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Ella Loussia vs. Rider
Dean Bogart
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Canisius CAN 9-11, 6-2 MAAC
3
Winner Quinnipiac QUI 8-10, 4-5 MAAC
Canisius CAN
9-11, 6-2 MAAC
1
Final
3
Quinnipiac QUI
8-10, 4-5 MAAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Canisius CAN 25 17 25 17 (1)
Quinnipiac QUI 19 25 27 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Quinnipiac Hands Volleyball Second-Straight Loss

Despite taking the first set from Quinnipiac, the Canisius volleyball team suffered its second loss in MAAC play on Saturday afternoon at Burt Kahn Court in Hamden, Conn. The Golden Griffins could not stop the Bobcats after that first set, losing the next three frames to their host (25-19, 17-25, 25-27, 17-25).
 
The Griffs fell to 9-11 overall with the loss and dropped to 6-2 in league action. With the win, Quinnipiac improved to 8-10 on the season and 4-5 in the conference standings.
 
A bright spot for the Blue and Gold was freshman Ella Loussia as the outside hitter put down nine kills to go with four digs, while senior Leah Simmons recorded nine kills to go along with four block assists. Senior setter Cassidy Ceriani registered a double-double with 25 assists and 20 digs, while freshman libero Bree Long tacked on 16 digs and five assists. Sophomore Ashley Kekeisen was able to land three service aces on the day along with nine digs.
 
Leading the Bobcats offense was Olga Zampati with 12 kills to go with six block assists while Goergia Tselepi and Maggie Baker were right behind with 10 kills apiece. Lydia Jones posted nine kills and a match-high seven block assists. Aryanah Diaz facilitated the attack with 26 assists and 15 digs. Alejandra Rodriguez led both teams with 28 digs.
 
A five-point lead to open the first set proved enough for Canisius to hold on, as Loussia collected four kills in the opening frame as part of the 25-19 victory. The second set saw Quinnipiac rattle off four points to negate an early lead by the Griffs and take their own advantage at 7-5. This lead eventually swelled to a nine-point differential at 21-12 and the Bobcats evened the match by closing out the set, 25-17.
 
Quinnipiac again grabbed the lead after a close beginning to the third set, but Canisius showed late life when it held off Quinnipiac set-point at 24-20 by ripping off a 5-0 run and taking a 25-24 lead. The Bobcats recovered with three-straight points to win the stanza, 27-25. The Bobcats then used a closing 6-0 surge in the fourth set to beat the Griffs by a 25-17 score, taking the match with it.
 
Game Notes
• Saturday was the 17th meeting all-time between the two schools. The Canisius lead in the series shrunk to 13-4 with Saturday's setback.
• Ceriani's double-double was the 49th of her career and she now has four 20-dig matches this season.
• With her 17th dig today, Ceriani became just the 12th player in school history reach 1,000 career digs and is only the second Griff to record 2,000 assists and 1,000 digs in a career after Mary Beth Sands.
• Simmons needs one more block assist (213 in her career) to tie Jacklyn Malusa for 10th all-time in program history with 214.
• Kekeisen's three aces matched her career high, doing so for the second-straight match.
 
Up Next
The Golden Griffins finish out the weekend on Sunday, heading to Fairfield to take on the Stags. That meeting between the top two teams in the conference will begin at 1 p.m.
 
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