ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University women's volleyball team picked up an Empire 8 victory over visiting Keuka College on Friday evening from the Terry S. Galanis Family Arena.
The Saxons (9-15, 3-3 Empire 8) had two dominating opening sets, winning 25-10 and 25-11 before closing out the shutout victory over the Wolves (10-11, 3-3 Empire 8) with a 25-20 third set score. Friday's match was also the first Dig Pink match for the Saxons. "What a wonderful win on such a special night!" Head Coach
Mike Honeycutt said. "We're dedicating this victory to everyone bravely fighting breast cancer, those who've overcome it and those we've lost to it."
It was very much a one-sided match from the start as the Saxons totaled 38 kills compared to Keuka's 15. AU held the advantage in aces (9-5), blocks (6-2), assists (36-15), digs (48-30) and overall points (53.0-22.0).
Alfred University was led by
Carleigh Santavy (Commerce, MI/Walled Lake Northern) who hit a .600 attacking percentage with 13 kills on 20 attacks and one error. She totaled 15.5 points on the evening as she added three block assists and one ace. Santavy completed a double-double as she had a team-high 11 digs and also chipped in a set assists.
Abigail Omelan (Tomball, TX/Tomball Memorial) was the only other player on the evening to break into double-digit scoring, totaling 10.0 points on six kills and a match-high four aces. She added six digs and two assists. All of Alfred's hitters averaged positive as
Whitney Kilton (Pearl City, HI/Pearl City) hit .444 on nine attacks resulting in five kills and one error,
Cara Bratthauar (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg Area) had six kills on 16 attacks with one error for a .313, Omelan hitting a .176 and
Julia Abbott (Binghamton, NY/Binghamton) hit a .105 with seven kills on 19 attacks and five errors.
Every Saxon who stepped onto the court recorded at least 1.0 point.
Jenesys Del Mar Moctezuma-Gonzalez (Bayamón, Puerto Rico/North Cobb) and
Madalynn McGowan (Corona, CA/Norco) each added 10 digs to the Saxon defense.
Gillian Dickerson (Frisco, TX/Wakeland) had double the amount of set assists as the entire Keuka roster, totaling 30 compared to the Wolves' 15.
The Saxons will next take to the road on Saturday, October 17 for a 2:00pm Empire 8 match at Elmira College.
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