Buffalo, NY – Junior Abby Raven had two seven kills and two blocks, but the SUNY Canton volleyball team lost in three sets to the Buffalo State Bengals to round out their two-game weekend in southwestern New York Saturday night.

The Roos dropped the first set 25-18, the second 25-12, and the final 25-17.

THE BASICS

• Result: Buffalo State 3, SUNY Canton 0
• Location: Sports Arena – Buffalo, NY
• Records: SUNY Canton (8-16, 1-5 SUNYAC) | Buffalo State (9-13, 2-3 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
 

• Play started evenly with neither team up by more than three points early and the first set knotted up at 12.
• However, the Bengals scored four straight and six of the next seven points as the home team had a 18-13 advantage, the largest for either team in the set.
• Right after this though, SUNY Canton took the momentum with a 4-0 run with Isabella Cruz, Nadia Frigon, and McKenna Pelech each getting a kill.
• The Roos could not close out the match though, losing the next six points and dropping the first set 25-18.
• The second set was a challenge for SUNY Canton after they conceded eight of the first nine points with Buffalo State at least doubling the Roos throughout most of the set.
• Abby Raven had a stretch of three straight kills early on, but other than that, the Roos only scored consecutive points one other time in the set and lost the 25-12.
• The third set began a bit shaky for the Roos as well with 10-5 and 19-10 Buffalo State leads.
• However, SUNY Canton was right back in it after four errors by the home side and a kill from Raven sparked a 5-1 run that put the Roos back in the game at 20-15.
• Lauren Norman connected with Raven twice later in the set, but the Bengals bested the Roos 25-17 in the third stanza for the sweep.

 
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
 

• Raven led the team with seven kills and was quite efficient with a .357 attacking percentage (7-2-14). Brooke Hite and Isabella Cruz each contributed five kills with Cruz adding two service aces and seven digs.
• Daycee Bane led the Roos backline with 10 digs and an ace. Norman had 14 assists and five digs.
• Ella Wittman for the Bengals had a big afternoon with 16 digs, nine digs, and two service aces. Hailey Kulniszewski topped the defense with 11 digs.
• The Bengals nearly tripled the Roos in hitting percentage .333 (40-7-99) to .113 (28-16-106). Buffalo State also had the advantage in aces (9-1), assists (37-24), and digs (42-36).

WHAT'S NEXT?
SUNY Canton will next play on Friday, October 24 against the Cortland Red Dragons back home in the Roos House. First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m.    
   


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