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ALFRED, N.Y. -- Nazareth won two more Empire 8 Conference women's volleyball matches Friday to boost its overall record to 23-7 and its conference mark to 5-1. The Golden Flyers have two more matches Saturday in the second round of conference crossover matches hosted by Alfred University.

On Friday, Nazareth knocked off Hartwick in four games 27-30, 30-24, 30-27, 30-22 and then outlasted St. John Fisher in three games 30-28, 30-28, 30-23. Nazareth meets RIT Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and Utica at 2:30 p.m. to close out its conference schedule.

Against Hartwick, senior Elizabeth Tregan (Plattsburgh HS/Plattsburgh, NY) banged out a career-high 24 kills to go with eight digs and two service aces. Sophomore Kate Zwickl (Warwick HS/Chester, NY) helped the cause with 50 assists and eight digs. Other noteworthy contributions came from junior Laura Persico (Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk HS/Ravena, NY), who had 18 kills , 10 digs and four aces; sophomore Emily Payne (Victor HS/Farmington, NY) with seven kills; and sophomore Mallorie Clary (Catonsville HS/Baltimore, MD) with 11 digs and six kills.

In the Fisher match, Persico had 16 kills and eight digs and sophomore Hillary Adam (LaFayette HS/LaFayette, NY) had eight kills and four digs. Zwickl had 46 assists and sophomore Natasha Villane (Canandaigua Academy/Canandaigua, NY) had 18 digs.