The Eagles began their last match of NEAC weekend less than
100%. Setter Amy Cooper who has
been breaking single season match records almost every time she plays was out
due to a mild concussion suffered versus Keuka. The pressure fell squarely on the shoulders of freshman Jenae
Goodson who had to lead the team in this highly important match versus
Cazenovia.
The Eagles struggled to find consistency in their passing
and offense but were hanging close to Cazenovia thanks to their superb
serving. The Eagles trailed early
5-0 but fought back to within 1 at 16-15.
The Eagles saw Cazenovia extend the lead to 5 again thanks to a couple
of passing and attacking errors and could not close the gap as Cazenovia took the set 25-20. The 2nd set saw more of the same
although the offense was much more productive thanks to the good passing on
serve receive. The team hit for 9
kills in the set and fought back from a 24-19 deficit to 24-23 before bowing
out to Cazenovia.
The 3rd and final set was a repeat of the first
unfortunately. The Eagles’ gave up
an early lead (9-5) but fought back to within 1 at 16-15. The passing errors and attacking errors
came back again as Cazenovia extended the lead to 20-15 and never looked back,
closing out the set at 25-19.
The Eagles were outstanding from the service line, scoring
on 13 aces while only committing 4 errors but the passing errors and attacking
errors cost the Eagles as the team could not find its attacking rhythm.
Jenae Goodson performed admirably in extremely adverse
conditions, dishing out 16 assists and scoring 2 aces in the loss. Katie Cooper led the attack with 8
kills and had a team high 5 aces. Chanice
Sears had 3 kills and 3 aces in the loss.
CSE takes on conference opponent Penn State Abbington on Thursday,
September 22 at PS Abbington.
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