The Canisius College volleyball team dropped its first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference match of the season, falling in four sets at Saint Peter's in the Yanitelli Center on Saturday. The Peahens defeated the Golden Griffins 25-18, 25-21, 17-25 and 25-17 as Canisius falls to 8-9 overall and 4-1 in the MAAC.

Sophomore Samantha Good led the Griffs with 19 kills while hitting .371 on the day. Senior Renee Lettow had 13 kills, and junior Janelle Davis added a double-double with 40 assists and a season-high 14 digs. Sophomore Allyson Severyn had a season-high 27 digs.

"Saint Peter's controlled the momentum right from the start today, and they kept us from gaining any of the momentum back," Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said. "We committed more unforced errors than our last two matches combined. We didn't get the leadership necessary to turn it around when you're struggling on the road."

Saint Peter's (5-11, 1-4 MAAC) won the first seven points in the opening set and didn't look back, as the Griffs never got closer than four points in the first set. The teams stayed close until midway through the second set, when the Peahens broke open a 15-15 tie with a 5-1 run. Canisius cut the Saint Peter's lead to two points on two occasions, but couldn't come all the way back and went down two sets in the match.

The Griffs jumped out to a big lead in the third set, winning six straight points on the serve of junior Danielle Brawn to go up 13-7. Saint Peter's responded and cut the Canisius lead to 14-12 before the Griffs broke it open by winning seven of nine points, which included four kills from Lettow, and would close out the set on a service ace from Lettow as well.

Saint Peter's scored six straight points, to turn an 8-7 Canisius lead into a 13-8 lead for the Peahens, getting two kills from Chloe Rost during the stretch. Canisius was never able to make a run as the Peahens took the match.

Canisius completes its road trip on Sunday, when the Golden Griffins play at Manhattan. Match time at the Draddy Gymnasium is set for 2 p.m.

Match Notes: Canisius loses to Saint Peter's for the first time in 11 meetings and for the first time since Oct. 11, 2003, which also came in Jersey City, N.J... Canisius committed a season-high 25 attack errors in the match... The Griffs had a service reception percentage of .953 - the highest in the last eight matches... Lettow had double-digit kills for the fourth time in the last seven matches... Davis had 40 assists for the second time in 2010 and recorded her third double-double... Severyn had a season-high in digs for the second time in the last three matches... Junior Layne Adams didn't have a block for the first time in 15 matches... Good had at least 10 kills for the ninth time this season and led Canisius in kills for the eighth time... Sophomore Emily Elek was perfect on service receptions for the sixth time in the last seven matches.