Morrisville, NY – Emerson Coulter continued an outstanding freshman campaign with a team high nine kills, but the SUNY Canton women's volleyball team dropped their SUNYAC match (13-25, 18-25, 15-25) against SUNY Morrisville on Friday evening.

THE BASICS

• Result:  SUNY Morrisville 3, SUNY Canton 0
• Location: STUAC Gymnasium – Morrisville, NY 
• Records:  SUNY Morrisville (9-6) (1-0 SUNYAC) | SUNY Canton (8-7) (0-1 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Morrisville jumped out to a 10-5 lead on a Kylie Hutchison ace.  The Roos rattled off four straight points, capped by a Sarah Balcom ace to close the gap to 14-12.  But it was all Mustangs from there closing out the set with nine consecutive points to win the set 25-13.
• Both teams traded points early when a kill by sophomore Bria Hunter tied the set 4-4.  The Mustangs extended their lead, scoring 14 of the next 20 points, to hold a 18-10 advantage.  Canton scored four-straight, capped on a Coulter kill, to draw within four at 18-14.  But Morrisville again was able to finish the set with a 25-18 win.
• In the third, an Alexas Marshall kill knotted the set at 2-2, but the Mustangs would take a commanding 14-4 lead and not relinquish their advantage, closing out the set 25-15.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Coulter led the Roos with nine kills followed by Balcom's four.  Kayci Olsen led the Mustangs with 14.
• Senior Sarah Towles paced Canton with eight digs, Kayla Sheasby led Morrisville with 18.
• Junior Sammie Frank registered 16 assists to lead the Roos.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos head straight to Cortland to face the Red Dragons in another SUNYAC matchup on October 5^th at 1:00 p.m.  
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