Glenside, PA – The SUNY Canton women's volleyball team jumped out to a two-set lead but fell 3-2 (24-26, 17-25, 25-23, 25-18, 15-11) in five sets to Washington College in their opening match of the Arcadia Tournament on Friday evening.

The Roos (3-8) were paced by nine kills from Jordan Dormady, while Marissa Ixtlahuac and Shea Norton added eight kills apiece. Peyton Robinson dished out 32 assists to go with 11 digs for the double-double, while Norton added 12 digs. Robinson and Norton added three service aces each.

The Shorewomen (11-2) were paced with double digit kills from Alaina Geissberger (13, Cassie Kowalski (11) and Abby Smith (10), while Taylor Horan paced the offense with 31 assists. Abby Hilty (20), Smith (17), Horan (16) and Kowalski (11) were also strong defensively recording double digit digs.

The women's volleyball team is back in action with a pair of matches on Saturday v. Rowan University at 11 a.m. and host Arcadia University at 1 p.m. Stay up to date with the latest news directly from the SUNY Canton Athletics department by "liking" us on Facebook and "following" our Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts.

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SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service and recently received number one rankings in library resources, library services and tutoring services in the SUNY Student Opinion Survey. The college's 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 13 exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The college's 15 athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level and are conference members of the newly formed American Collegiate Athletic Association.