ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University women's volleyball team ended its regular season with a 3-1 win over visiting SUNY Geneseo on Saturday to close out its regular season ahead of the Empire 8 Championship Tournament.
The Saxons (13-16, 7-4 Empire 8) only dropped the second set on the day to take the 25-19, 23-25, 25-15, 25-20 home-closer victory over the Knights (14-9, 8-3 Empire 8), making it the first win over Geneseo since September 11, 2000.
Two Geneseo players reached double-digits in scoring while four Saxons cleared the benchmark. AU was led by
Carleigh Santavy (Commerce, MI/Walled Lake Northern) with 15.5 points on 12 kills, two aces and three block assists.
Abigail Omelan (Tomball, TX/Tomball) followed with 11 kills and three aces for 14.0 points.
Whitney Kilton (Pearl City, HI/Pearl City) added 11.5 points on eight kills, three solo blocks and one block assist.
Cara Bratthauar (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg Area) closed out the double-digit scoring with 10.5 points on eight kills, three block assists and a match-clinching service ace while also hitting a match-high .583 on 12 attacks and one error.
The Saxons totaled 47 kills with 30 of them being assisted by
Gillian Dickerson (Frisco, TX/Wakeland) who also had a match-high five aces. Geneseo totaled six aces on the afternoon while the Saxons had 15.
Madalynn McGowan (Corona, CA/Norco) captained the back row with a match-high 13 digs and chipped in five assists and one kill.
Jenesys Del Mar Moctezuma-Gonzalez (Bayamón, Puerto Rico/North Cobb) followed with 10 digs and added 2.0 points from aces.
The Saxons will next enter the Empire 8 Championship Tournament on Saturday, November 7 as the No. 5 seed and will travel to Houghton University as the No. 4 seed. Full tournament details to follow.
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