JAMAICA, N.Y.—The York College women's volleyball team hosted a non-conference tri-match on Saturday but failed to record a win, losing to William Paterson University, 3-0 (25-12, 25-4, 25-11) and Clarks Summit University 3-0 (25-18, 25-10, 25-11).
William Paterson Recap
The Pioneers (6-2) cruised to the three-set victory over York, hitting a combined .400 for the match and holding York to a negative hitting percentage.
The Cardinals got off to a promising start after taking an early lead in the first set, but the tide turned quickly, with William Paterson going on a big run to pull away.
The second set was dominated by the Pioneers. With WPU holding a 3-1 lead and Christine Griffith serving, the Pioneers rattled off 17 unanswered points, to go up 20-1. York finally broke through after a
Shauncia McClendon kill, but WPU would close out the set a few points later.
York played better in the third set, hitting more efficiently, but William Paterson were once again too strong and closed out the match.
McClendon finished with seven kills to lead York, while
Allison Ahmed had nine assists and five digs.
Tiandra Jones served up three aces.
Alyson Toman could not be stopped, recording 13 kills with a .632 hitting percentage to lead William Paterson.
Clarks Summit Recap
The Cardinals struggled again in the second match of the day, managing just 12 kills on the afternoon. Meanwhile, Clarks Summit's Callie Kitowski finished with 16 kills and hit .438.
York kept it close early on the first set, but six straight CSU points, turned a two-point deficit to an eight-point deficit. The second set saw the Defenders jump out to a 6-1 lead for the comfortable win and the third set was more of the same, with CSU scoring the first six points to cruise to the third-set win.
York was led by Ahmed in the loss, who had seven digs and a .333 hitting percentage. McClendon added four kills, three aces and six digs.
Clarks Summit finishes the day with a 2-10 record, after falling to William Paterson in the second match of the day. York now drops to 2-8. They visit the College of Mt. St. Vincent on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
