Brockport, NY – In the SUNYAC opener, the Golden Eagle volleyball team defended The Vlog with a 3-1 win over Plattsburgh State. Brockport improves to 5-8 overall and 1-0 in conference play.
In the first set, the Green and Gold took the opening point with a 25-16 showing to start the night. The next two sets would be heavily contested, as the Cardinals fought for every point. They would come back from a 24-20 deficit in the second to pull out a 30-28 win.
Brockport would hold off another comeback attempt in the third set for a 25-22 win, going up 2-1 on the night. On the home floor, the squad closed out the match with a strong, 25-14, fourth set to clinch the 3-1 victory.
Despite a valiant effort by Plattsburgh, Brockport held the advantage in nearly every main statistical category for the match. The Green and Gold won the battle for points (73-35), kills (56-26), aces (12-3), assists (54-24), and digs (94-81).
Kaitlyn Jewett had a busy night in her setter role, collecting a career-high 46 assists in the match. With 215 on the season, she is now averaging a team-high 6.14 assists per set. Her sets fed three different teammates to kill totals of 10 or higher.
Across four sets
Jordan Thompson put up a team-high of 15 kills, while
Leah Vitiello had 10 kills.
Alexis Sison also had 10 kills, coming in just two sets of action.
Jayda Pyle added eight kills from her middle blocker spot.
With a season-high digs total of 94, five different players in the rotation had double digits digs. Libero
Elsie Logan posted a career-high 24, while Thompson came up with 17. Jewett added to her big day with a career-high of 15.
Gianna Felipe had 12 digs and
Brooklyn Sullivan finished with 11.
Kaia Hubbard totaled three blocks, including two solo stops from her middle blocker position on the night.
Megan Loomis joined Pyle for a pair of block assists, while Sison got up for an assist on a block as well.
The Golden Eagles are back on their home court for another SUNYAC matchup on Saturday against Potsdam. The match is set to begin at 1pm back at The Vlog.
