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Winner Juniata College JCWVB16 3-0
1
Clarkson University CU-VB 2-1
Winner
Juniata College JCWVB16
3-0
3
Final
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Clarkson University CU-VB
2-1
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Juniata College JCWVB16 25 28 18 25 (3)
Clarkson University CU-VB 20 26 25 13 (1)
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Winner Ithaca College ITHACA 2-2
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Clarkson University CU-VB 2-2
Winner
Ithaca College ITHACA
2-2
3
Final
0
Clarkson University CU-VB
2-2
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Ithaca College ITHACA 25 25 25 (3)
Clarkson University CU-VB 23 22 20 (0)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | September 3, 2016

CU Volleyball Drops Pair to Juniata and Ithaca

Potsdam, NY - A pair of streaks came to an end for the Clarkson Volleyball team on Saturday during the North Country Season Opener, as the Golden Knights saw a 21-match home winning streak fall against third-ranked Juniata and a run of 90 straight wins against New York Region teams was halted in a loss to Ithaca.

Clarkson moved to 2-2 on the season with the losses to Juniata (25-20, 28-26, 18-25, 25-13) and Ithaca (25-23, 25-22, 25-20). The Golden Knights will head to New Paltz for a tournament next weekend.

Against Juniata, the second set proved to be a toss up and it put the Golden Knights in a 2-0 hole in which they were unable to crawl out. The first set was fairly tight, but in the waning moments the Eagles were able to get kills from Nakita Gearhart and Rachel Boe to claim a 25-20 win. In set two, Clarkson jumped out to an early lead, up by as many as seven midway through the set, Juniata knotted things up late and the two teams traded points for quite a stretch as neither could get the two point advantage needed for the win. Clarkson was the first to 23 and 24, but Juniata was the first to 25, 26, 27, and 28, the score that proved to be enough to win the set. On the other end of the spectrum, the third set saw Clarkson scored 11 straight points, most of which came on a strong run from the service line by Jillian Saenz, turning an 18-14 deficit into a 25-18 win. The fourth set, however, was lopsided in for the Eagles as they nearly doubled up the Knights, 25-13. The loss for Clarkson was their first at home since August 29, 2014 (top-ranked Calvin College), a stretch of 21 matches. 

Christine Irwin scored 15 kills and Nakita Gearhart added 13 kills for the Eagles, while Kelly Reynolds posted a double-double with 42 assists and 12 digs. Katie Byrne and Korin Koehler contributed 23 and 16 digs, respectively, on defense for Juniata. For Clarkson, Rachael Aird picked up 14 kills and added three block assists, while Rachel Reusch produced 12 kills and four total blocks, including three solo efforts. Katrina Lane chipped in eight kills and Jillian Saenz had 38 assists and three aces. Defensively, Kate Isaksen had 27 digs, Kendall Cheval had 12 digs, and Sierra Rhoades produced 10 digs.

The marquee match up for the weekend for Clarkson, with all apologies to third-ranked Juniata, was its rematch against Ithaca College, a team that Clarkson faced in the NCAA Regional Semifinals last October. The Bombers got some mark of revenge by taking down the Knights in three sets. Though Ithaca won all three games, the match easily could have gone in Clarkson's favor. In the first set, the Knights led by a point late (19-18), but saw Ithaca score three straight to take a two-point lead. Clarkson climbed back to tie the score at 23-23, but the Bombers received a pair of kills from Joelle Goldstein to win the final two points of the set. In set number two, Clarkson led by two points late (22-20) following a kill and an ace from Kendall Cheval, but Ithaca scored the final five points thanks to kills from Katie Evans, Amanda Cerruti and Caroline Gerulskis. In what proved to be the final set, Ithaca raced out to a 10-2 lead and led by as many as eight (21-13) late in the set, but the Knights came back to within four on three occasions before finally falling by five.

Joelle Goldstein led Ithaca with 10 kills and just a single error in 26 swings, while adding in 14 digs and four blocks, including two solos. Tara Stilwell had 23 digs and an ace, but that statistic didn't do the sophomore libero justice from the service line as she kept Clarkson off balance. Caitlyn Floyd and Kayla Gromen split setting duties, combining for 28 assists. For Clarkson, Rachael Aird had eight kills and three block assists to lead the way on offense. Jillian Saenz had 25 assists and Kate Isaksen scored 26 digs. 
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