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CORTLAND, N.Y. -- Fredonia State lost both women's volleyball matches Saturday on the second day of the Cortland Red Dragon Classic, yet not before putting up a stubborn performance at the end of the day.
The Blue Devils (1-3) fell to Rowan 3-1 in the first match and to Nazareth 3-0 in the second.
The Nazareth match concluded within an epic 39-37 third-set defeat. The Blue Devils lost the first two sets 25-20 and 25-18.
Against Rowan, the Blue Devils fell by identical 25-21 scores in the first two sets, won the third set 25-14, then dropped the deciding fifth set 25-22.
Senior outside hitter
Lindsey Olson (Portville) -- named to the all-tournament team -- was the team leader with 12 kills and 11 digs. Freshman middle blocker
Jessica DiChristopher (Buffalo) added 11 kills and two block assists, and freshman middle blocker/outside hitter
Meredith Smietana (Cheektowaga) finished with 10 kills one solo block, and one block assist.
Freshman setter
Kelly Edinger (Rochester) was the top playmaker with 31 assists, plus one solo block and one block assist. Freshman opposite
Paulina Rein (Baldwinsville) added 10 digs, and junior libero/outside hitter
Lauren O'Hara (Canandaigua) was credited with two service aces.
In the Nazareth match, Olsen recorded 16 kills and nine digs.Edinger had 31 assists and 13 digs. Freshman defensive specialist
Lauren Hokaj (Lancaster) also had 13 digs and Rein registered for service aces.
Fredonia State and Nazareth will stage a rematch Friday in the first day of the Nazareth invitational. The Blue Devils will also meet Cortland, Mount Union, and Clarkson over the two days.
28th ANNUAL CORTLAND RED DRAGON WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL CLASSIC
Friday-Saturday, August 31-September 1, 2012
Whitney T. Corey Gymnasium; SUNY Cortland; Cortland, N.Y.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
CHAMPIONSHIP POOL
(A1) Cortland def. (D1) Skidmore, 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-16)
(C1) Buffalo St. def. (B1) Richard Stockton, 3-2 (15-25, 22-25, 25-23, 26-24, 15-10)
(Third Place) – Richard Stockton def. Skidmore, 3-1 (25-23, 25-17, 19-25, 25-18)
(Championship) – Cortland def. Buffalo St., 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-23)
GOLD POOL
(A2) Rochester def. (D2) Nazareth, 3-2 (22-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 15-11)
(C2) Rowan def. (B2) Fredonia, 3-1 (25-21, 25-21, 14-25, 25-22)
Nazareth def. Fredonia, 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 39-37)
Rochester vs. Rowan, 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-18) (Rochester wins Gold Pool)
SILVER POOL
(D3) Baruch def. (A3) Pitt-Bradford, 3-0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-23)
(C3) Lebanon Valley def. (B3) York, 3-1 (25-21, 25-11, 24-26, 25-22)
York def. Pitt-Bradford, 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-20)
Lebanon Valley def. Baruch, 3-2 (23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-22, 16-14) (Lebanon Valley wins Silver Pool)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS:
POOL A
Cortland def. Pitt Bradford, 3-0 (25-10, 27-25, 25-17)
Cortland def. Rochester, 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-19)
Rochester def. Pitt-Bradford, 3-0 (25-14, 26-24, 25-22)
POOL B
Fredonia def. York, 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-16)
Richard Stockton def. Fredonia, 3-1 (20-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-23)
Richard Stockton def. York, 3-0 (25-11, 25-11, 25-23)
POOL C
Buffalo St. def. Lebanon Valley, 3-2 (17-25, 25-12, 25-16, 23-25, 15-7)
Rowan def. Lebanon Valley, 3-0 (25-15, 27-25, 25-21)
Buffalo St. def. Rowan, 3-0 (25-27, 19-25, 25-20, 25-20, 15-12)
POOL D
Nazareth def. Baruch, 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 25-15)
Skidmore def. Nazareth, 3-2 (14-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-11)
Skidmore def. Baruch, 3-1 (25-21, 24-26, 25-20, 25-20)
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Name (School), Yr., Pos., Hometown (High School)
Ava Hintz (Cortland), Jr., MH, East Aurora, NY (East Aurora)
Natalie Zacpal (Cortland), Sr., MH, Islip, NY (Islip)
Sarah Horvath (Buffalo St.), Jr., OH, Blasdell, NY (Immaculata)
Chelsea Moore (Buffalo St.), Jr., L, Kenmore, NY (Kenmore West)
Lauren Bujnicki (Rochester), Sr., DS, Buffalo, NY (West Seneca East)
Xiaoyi Li (Rochester), So., S, Derwood, MD (Col. Zadok Magruder)
Nicole Serekian (Richard Stockton), Jr., OPP, Mahwah, NJ (Mahwah)
Corinne Palmer (Skidmore), Jr., MH, Montvale, NJ (Pascack Hills)
Nikki Binetti (Rowan), So., MB, Toms River, NJ (Brick Twp.)
Brittany Crocetti (Nazareth), Sr., S/L, Rochester, NY (Irondequoit)
Kacey Musselman (Lebanon Valley), So., S, Norristown, PA (Archbishop Carroll)
NOTE: Cortland wins its 17th Red Dragon Classic title and its second in a row. Buffalo State's second-place finish is its best in its 19 Red Dragon Classic appearances.
