GENESEO, N.Y. – Oswego state volleyball team faced off against the Geneseo Knights on Tuesday afternoon for the first round of the SUNYAC Championships. The Lakers started off strong building a 3-1 lead over the knights. Both teams would go back and throughout the first half of the set. Geneseo would then take control later in the first set, increasing their lead to 7 over the Lakers.Oswego had many mistakes in the first half with 12 errors in the first set, 4 of which came from service errors. The Lakers had no answer and couldn’t get the lead back from the Knights as they took set 1 by a score of 25-17.
Geneseo continued to control the second set, establishing a 10-3 lead on the Lakers before a timeout by Oswego. The Lakers rallied back and cut the deficit to just 3 to the score 18-15. Oswego had no answers again falling in the second set by a score of 18-25. Emma Fiorentine led the Lakers with 4 kills in the second set and Mckenna Corbin added 7 more assists in set 2.
Oswego started off the third set stronger building a 5-0 lead on the Knights. The Knights would find their groove eventually and would come back and take the third set by a score of 25-20. In the set Fiorentine led the Lakers with 11 kills on the evening and Mckennaled with 29 assists and 14 digs. The Lakers were ultimately swept 3-0, ending their run for a SUNYAC Championship and their season.
Oswego State ends their season (17-11, 5-5 SUNYAC) and Geneseo will move on to the second round of the SUNYAC championships(12-11, 7-3 SUNYAC).
PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELLE QUIACHON, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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