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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Nazareth split a pair of women's volleyball matches Saturday during the second day o the Vassar Invitational.
The Golden Flyers rallied to defeat the host school in four sets in the first match by scores of 13-25, 25-18, 26-24, 25-21. They dropped the second match in three sets by scores of 25-17, 25-19, 25-21. Combined with Friday's five-set win over Medaille, the Golden Flyers won two of three weekend matches and are 6-5 overall.
Seniors
Delaney Martin and
Danielle Synowski each had 12 kills to lead the Golden Flyers against Vassar.
Synowski had five aces in addition to her 12 kills and the Golden Flyers served up 14 aces overall. Freshmna
Paiton Basinski also had five aces and eight kills.
Junior
Jessica Barry totaled 31 assists and sophomore libero
McKenzie Hart had 20 digs.
Nazareth managed only seven kills in dropping the first set. The Golden Flyers recovered to take the second set behind four kills each from Basinski and Synowski. Martin had five of her kills in the third set, including the set-clinching spike on the 26th point. She added five more kills in the fourth set.
The Golden Flyers were overpowered in their second match despite nine kills and 10 digs from Martin and eight kills from Synowski.
Olivia Quick had 13 assists and
Danielle Bernstein had 12.
The Golden Flyers open the Empire 8 Conference schedule with a pair of road matches next weekend. They visit Sage Friday at 7 p.m. and Utica Saturday at 1.
