William Paterson 3, Farmingdale State 0 (25-22, 25-11, 25-14)
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State College women's volleyball team saw its eight-match winning streak come to a halt Thursday night, as the Rams fell in non-conference play to visiting William Paterson University in straight sets.
FSC (13-3) found itself down 13-7 in the first set to the Pioneers (18-10), before a kill from junior outside hitter
Samantha Russo (Bay Shore, N.Y.) and three straight points at the service line by senior setter
Sarah Rende (Wantagh, N.Y.) closed the deficit to two points. The Rams continued to chip away before tying the set at 19-19 on a dual block by Russo and sophomore
Asia Perkes (Laurel, Md.), and again two points later when Perkes slammed home a kill. However, WPU was able to run off the next four points to gain momentum, and carried that over to the next two sets of play.
FSC was led by eight kills and one block assist from freshman right side
Leslie Wandmacher (Bay Shore, N.Y.) on a .200 hitting percentage, with junior outside hitter
Mackenzie Marquardt (Centereach, N.Y.) chipping in with four kills and as many digs. Perkes ended the evening with three total blocks (one solo) and two kills, while the defensive tandem of junior
Samantha DiBiasi (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) and senior
Allison Salinas (Glen Cove, N.Y.) passed 13 and 10 digs, respectively,Â
Farmingdale State returns to Skyline Conference play Saturday at noon, when it travels to Bronxville, N.Y., for a pivotal matchup at conference-unbeaten Sarah Lawrence College.
