From University of Rochester Athletics
The University of Rochester rebounded with a strong day
two at the UR Volleyball Invitational on Saturday, going 2-0 in
wins over Sage College and Elmira College at the Louis Alexander
Palestra.
Rochester (3-5) snapped a four match losing streak with two
3-0 victories on Saturday. The Yellowjackets topped Sage
25-17, 25-22 and 25-21 before beating Elmira 26-24, 25-9 and
25-12.
Two players from Rochester were named to the All-Tournament
Team, sophomore Nina Baek and senior Xiaoyi Li.
It was a tale of two days in the UR tournament, with
Rochester hitting the ball much better on Saturday. UR hit
around .100 and struggled with errors on Friday and improved to
hitting .189 against Sage and .200 against Elmira while committing
half the errors in the two matches combined.
Freshman Shira Katz led UR with nine kills against the Gators
(3-4) with Baek right behind with eight. Jennie Ford and Emma
Gira each added seven with Li dishing out 31 assists and adding 10
digs. Ashley Hunter and Meghan Connor led in digs with 13 and
12 respectively.
Against Elmira, Katz was the only UR player in double figure
kills with 11 but Baek and Li had two more great games as
well. Baek hit .467 (7 kills, 15 attempts) with five digs and
Li had four kills, 31 assists and 10 digs. Ford added 7
kills, 3 aces and 19 digs while Hunter chipped in 14 digs and 3
aces.
Penn St.-Behrend College took home the team title in the UR
Invitational after going a perfect 4-0. St. John Fisher
finished 2-1 with four teams log-jammed at 2-2 for 3rd
place.