New Paltz, NY — The State University of New York at New Paltz women's volleyball team fell to The College at Brockport Friday, 3-1 (19-25, 23-25, 25-8, 23-25). 
 
"We got outplayed again by another conference team," said Hawks coach Matt Giufre. "They hit better than us, they served better than us, they were in position better than we were. They played a much cleaner game of volleyball. I really loved the way we battled back in those sets that we were down. We made it a fight, but we keep having the same breakdowns over and over again and it keeps costing us matches."

The loss places SUNY New Paltz at 8-9 on the season and 3-3 in the SUNYAC. The Golden Eagles improved to 9-9 overall and 2-4 in conference play. 
 
Brockport started the first set by grabbing a 4-6 lead, but a service error from Kerri McHale and a kill by Courtney Gebhardt tied the set at six. Despite evening the score, the Golden Eagles continued to pile on points to give them a 6-14 advantage. The Hawks made another comeback, as a block by Demi Herasme tied the score at 16. Brockport finished the set strong, however, claiming a 18-25 set victory. 
 
 
The Golden Eagles jumped out to a 0-4 lead to open up set two. A service ace from Megan Muehlbauer improved the score for her team to make it 4-11. Two kills from Van Pelt, blocks by Herasme and Haley Timarky, a kill by Herasme, and a bad set from Elena Grossman, respectively, evened the score for SUNY New Paltz at 12. Three consecutive points for Brockport boosted the score to 13-17, but the Hawks managed to tie the score for the second time at 23 all after scoring four straight points. They couldn't complete the rally, though and the Golden Eagles closed out the second set with another win, 23-25. 
  SUNY New Paltz wasted no time in the third and built a 9-3 advantage. A kill from Grossman cut the deficit to 17-8, but Brockport could not figure out a game plan to stop the Hawks. Several attack errors from the Golden Eagles, blocks from Herasme, Gebhardt, and Julie Greenspan combined for seven points to give SUNY New Paltz its first set win, 25-8. 
 
The final set began with the foes constructing a 2-5 mark. A kill from Van Pelt, blocks from Herasme and Gebhardt, and bad set from Grossman tied the score at six. Shortly after, two service aces from Van Pelt gave the Hawks an 8-6 advantage. Brockport came back from behind, scoring five-straight points to give them their first lead of the set, 11-14. A kill from Herasme and an attack error from Grossman saw the score even at 19. Brockport never lost its momentum to close the fourth set and earned a 23-25 win and 3-1 victory over the defending conference champions. 
 
Van Pelt paced SUNY New Paltz with 14 kills, 17 digs and tied with Timarky with two service aces each. Additionally, Timarky collected 28 assists, while Nicole Fellone tallied 19 digs. Furthermore, Herasme finished the game with seven blocks. 
 
SUNY New Paltz returns to action Saturday in the Hawk Center as it hosts arch rival, SUNY Geneseo in a re-match of last season's SUNYAC Championship game. First serve is scheduled for a 2 p.m start. In addition, there will be a ring ceremony for the 2019 NCAA Men's Volleyball National Champions prior to the matchup. 
 
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