The Keuka College Women’s Volleyball team battled hard but ultimately fell to Fredonia in a competitive four-set match on Friday evening. Despite a strong second-set win, the Wolves lost their last match of the season 3-1.
Nina Scott (Honeoye Falls, N.Y. / Honeoye Falls-Lima) led the way for the Wolves, with 14 kills with Dayna Edholm (Buffalo, N.Y. / Sweet Home) right behind her with 13 kills of her own. Gabby Rodriguez (Floresville, Texas / Floresville) did her part on the defensive side with 28 digs.
Fredonia 3, Keuka College 1 | 25-14, 25-27, 26-24, 26-24
Fredonia controlled the first set early on with aggressive serving to keep the Wolves off balance. The Wolves got within three after a timely kill from Scott, but the Blue Devils would go on a 7-1 run to pull away. Fredonia would take the first set 25-14.
Keuka responded in the second set with renewed intensity. Scott and Edholm combined for crucial kills, keeping the Wolves in contention throughout a close back-and-forth set. Key defensive plays from Gabby Rodriguez and a steady offensive running through the hands of Casey Hunziker (Rome, N.Y. / Rome Free Academy) and Summer Elza (Goodyear, Ariz. / The Odyssey Institute of Advanced and International Studies), helped the Wolves push Fredonia to the edge. The set saw ties at both 24 and 25 but after a Blue Devil service error, Nina Scott put the ball away for the Wolves to win set two 27-25.
In the third set, Keuka initially led, bolstered by kills from Lilah Cousins (Denver, Colo. / Westminster) and Edholm. Hunziker’s setting was instrumental in creating offensive opportunities, but Fredonia continued to respond. The Green and Gold were down three but went on a 4-1 run to tie the game at 24. Despite Keuka’s efforts to close out the set, Fredonia took the last two points to close it out at 26-24, reclaiming the lead in the match.
The fourth set was another tight contest, with Keuka again finding success through a balanced attack from Edholm and Scott. Hunziker’s fifth service ace and Rodriguez’s steady digs kept Keuka close, and the Wolves held a slight lead late in the set at 22-20. However, Fredonia capitalized on a few key plays down the stretch to capture the final points, winning the set 26-24 and sealing the 3-1 match victory.
KC Notes:
- Keuka College falls to 1-8 in the all-time series against the Blue Devils after securing their first victory in the first match of the season
- Graduate student Dayna Edholm finished her career with 1,049 kills, putting herself at second in the all-time Keuka College record books for career kills
- Edholm finished the season with 40 service aces, a career-high after her 39 in the 2023 season
- Casey Hunziker will leave Keuka College with the third most assists in program history, with 2,767
- Hunziker also found a spot on the career aces list, with 193 aces to achieve fifth in school history
- Nina Scott’s 14 kills on the night helped her surpass 200 for the season, a career-best for the sophomore
- Senior Bryn Straub posted her career-best in kills with nine on the night, also surpassing 100 on the season
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