The Screaming Eagles took on the Cazenovia Wildcats in day 1 of the NEAC Conference weekend at SUNY Cobleskill.
CSE started off strong, taking a an early 3-1 lead and later extended it to 11-7. But the Wildcats went on a 7-0 run sustained by 5 Eagle errors that pushed Cazenovia out front to a 14-12 lead. After an Amy Cooper kill gave the ball back to CSE, Cazenovia continued to pour on the pressure by going on a 6-4 run that pushed the Wildcats to a 20-16 lead. Cazenovia closed the set out 25-21 after a CSE service error at 24-21. The Eagles hit for 10 kills and 2 aces in the set with Subhana Wrights leading the way with 2 kills and 3 blocks.
The second set was a tight affair throughout with neither team being able to pull away from the other early on. The Wildcats opened a slight 2 point lead midway through the match (10-12) but the Eagles continued to fight back into the match and tied it at 16-16 after a Wildcat service error. Then the wheels came off the Eagle serve receive and after 3 aces and a couple of kills by Cazenovia, CSE found themselves in a 23-19 hole they could not recover from and fell 25-20. Subhana Wrights led the way again with 3 kills and 2 blocks while Rachel Hausler had 8 digs in the set.
The Eagles stormed out of the gates in set 3 and never looked back in a dominant performance. CSE ran off a 4-0 lead behind 2 aces by Amy Cooper and held that lead halfway through the match (12-8). Katie Cooper was dominant in the front row as she pounded out 5 kills and Kiara Francisco had 2 blocks to lead the Eagles on a 13-4 run and a set victory.
Saint Elizabeth trailed most of the 4th set as the Wildcats stepped up the pressure. Cazenovia held 5-1, 8-4 and 13-9 leads as the Eagles could not sustain any momentum. After 5 Cazenovia errors, CSE managed to tie the set at 19 before another service error gave the lead and ball to Cazenovia. After 2 late errors by the Eagles, Cazenovia saw themselves 1 point away from a 4 set victory at 24-21 before a passing error gave the Eagles life at 22-24. Amy Cooper hit for an ace and Cazenovia had another hitting error to push the score to 24 all. After another service ace by Amy Cooper, Cazenovia finally put down a kill to knot the score at 25. Cazenovia then missed a serve and followed up with a hitting error to give Saint Elizabeth the unlikely 4th set win at 27-25. Katie Cooper and Kareemah Muhammad combined for 8 kills and 1 ace to pace the Eagle offense while Amy Cooper's 4 aces were a team best.
Cazenovia took an early 3-2 lead behing some clutch hitting but the Eagles continued their 5th set heroics, taking Subhana Wrights' 2 kills as a diving board to jump out to a 6-4 lead. A Kareemah Muhammad kill and a Jenae Goodson ace extended the lead to 8-4 at the midway point of the set. Another Muhammad kill and a Katie Cooper kill later on sparked a run that had the Eagles on top 11-8. Cazenovia kept fighting back, getting a couple of key kills to even out the score at 12. The teams traded the next few points and the score was knotted up at 14 before a couple of perfect passes from Rachel Hausler led kills Subhana Wrights to wrap up the match.
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