SUNY Broome volleyball team picked up three sweeps at the Corning CC POD

The volleyball team picked up three sweeps at the Corning CC POD on Saturday, winning matches against Tompkins-Cortland CC 3-0, SUNY Adirondack 3-0, and Hudson Valley CC 3-0.

In the first match, the Hornets faced the Panthers from TC3 and won in three sets 25-12, 25-16, 25-12. The Hornets had 34 kills and 11 errors on 70 attempts, hitting for 0.329%. Melissa Carden and Gabriella Bishop had a team high 7 kills apiece, Megan Carden had 6 kills and Casie Kephart, Anna Tiberia and Josephine Dure chipped in with 4 kills each. Broome was red-hot from the service line amassing 19 aces on the match with Bishop tallying a team high 6 and, Tiberia and Dure contributed 4 aces apiece. Tiberia finished with 25 assists and a team high 8 digs. Melissa Carden had 2 solo blocks and Dure had 1.

Match two saw the Hornets take on the Timberwolves from Adirondack and earn their second sweep of the day with set scores of 25-12, 25-14, 25-14. The Hornets had 33 kills and 10 errors on 79 attempts, hitting for 0.291%. Melissa Carden hit 0.360% and had a team high 10 kills with Megan Carden and Bishop adding 8 kills apiece. The Hornets continued to dominate from the service line amassing 16 aces on the match with Bishop and Megan Carden tallying a team high 4 aces apiece and, Kephart and Dure chipping in with 3 aces each. Tiberia finished with 26 assists and Brianna Rossi had a team high 14 digs. Melissa Carden added 4 solo blocks and 2 assisted blocks to her totals and Dure had 1 solo block.

In the final match of the day, the Broome faced Hudson Valley CC and controlled sets one and two winning 25-22 and 25-15. In the third set the Hornets found themselves down 0-7 to the Vikings before a timeout was called. Kephart got the team on the scoreboard following the timeout with a kill. The Vikings followed with three unanswered points for a 10-1 lead before a kill by captain Megan Carden added another point for the Hornets followed by a Kephart kill and then an ace to draw within 7 points. The Vikings answered with 3 points of their own and a 16-6 lead. The Hornets came charging back starting with a kill by Bishop, an ace by Tiberia, two errors by Hudson Valley, another kill by Bishop and another error by the Vikings to close the gap to 5 points. A Kephart kill made it a 3 point match in favor of Hudson Valley, 16-13. A kill by Bishop and an Viking error brought Broome to within one before the Vikings went on a 3 point run and a 19-15 advantage. Dure went on an 8-point service run to close out the match with the Hornets displaying their relentless defense which included a “pancake” save by Megan Carden. The comeback ended the way it began, with a kill from Kephart for the 25-20 win.

Broome will travel on Wednesday for a 6:00 pm match in Dryden against Tompkins Cortland CC.

Submitted by: Mike Huggler

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