SCORE: UAlbany 3, Siena 1 (25-11, 23-23, 25-19, 25-11)
 
LOCATION: UHY Center - Loudonville, N.Y.
 
RECORD: UAlbany 7-11, 1-3 AE | Siena 4-15, 3-4 MAAC
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes take down Siena in a four-set victory to extend their winning streak to six against the Saints during their Wednesday night match up.
 
COACH JOSH PICKARD: "Great effort by the team tonight. We were able to spread the offense pretty evenly across to everyone and it was really fun to see everybody get involved there. Service pressure really put us in a good spot to be able to play defense and make life pretty difficult on their offense, which was great."
 
KEY STATS

• Redshirt-junior Shynelle Woroniuk led the Great Danes with 16 kills. Sophomore Cambell Robinson and redshirt-junior Kendall Harris followed with nine kills each.
• Freshman Maria Olga Siapani had her tenth double-double of the season with 34 assists and 10 digs. Siapani also tallied six kills on a .857 hitting percentage.
• UAlbany had two defenders with double-digit digs in freshman Kasia Barletta (10) and Siapani (10).
• Freshman Kiki Provatas led both teams with four service aces.
• Junior Tori Wilson led at the net with four total blocks for the Great Danes. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• UAlbany jumped out to an early lead with strong kills from outside hitter Shynelle Woroniuk and middle blocker Campbell Robinson to push the score to 11-4.
• Key kills from multiple players made it clear that UAlbany was on a mission.
• The Great Danes closed out the set with continued pressure from the service line to win, 25-11.
• Set two was tightly contested from the start but Siena turned up the heat with a 5-1 lead.
• The Saints continued to pull ahead but a four-point scoring run by UAlbany tied it at 18.
• A 5-0 scoring run put Siena at match point but the Great Danes were not going down without a fight.
• Another scoring run by UAlbany brought it within one but Siena won the final point and took set two, 25-23.
• The Great Danes bounced back quickly in set three to take a 10-4 lead fueled by kills from opposite hitter Elisavet Papageorgiou.
• The Saints attempted to close the gap with a 3-0 scoring run but UAlbany wasn't letting that happen. 
• A consistent back-and-fourth effort ended with a three-point scoring run by the Great Danes to take set three, 25-19.
• UAlbany dominated from the beginning of set four by taking a fast nine-point advantage at 13-4.
• Two scoring runs from the Great Danes put the team up by 11.
• The Purple and Gold held out strong to take the fourth set victory, 25-11. This finalized the match, 3-1.

NEXT: The Great Danes head home to host their annual Dig Pink Night against Bryant on Friday, October 18 at 6 PM.

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