Sarah Lawrence 3, Farmingdale State 2 (19-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-10, 16-14)
BRONXVILLE, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State College women's volleyball team traveled Saturday to Skyline Conference unbeaten and regionally ranked Sarah Lawrence College, and after winning the first two sets the Rams fell to the host Gryphons, 3-2.
FSC (13-4, 8-2 Skyline) hit .394 to win the first set 25-19, as freshman right side
Leslie Wandmacher (Bay Shore, N.Y.) and junior outside hitter
Mackenzie Marquardt (Centereach, N.Y.) floored five and four kills, respectively.Â
Kills in succession by senior
Sarah Kollarik (Levittown, N.Y.), Wandmacher and Marquardt in the second frame broke a 22-22 deadlock and doubled the Rams' lead in the match over the Gryphons (24-2, 10-0).
Sarah Lawrence closed the third set by scoring the last four points, before hitting .393 in the fourth set to level the contest at 2-all.
In the fifth set, a kill and assisted block by sophomore
Asia Perkes (Laurel, Md.) bookended a four-point spurt that put the visitors ahead 13-7. SLC tallied the next six points to even the score, before Kollarik gave Farmingdale State match point with a kill that gave her team a 14-13 edge. From there, a pair of Gryphons kills sandwiched an assisted block to clinch the match.
Wandmacher hit .256 on her way to a team-high 15 kills to go with four total blocks (two solo), while Marquardt added 13 kills on a .385 hitting percentage. Kollarik registered nine kills, with classmate
Allison Salinas (Glen Cove, N.Y.) posting a match-high 27 kills in the FSC back row. Setters
Sarah Rende (Wantagh, N.Y.) and
Jessica Farrell (Jr.; Wantagh, N.Y.) dished out 28 and 15 assists, respectively, in directing a Rams offense that notched 50 kills on the day.
Regular-season Skyline play wraps up for Farmingdale State at home on Tuesday night, as it will play host to St. Joseph's-Brooklyn at 7 p.m.
