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Canton, NY – The SUNY Canton women's volleyball team faced SUNYAC opponent Oneonta Wednesday night in a hard-fought contest.

The Roos fell just short of completing a remarkable comeback attempt, falling to the Red Dragons by two points in set five. 

THE BASICS

• Result: Oneonta 3, SUNY Canton 2
• Location: Stan Cohen Court – Canton, NY
• Records:  Oneonta (11-11, 7-1 SUNYAC) | SUNY Canton (14-10, 3-5 SUNYAC)

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Roos jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening set but visiting Oneonta responded with a 12-4 run to open a 12-7 advantage midway through the opening set.
• Canton got within 12-11 and hung tough within 18-16 late in the frame. With a 22-19 lead, the Red Dragons scored three of the final four points for the 25-20 opening set victory.
• Oneonta used their momentum from the first set to get out to a 7-2 advantage in the second stanza. Their lead expanded to 17-7 en route to the 25-16 win in the second.
• With the Roos leading 7-6 in the third set, a 9-3 run opened a 16-9 advantage midway through the game. Oneonta tightened things up at 18-14, but the Roos earned a 25-21 win to force a fourth set.
• Play was dead even at nine apiece in the fourth game before the Roos went on a 12-4 run to open a 21-13 advantage. The Red Dragons battled back, getting within one point at 23-22 after a 9-2 spurt, but the Roos held on to force a decisive fifth set, 25-22.  
• The concluding stanza opened with a four-point Roos scoring streak. Oneonta responded with a run of seven points to claim a lead of three. Seven of the next eight points went to the home team before a 5-0 run by the visitors made it a 13-11 contest.
• With both squads locked at 14-14, Oneonta took the final two points to claim a narrow victory in the fifth set.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Emerson Coulter led all players on the court with 13 kills, adding 13 digs and a block assist. Abby Raven tallied nine kills, seven digs and four block assists, while Viv Sieja and Ava Buggs-Morehouse tacked on eight kills apiece.
• Kaelyn Boliver dished out 26 assists throughout the match, while Madalena Balisciano earned 18.
• Buggs-Morehouse and Raven stood tall defensively combining for nine block assists.
• Canton outpaced Oneonta in kills (54-50) and assists (48-46) while the Red Dragons had the edge in aces (8-5), blocks (12-9), and digs (97-87).
• SUNY Canton falls to 3-5 in conference play, maintaining their position at second place in the SUNYAC East Division. Oneonta stays on top of the division with a 7-1 conference record.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos wrap up the regular season at Plattsburgh on Saturday, November 7 at 1 p.m.
 
   


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