Box Score ROCHESTER, NY (nazathletics.com) - The Golden Flyers' celebrated their seniors and defeated visiting Elmira in a women's volleyball match on Saturday. The scores of the three-set match were 25-12, 25-5, 25-19. With the victory, Nazareth improves to 4-16 overall and 2-6 in Empire 8 matches, and the Soaring Eagles fall to 1-17 overall and 0-8 conference contests.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the opening set, the Golden Flyers tallied the first four points and never looked back. After errors by Elmira, Lorianna Mattutat and Alana Lucey combined for a block, then Chelsea Plummer converted an attack attempt. Late in the set, Hailey Trank recorded consecutive service aces to extend Nazareth's lead to 13 points, 21-8.
• The Golden Flyers dominated the second set, outscoring the Soaring Eagles 25-5. Nazareth scored the first three points on a kill by Lucy, an Elmira error, and a block by Mattutat and Lucey. After Elmira cut its deficit to 5-2, the Golden Flyers erupted for 17 straight points to take a commanding 22-2 lead. Nazareth converted 8 of 15 attack attempts for a .400 hitting percentage, and the Golden Flyers forced the Soaring Eagles into a -.455 percentage with only two kills and 12 errors on 22 attempts.
• Similar to the first two sets, Nazareth scored the opening points of the third set and held a 8-3 lead following a kill from Fusili. Elmira answered with seven straight points to claim a 10-8 edge. After trading points, the Soaring Eagles stretched their advantage to four points, 15-11. The Golden Flyers responded with five of the next six points to knot the set at 16 points apiece. Elmira took a 19-17 lead toward the end of the set, but Nazareth closed the set with 8-0 scoring run. During the decisive scoring run, Fusilli amassed four kills. An ace by Lucey sealed the match.

MATCH NOTES

• Lucey finished with a season-best hitting percentage of .600 with 13 kills and one error on 20 attempts.
• Trank finished with 14 assists and three service aces. Anna Malbone added eight assists and a team-high four aces. 
• Madison Wethje, Gretchen Klossner, and Fusilli combined for 18 of the Golden Flyers' 23 digs.

UP NEXT
Nazareth hosts Oswego on Tuesday, October 27th, at 6 p.m. in a non-conference match.

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