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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Nazareth rebounded from its loss to Cortland with a determined five-game victory against RIT in its second match. The scores were -- 30-25, 27-30, 29-31, 30-20, 15-11. With the victory, the Golden Flyers improve to 13-4 while RIT falls to 14-6.

In the fifth game, Nazareth jumped to a 3-0 early lead, but RIT came back to tie the game 7-7. The Golden Flyers reclaimed the lead as they outscored the Tigers 8-4 to earn the victory.

Junior Laura Persico led Nazareth with a team-high 22 kills followed by senior Elizabeth Tregan with 20 kills. Tregan, who surpassed 1,000 career kills earlier in the day against Cortland, now has 1,023 kills in her four years at Nazareth. Sophomore Kate Zwickl recorded 57 assists and 10 digs while sophomore Mallorie Clary added 18 digs.

Nazareth fell to Cortland for the first time this season in its first match of the Nazareth Invitational. The Red Dragons defeated the Golden Flyers in four games -- 30-21, 30-28, 14-30, 30-24.

Cortland controlled the first game and most of the second game to take the early two-game lead. Nazareth rallied from 24-18 in the second game to tie the game at 27. However, the Red Dragons scored three of the next four points to win the game.

The Golden Flyers answered in the third game as they recorded 15 kills and just two errors to win the game 30-14. Nazareth entered the fourth game with the momentum and scored the first points, but Cortland answered back to reclaim the lead and win the game, 30-24.

Senior Elizabeth Tregan recorded a team-high 20 kills to surpass 1,000 in her career.  Junior Laura Persico added 16 kills while sophomore Kate Zwickl had 45 assists. Nazareth sophomores Mallorie Clary and Carra Vanderstyne recorded 18 and 11 digs respectively.

The Golden Flyers play Williams at 12:30 Saturday then Scranton at 4:30 on the second day of the tournament.