The Screaming Eagles of CSE took on the Wildcats of SUNY IT on Sunday looking for their 13th win of the season and their 5th at the NEAC. The Wildcats, however, took control of each set early and managed to outlast the Eagles despite surges by CSE that kept the game close.
In set 1 the Eagles trailed 7-3 early but managed to get on a 6-2 run to tie the set at 9 behind the serving of Rachel Hausler. The Wildcats broke serve and then went on a run of their own, jumping out to a 14-10 lead before it was over. CSE fought back yet again and closed to within 1 late in the set at 19-18 but a serving error cost the Eagles momentum and the Wildcats were able to go on a 5-2 run to close it out 25-20. The Eagles had 8 hitting errors in the set to only 6 kills (4 by Katie Cooper) which was a major contributing factor in the loss.
The second set began very much like the first with SUNY IT jumping out to an early lead ( 7-3) and the Eagles fighting back yet again throughout the set. The difference, however, was that the Wildcats kept the Eagles at bay for most of the set with key kills of their own. SUNY IT had leads of 11-6 and 18-11 and looked to be in total control of the set. At this point Katie Cooper went up to serve and between her service game and the offense of Kareemah Muhammad and Subhana Wrights, the Eagles started to roll. The Eagles went on a 12-4 run that put CSE ahead, 23-22. The Wildcats fought back and took a 24-23 lead but committed a service error to give CSE life at 24-24. Unfortunately, the Wildcats did not commit any other errors and were solid in offense the last 2 points to score a set victory at 26-24. Katie Cooper led all hitters with 7 kills of the team's 12. The team committed only 3 hitting errors in the set which allowed them to be in it at the end.
The third set was another carbon copy of the first 2, SUNY IT over CSE early (7-4) but this time CSE just did not have an offensive answer for SUNY IT and could not generate another comeback. The Wildcats pressed for the victory and took it easily 25-15. Although the Eagles had 9 kills to only 1 error, it was the passing that let the team down as the Eagles could only find Katie Cooper for 5 attack attempts in the set (3 kills - 0 errors) and Kareemah Muhammad was stymied for only 3 kills out of 11 attempts.
The Eagles fall to 12W - 13L and take on rival Medgar Evers away on Thursday as they look to get back to .500.
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