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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Second-seeded Nazareth suffered a pair of disappointing defeats Sunday at the NYSWCAA Tournament at New York University.

The Golden Flyers lost in the tournament semifinals to Empire 8 Conference rival Ithaca in four games 30-25, 27-30, 30-23, 30-16. Nazareth lost again in the third-place consolation match to RIT in four games 30-27, 30-22, 15-30, 30-22.

Ithaca went on to defeat Brockport in the championship match.

Against Ithaca, Katelynn Reed and Elizabeth Tregan each posted 11 kills and Kate Zwickl amassed 46 assists. Mallorie Clary had 23 digs. Tregan added 17 kills and 10 digs vs. RIT, while all-tournament team representative Laura Persico had 14 kills and eight digs. Zwickl had 40 assists.

Nazareth (26-10) will try to regroup for next Saturday's Empire 8 Conference Tournament at Stevens. The Golden Flyers get a rematch with RIT in the tournament semifinals, while top-seeded Stevens hosts Ithaca in the other semifinal. The championship match also will be played Saturday at Stevens.