FREDONIA, N.Y. -- The Fredonia State women's volleyball team lost by a final score of 3-0 to SUNYAC opponent Alfred State Saturday afternoon at Dods Hall. Set scores were 25-22, 25-18, and 25-20.
O'Brien led the team with 10 kills. Logann Lexner attacked Alfred with five kills, while Sasha Zayatz led the defense with five digs.
Zayatz and Maeve Musielak smashed two aces apiece. Lexner and Cayla Partsch totaled five blocks each. Molly Cassidy made 15 assists.
Fredonia opened strong in the first set, with aces from Musielak and Partsch, and two kills by O'Brien, to take a 4-1 lead before Alfred State gained its composure. The score soon grew closer, settling into eight ties. At 22-22, the win could have tipped either way, but it was Alfred who finished the final three points of the first.
In the beginning of the second set, Fredonia again showed promise, pulling into ties at 2-, 3-, and 4-all. O'Brien executed three kills, and another ace from Musielak brought the set into a tight faceoff. Alfred State regained control after that. At the 4-4 tie, the Pioneers went on a 4-1 run and led through the end of the set.
Alfred quickly took the lead in the third before an upswing of momentum from the Blue Devils. Kills from Partsch, Hannah Lombardi and O'Brien brought the score to 8-8. Alfred State then scored four straight points and led the rest of the way.
