KRISTEN SWANN
Special to the Leader
The women’s volleyball team is now 6-6 after a 1-3 finish at the New Paltz invitational this past weekend.
On Friday, the Blue Devils dropped a non-conference game against one of their biggest SUNYAC rivals, New Paltz, 3-1 with set scores of 18-25, 25-21, 23-25, 20-25.
Sara Madison was big on the offense with 14 kills, as Jessica DiChristopher added 11 kills and Megan Collins had nine. Kelly Edinger had 40 assists in the Blue Devils loss.
In their second Friday match against Farleigh Dickson-Florham, the Blue Devils fell short again, with a score of 3-1. Madison had another 14 kills as well as 15 digs. Libero Courtney Poirier finished the day off with 19 digs. Set scores from the match were 25-22, 22-25, 23-25, and 22-25.
On Saturday, the Devils split two games against Mount Saint Mary and New York University.
After two tough losses the previous night, the Devils came out strong against Mount Saint Mary. Fredonia took control and was able to dominate the match in three sets with scores of 25-7, 25-11 and 25-12.
Edinger came through with 34 assists and DiChristopher had 11 kills. Lauren Hokaj and Paulina Rein were able to collect four and three aces from the service line.
In the final match of the tournament, the Blue Devils fell to New York University after a long five sets. Scores were 25-18, 16-15, 25-23, 20-25 and 13-15. Collins had a team high with 12 kills and seven digs. Hokaj had 28 digs.
Madison was named to the All-Tournament team after a worthy performance.
The Blue Devils travel to Medaille on Tuesday before their home opener on Thursday against Nazareth.