NEWBURGH, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State women's volleyball team traveled to Mount Saint Mary College on Saturday and fell in five sets. With the loss, the Rams drop to 12-7 overall and 4-3 in Skyline play, while the Knights improve to 8-12, 4-2.

Mount Saint Mary opened the match with a 25-14 win before Farmingdale State bounced back to take the second and third sets 25-20 and 25-19 behind strong attacking from freshman middle blocker Alana Henry (Amityville, N.Y.) and sophomore outside hitter Samantha Russo (Bay Shore, N.Y.). The Knights evened the match with a 25-21 win in the fourth set to force a decisive fifth set.

In the fifth, Mount Saint Mary built an 11-4 advantage, before a 7-1 run from Farmingdale State pulled them to within one at 12-11. The Knights tallied the next two points, but a pair of errors allowed FSC cut the deficit to 14-13. Mount Saint Mary's Julianna Simone clinched the 3-2 win with a kill on the ensuing serve as the Knights went on for the 15-13 set victory.

Henry finished with a career-best 19 kills on a .485 hitting percentage, while Russo recorded 15 kills, four aces and six digs. Junior outside Sarah Kollarik (Levittown, N.Y.) produced nine kills, 14 digs and a block assist for 9.5 points and senior middle Lauren Offermann (North Babylon, N.Y.) chipped in with four kills and a season-high seven blocks. Senior setter Sarah Rende (Wantagh, N.Y.) tallied 39 assists and 17 digs, while senior libero Delaney Keegan (Lake Grove, N.Y.) contributed 22 digs and five assists.

Farmingdale State returns to action on Wednesday, October 22nd, when they host Mount Saint Vincent in a Skyline Conference match at 7:00 p.m.