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Kalia Reisma and Emma Isroff celebrate a point against marist at the koessler atlhetic center in buffalo, N.Y. on friday, Oct. 24th 2025
Lucas Dembski
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Siena Siena 10-15,5-6 MAAC
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Winner Canisius Canis 10-11,8-3 MAAC
Siena Siena
10-15,5-6 MAAC
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Final
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Canisius Canis
10-11,8-3 MAAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Siena Siena 13 25 23 30 16 (2)
Canisius Canis 25 23 25 28 18 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Volleyball Scores a Five-Set Win Over Siena

Trailing 14-10 in the fifth set, the Canisius volleyball team scored eight of the frame's final 10 points to earn a 3-2 victory over visiting Siena in MAAC volleyball action Saturday afternoon at the Koessler Athletic Center.
 
Canisius won the match by set scores of 25-13, 23-25, 25-23, 28-30, 18-16. The victory, the Golden Griffins' sixth straight, improved the team to 10-11 overall and 8-3 in league play, while the Saints fell to 10-15 overall and 5-6 in conference action.
 
With the scoreboard reading 14-10 in favor of Siena, a service error by the Saints allowed the Griffs to hang on, and it started a 4-0 scoring spurt that let the Blue and Gold to knot the deciding set at 14-14. After a Canisius service error put Siena in the lead 15-14, back-to-back kills from redshirt-sophomore Julia Lenik and freshman Madison Cowan gave the home team a 16-15 advantage. Siena pulled the frame even at 16-16 on a Canisius attack error, but the Griffs responded moments later with back-to-back kills from Cowan and sophomore Emma Isroff to seal the victory.
 
For Canisius, Cowan, Isroff and Lenik all recorded 19 kills in the win, while senior Bella Mosquera added 12 kills to the winning cause. Senior setter Ella Bourque dished out a career-high 60 assists in the victory, while junior libero Brenda Reynaga was credited with a match-high 31 digs. As a team, Canisius hit .231 for the match and the team's 88.5 total points set a season high for the Griffs.
 


Siena's Mary Claire Deacy had a team-high 15 kills in the loss for the Saints, who have now dropped two straight and four of their last six MAAC matches. Setters Alara Doganyuz and Alandra Hasbrouck had 22 and 20 assists, respectively.
 
Canisius hit .481 in the first set as the Griffs cruised to a 25-13 set victory. In the second frame, Canisius led Siena 20-14 late in the set before Siena outscored the Griffs 11-3 down the stretch to even the match at 1-1. Out of the intermission, Canisius regained a 2-1 lead in the match with a 25-23 win thanks to four kills apiece from Cowan and Isroff.
 
Siena forced a fifth set by defeating Canisius 30-28 in the fourth frame. In that set, which saw nine lead changes and 19 ties, Cowand and Isroff accounted for 12 of the Griffs' 23 kills, but Siena was able to take advantage of three service aces and three Canisius service errors. In the fifth set, Cowan and Isroff had four kills apiece and Bourque collected five of her career-high 18 digs to help lift the Blue and Gold to the home victory.
 
MATCH NOTES
• Canisius and Siena met for the 63rd time in series history on Saturday. The Griffs trail the all-time series 36-27, but the Blue and Gold extended its win streak over the Saints to five straight with the win on Saturday.
• Saturday's match featured a total of 40 ties and 15 lead changes, despite the Griffs leading wire-to-wire in the opening frame.
• Each of the last three Canisius-Siena matches have gone to five sets.
• The Griffs' current six-match win streak is the program's longest since the 2019 campaign.
• Canisius improved to 4-3 this season in five-set matches with the win.
• Canisius is 6-1 at home this season. This is the Griffs' best home record through the first seven home matches of the year since the 2018 team won the seven straight to start the home slate.
• Canisius is the only team in the MAAC this season to have three players record 16-or more kills in the same match.
• Bourque's 60 assists are the most for any player in the MAAC this season, and she is the 32nd player in the nation this year to record 60-or more assists in a five-set match.
• Bourque's 60 assists on Saturday gives her 3,504 assists in her career, making her just the fourth setter in school history to reach the 3,500 career assist milestone.
• Mosquera was credited with seven block assists in the win for Canisius, just one day after she matched her career-high with eight block assists in the victory over Marist.
• Reynaga's 31 digs are the most for any player in the MAAC in a five-set match this season.
• Saturday's win for the Griffs serves as head coach Tom Hanna's 50th victory as Canisius' head coach.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius will start a stretch of five-straight road matches in league play on Tuesday (Oct. 28), when the Griffs travel north to play at long-time rival Niagara. Match time at the Gallagher Center in Lewiston, N.Y., is set for 6 p.m., and the contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

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