SCORE: Binghamton 3, UAlbany 1
 
LOCATION: West Gym - Vestal, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 7-14, 2-5 AE | Binghamton 12-9, 5-1 AE
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes earned a decisive first set but Binghamton won three close sets to take the four-set win, Friday evening.
 
COACH JOSH PICKARD: "Great start to the match tonight but, unfortunately, we couldn't sustain that pressure throughout. We were able to spread our offense but unable to get past a tough block"
 
KEY STATS

• Redshirt-sophomore Shynelle Woroniuk (15) and sophomore Anna Myhal (14) combined for over half of the Great Danes kills.
• Junior Sthefany Carvalho led with 17 digs.
• Myhal followed Carvalho with 12 digs for her second double-double on the season.
• Freshman Gabriella Karman tallied a team-high four blocks.
• Close behind with three blocks, junior Zosia Szczotkiewicz served as the primary setter with 44 assists. She added 11 digs for her third double-double of the season.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Binghamton grabbed the first point but UAlbany quickly made up for it with five unanswered points.
• Adding three straight points, the Great Danes took an 8-2 lead.
• Play continued back and forth until the Bearcats closed the lead to four points, 16-12, with four straight.
• UAlbany gradually extended the point gap before taking the set win, 25-18, with three straight points.
• Opposite of the first set, the Great Danes scored the first point before Binghamton gained a 3-1 lead with three unanswered points.
• Play returned to back-and-forth action until UAlbany took an 8-7 lead with four straight points.
• The lead traded teams as the Great Danes and the Bearcats continued play. 
• A 6-0 run late in the set sealed the victory for Binghamton and tied the match at 1-1.
• Returning to the back-and-forth action of the earlier sets, a three-point run gave the Bearcats an 8-3 lead in the third set.
• UAlbany answered to tie the score at eight with five straight points.
• The Great Danes took their first lead of the third set, 14-13, with a 4-1 scoring run.
• Binghamton returned to a multi-point lead, 20-17, after six unanswered points.
• The teams traded points for the remainder of the set until the Bearcats took the 25-22 win.
• In what proved to be the final set, Binghamton earned a 10-7 lead with the first, and only, scoring run of the set. 
• The remainder of the set proved to be back-and-forth action but it was not enough as the Great Danes fell, 25-19, for a four-set loss.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will continue on the road with Bryant on Sunday (Oct. 29).
 
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