Brittany Cafiero	Julia Crilly
Kimberly Marino

Box Score

CORTLAND, NY—Cortland State University handed The University of Scranton volleyball team its third straight setback, 3-0, Tuesday evening.

Senior captain and middle hitter Ava Hintz (East Aurora, NY//East Aurora) inflicted most of the damage for the Red Dragons, now 4-5, with 10 kills, two digs, and two total blocks and sophomore outside hitter Kim Givelechian (Roslyn Heights, NY/Herricks) and freshman outside hitter Samantha Czeczotka (Elwood, NY/John H. Glenn) combined for 14 kills and 23 digs.

The Royals, now 3-6, never got untracked offensively, committing more hitting errors than kills while posting a negative hitting percentage in two of the three sets. 

Junior outside hitter Julia Crilly (Rochester, NY/Aquinas Institute) led Scranton with seven kills and five digs, sophomore liberoKimberly Marino (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) recorded 10 digs, and freshman setter Brittany Cafiero (Merrick, NY/Kellenberg Memorial) finished with nine assists and eight digs.

Despite the loss, Scranton fought back from early deficits in each set, but the Red Dragons answered each run to pull away for the victory.

The Royals will return to action this Friday, September 13, at the Neumann Invitational in Aston, Pennsylvania.  Scranton will take on Richard Stockton College (NJ) at 6:00 p.m. and Widener University at 8:00 p.m.

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