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Plattsburgh, NY – Senior Abby Raven and junior Emerson Coulter led the SUNY Canton women's volleyball team with 11 kills each but the Roos dropped a 3-1 decision to host Plattsburgh State on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

• Result: Plattsburgh 3, SUNY Canton 1
• Location: Memorial Hall – Plattsburgh, NY
• Records: Plattsburgh (13-14, 4-5 SUNYAC) | SUNY Canton (14-11, 3-6 SUNYAC)

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The teams were fairly even early on with Plattsburgh opening a four-point lead, but the teams were tied at 10 midway through the opening set. From there the host Cardinals used a 6-0 run to open a 16-10 advantage forcing a Canton timeout.
• The Roos trimmed the deficit to 21-18 and later 24-22 before Darby Collyear finished the first set with a kill to give the hosts a 25-22 win.
• Canton roared out to a 10-2 lead in the second stanza sparked by three kills from Viv Sieja in a four-point stretch on the service game of Emerson Coulter.  Plattsburgh scored five of the next six points to get within 11-7 but from there the Roos responded with an 8-1 run to open up an 18-8 advantage on their way to an emphatic 25-11 win in the second.
• The Roos carried their momentum from the second set over to the start of the third jumping out to a 7-1 lead following a Clara Bond kill. The Cardinals chipped away at the lead getting within 11-10 but a Madalena Balisciano kill and pair of Plattsburgh attack errors gave Canton a 14-10 lead.
• After ties at 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 apiece Plattsburgh built a two-point lead (22-20) forcing a Canton timeout. The Roos responded with back-to-back points to knot things at 22 apiece. The teams tied at 24 and 25 apiece before consecutive points gave the Cardinals a 27-25 win and two sets to one lead.
• The hosts jumped out to a quick 9-3 lead in the fourth set before Canton responded with five straight points that included a pair of aces from Coulter. Overall, the Roos scored eight of nine points to take an 11-10 lead. Eventually Plattsburgh opened an 18-16 advantage and from there scored seven of the final eight points to secure the set and match, 25-17.

 
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Raven and Coulter led the Roos with 11 kills each with Coulter adding 10 digs and 3 aces. Raven hit at an impressive .429 clip with 11 kills and just two errors on 21 swings. Sieja chipped in seven kills, while Bond added five and Ava Buggs-Morehouse tallied four.
• Olivia Tran paced Canton defensively with 20 digs, while Madison Bigelow added nine. Balisciano supplied 15 assists and seven digs, while Kaelyn Boliver dished out 17 assists.
• Collyear and Liya Girma led the Plattsburgh attack with 14 kills apiece while combining for 20 digs, while Augustina White registered nine kills and five block assists.
• The Roos hit at a .159 clip (43-23-126) compared to a .140 mark for Plattsburgh (46-27-136). The Cardinals held the upper hand in blocks (9-4).

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
This concludes the Roos 2026 season.
 
   


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