the 29-27 win, capping it with a service ace from Christina Strezenec.
In the second, Adelphi found themselves up early on, 8-5, but nine unanswered St. Rose points turned the tables and put them in a six point hole. Despite inching closer and clawing their way back to within one, they were unable to recover in the latter stages, as the hosts ended it with four straight points.
In the third and final set, Adelphi slipped into an early 10-1 deficit but came all the way back to tie the game at 17. Once again, the Golden Knights strung together an impressive six straight points that proved to be too much to overcome as they sent the Panthers back to Garden City with the loss.
Up NextThe Panthers will host Assumption College on Tuesday, October 8 at 7pm at the Center for Recreation and Sports in a Northeast-10 Conference contest.
