FDU-Florham 3, Farmingdale State 1 (25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 25-23)

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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | Sophomore Mackenzie Marquardt (Centereach, N.Y.) registered a career-high 10 kills and led all players with a .389 hitting percentage Tuesday night for the Farmingdale State College women's volleyball team, which fell in four sets to visiting Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham.

Marquardt (eight digs) and junior Sarah Kollarik (Levittown, N.Y.; 10 digs) each floored 10 kills for the Rams (6-3), with freshman middle blocker Alyssa Conzatti's (Whitestone, N.Y.) nine kills and 10 points setting season-high marks. Senior setter Sarah Rende (Wantagh, N.Y.) dished out 40 assists in directing the FSC offense to go with four service aces, while classmate Delaney Keegan (Lake Grove, N.Y.) was one of five Rams to record a double-digit digs total on the evening with her season-high 25 from the libero position.

After the Devils (5-3) captured a five-point decision in the first set, Farmingdale State used an 11-3 run midway through the second to jump ahead by a 21-17 margin. Sophomore outside Caroline Lange (Shoreham, N.Y.) put down three of her six kills during the spread, while Keegan added two aces from the service line. FDU closed to within a 22-21 deficit, before a pair of attack errors sandwiched an ace by Rende in seeing the Rams tie the match at one set apiece.

The visitors took a 2-1 lead after using a 10-2 spurt to close out a 25-20 third set, before the teams battled back and forth in the fourth frame. Following two kills by Marquardt to give the host side a 17-16 edge, the teams were tied on six different occasions – including at 23-all on Kollarik's 10th kill of the match. The Devils forced a side out on the next serve, before tallying another point to close out the contest.

Farmingdale State is next on the road on Thursday night (Sept. 18), when takes on Pratt Institute in Brooklyn at 7.