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UTICA, NY – Freshman Kaylee Kelly and senior Delaney Martin had 10 kills each as the Nazareth College women's volleyball team  scored a 3-0 victory over Utica College Saturday afternoon in Empire 8 play in Utica.

Nazareth (8-5 overall, 2-0 E8) took an early 2-0 lead with easy victories in the first two sets by scores of 25-8 and 25-10. Utica (2-16, 0-2 E8) rallied late in the third set but came up short as the Golden Flyers capped the straight sets victory with a 25-18 third set win.

The duo of Kelly and Martin also had great attack percentage numbers as Martin had 10 kills in 20 attempts for a .500 percentage while Kelly was 10 kills, 1 error and 21 swings for a .429 percentage to lead the Nazareth offense.

Junior Jessica Barry, who had the most assists in a single match at the Division III level this year on Friday night, finished with 20 assists while freshman Danielle Bernstein and sophomore Olivia Quick combined for 14 assists. Freshman Paiton Basinski led the servers with four aces while sophomore McKenzie Hart led the defense with 10 digs. Basinski added seven digs while Martin and freshman Kelsey Ludwig chipped in six digs each.

Nazareth returns home to face St. John Fisher at 7 pm Wednesday in the first Empire 8 home match of the season in Kidera Gymnasium.