SUNY Potsdam Athletics

COBLESKILL, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam women's volleyball team (6-14, 1-2 SUNYAC) rallied from an early deficit to hold off SUNY Cobleskill (1-15, 0-3) 3-2 in a SUNYAC battle on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Bears led late in set one, but the Fighting Tigers rallied for a 25-22 win. Sophomore outside hitter Ashlee Hagerman (Kirkwood, N.Y./Windsor) had three kills and senior outside hitter Ella Murtagh (Massena, N.Y./Massena) had two.
• Potsdam pulled away late to take set two 25-22. Senior middle hitter Noelle Redeye (Cattaraugus, N.Y./Silver Creek) led the way with five kills and Hagerman had two more.
• The Bears held off Cobleskill 26-24 in set three to take a 2-1 lead. Hagerman, Murtagh, Redeye and sophomore middle blocker Anabella Marte (Carmel, N.Y./Carmel) each had two kills.
• The Fighting Tigers bounced back to take set three 25-17. Redeye had three kills.
• It was all Bears in set five, clinching the match victory with a 15-7 win. Hagerman and freshman outside hitter Ashley Shiu (Williston Park, N.Y./Herricks) each had two kills.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Redeye paced Potsdam with a career-high 13 kills to go with three blocks.
• Hagerman had eight kills, nine digs and four aces.
• Murtagh also contributed a personal-best seven kills.
• Senior captain Rachel Madore (Peru, N.Y./Peru) recorded a career-high 30 digs along with four aces.
• Freshmen setters Isabella Miller (Owego, N.Y./Owego) and Madison Catlin (Bakersfield, Calif./Frontier) totaled 20 and 12 assists, respectively.
• Shiu matched a personal-best with five blocks and senior defensive specialist Olivia Eves (Chaumont, N.Y./General Brown) added eight digs.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Bears host Fredonia on Friday at 6 p.m.