KRISTEN SWANN
Special to The Leader
The Fredonia women’s volleyball team went 3-1 at the Golden Flyer Invitational last weekend at Nazareth.
On Friday, the Blue Devils beat Hartwick 3-0 in their opening match. Fredonia was able to control the match and work in their entire roster for a collective win.
The team finished with a hitting percentage of .348. Jessica DiChristopher had seven kills and a .462 hitting percentage. Lauren Hokaj had a huge serving match with six aces. The final set scores against Hartwick were 25-10, 25-12, and 25-20.
In the second match of the day, the Blue Devils fell short to Nazareth 3-0. Nazareth’s strong hitters caused some early set errors from Fredonia and proved to be too tough to recover from.
The set scores for the Blue Devils loss were 21-25, 21-25, and 20-25. DiChristopher had another solid game with eight kills and an over .500 hitting percentage. Sara Madison had a well hitting match with nine kills.
The split matches would sum up the first night of the tournament for Fredonia. The Blue Devils came out again on Saturday to earn a pair of wins in two more difficult matches.
Fredonia topped Lycoming College on Saturday 3-1, winning the first two sets 25-22 and 25-10. The Blue Devils fell short in the third set 23-25 and then came back to seal the win in the fourth 25-11.
DiChristopher had 13 kills and a .379 hitting percentage. Paulina Rein gathered 12 kills for a .278 percentage and also had a team-best 21 digs. Madison also added nine kills and Kelly Edinger finished with 38 assists.
In the final match, the Blue Devils beat Hilbert College 3-0 with set scores of 25-10, 25-8, and 25-20. Edinger collected another 38 assists and Hokaj had 19 digs. The team had a hitting percentage of .350 as well as 10 service aces. DiChristopher added 13 kills.
DiChristopher’s outstanding play was enough to earn her the honor of being named to the All-Tournament team as the Blue Devils improved their record over the weekend to 5-3 overall.
The Blue Devils are on the road this Friday to play at New Paltz.