Canton, NY – The SUNY Canton women's volleyball team split a pair of matches in pool play on Friday and fell in a five set heartbreaker in the quarterfinals of the 2015 United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) National Championships hosted on the campus of SUNY Canton.

Match 1 – Box
The Roos opened the day with a convincing 2-0 (25-14, 25-14) sweep of New Hampshire Technical Institute at 11:30 a.m. Kelsy Cornish (Honeoye, NY) led the way with seven kills (7-2-28), while Haley Riley (Lowville, NY) posted six kills (6-2-12) on a .333 hitting percentage. Peyton Robinson (Bloomfield, NY) finished with 15 assists and seven digs, while Robyn Carroll (Bowmanville, ON) registered seven digs. SUNY Canton totaled 21 kills in the match compared to just five for NHTI.

Match 2 –  Box
SUNY Canton would begin to play some of its best volleyball of the weekend in its final pool play match v. Rochester College. After dropping the opening set 25-18 the Roos jumped out to an 18-10 lead on the way to a 25-21 second set victory. Trailing 10-4 in the decisive third set SUNY Canton rattled off seven consecutive points much to the delight of the Roos House crowd. The match would eventually be tied at 15 all as the Warriors were able to secure the final two points for the 17-15 victory.  

Cornish and Riley led the charge with eight kills apiece with Cornish adding 12 digs. Carroll posted a match-best 20 digs, while Robinson added 26 assists and 10 digs. Bryer recorded 13 digs to go with her six kills, while Jenea Shoemaker (Walworth, NY) was key off the bench with five timely putdowns.

Match 3 – Box
Following pool play the Roos came out of Pool B as the third ranked team as they were pitted against Pool A's two seed, St. Mary of the Woods College, in the quarterfinals of elimination play.

The Roos got off to a slow start as the Pomeroys posted twice as many kills (12) as SUNY Canton (6) in the opening frame. SUNY Canton settled down in the second stanza to the tune of 13 kills (13-3-28) for a .357 team hitting percentage en route to the 25-17 victory.

SUNY Canton carried the momentum into the third jumping out to a 10-1 lead early on but the Pomeroys stormed back to earn a 25-23 third set victory. The Roos showed their mental toughness dominating in the fourth set with 11 kills (11-3-22) while using stifling defense to limit St. Mary of the Woods to just five kills (5-5-28).

The match and tournament came down to the fifth set for both teams. SUNY Canton led 4-0 to open the play to 15. After leading 7-5 the Pomeroys were on fire scoring the matches next eight points to open up a 13-7 advantage. The Roos continued to show their heart battling to within 13-11 before SMWC closed out the match 15-11.

SUNY Canton played the entire tournament without USCAA First Team All-American Morgan Bills (Walworth, NY) due to injury and lost Shoemaker to an injury during its match with the Pomeroys. The Roos will lose four exceptional seniors to graduation in Morgan Bills, Robyn Carroll, Kiana Archer and Rachel Lowther.

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SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses, as well as 10 exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The college's 14 athletic teams compete as provisional members of the NCAA Division III and the USCAA.