GENESEO, NY – The Alfred University women's volleyball team took a set from the Knights of SUNY Geneseo on Tuesday evening but fell, overall, 3-1.
 
The Saxons (1-15, 1-2 Empire 8) loss with set scores of 14-25, 26-24, 10-25 and 15-25. They were led by Amber Smith (Penfield, NY/Webster Schroeder) with 10.0 points from 10 kills. Sarah Raeman (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua) followed with 6.5 points from five kills, one block solo and one block assist.
 
"Geneseo is a tough serving team; arguably the toughest we have seen," Head Coach Dakota Pruiss said. "We weren't able to do some of the things that we were hoping to execute due to that but I think we responded well to the difficulties they gave us."
 
Both Amanda Burns (Pine Bush, NY/Pine Bush) and Karina Morling (Canisteo, NY/Canisteo-Greenwood) had 5.0 points. Burns had four aces and one kill while Morling had five kills. Sarah Huzyk (North Chili, NY/Churchville-Chili) tied Burns in aces with four herself as she also led the Saxons with 17 digs. Elisabeth Estep (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) followed with 12 digs. Burns led Alfred University with 19 set assists.
 
During the second set, the Saxons were down 24-23. First-year Samara-Jade Mok (Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany/Ramstein) got a kill to tie the set at 24 and to start the 3-0 run to claim the second. After Mok's kill, Burns connected with Estep and Raeman for the 25^th and 26^th points, respectively off of kills.
 
The Saxons will next pick back up Empire 8 action as they head to Troy, NY for a crossover match at The Sage Colleges against the host at 11am and St. John Fisher College at 1:30pm on Saturday, October 6.