Buffalo, N.Y. - Playing the first of back-to-back matches in the Buffalo area, the St. Thomas Aquinas College Women's Volleyball team suffered a 3-0 loss to D'Youville University on Saturday afternoon at the College Center Gymnasium.

STAC falls to 3-10 overall and 1-6 within the ECC, while D'Youville improves to 6-14 and 2-5.

Set Results

Set 1: D'Youville 25/STAC 23

Set 2: D'Youville 30/STAC 28

Set 3: D'Youville 25/STAC 13

How it Happened

• First Set - Match play started even between the Saints and Spartans on Saturday, but the D'Youville quickly found their rhythm jumping out to a 9-3 lead after three consecutive service aces. The hosts continued to push and jumped up to an even bigger lead of 15-5 after back-to-back kills. STAC fought their way back to tie the set at 23, but an error by the Spartans and a subsequent kill gave the Saints the 25-23 win in set one.
• Second Set - The second set started out in the Spartans hands as they jumped out to a quick 11-7 lead. D'Youville worked to stay close and managed to take the lead at 21-19 after scoring seven consecutive points. The maroon and gold bounced right back, and the set became even with neither team able to take the two-point advantage. With the set tied at 28, another Saints Kill, combined with a Spartan error gave the hosts the 30-28 win in set two.
• Third Set - Again, even play ruled to start set three, but the Spartans took the 8-6 lead. Back-to-back kills and a service ace gave the D'Youville the lead. The Saints would go on to expand their lead to 20-11 after a six-point run. After reaching match point at 24-13, a service error from the Spartans would give the Saints the 25-13 set win and the 3-0 match win.

Inside the Box Score

• Junior right side Jaizahir Marrero-George finished with 16 kills and seven errors on 38 attacks for a .250 hitting percentage. The Carolina, Puerto Rico native added eight digs and three blocks to her stat line.
• Marrero-George, the ECC leader in kills per set, was the only Spartan to tally double digit kills (16). 
• Freshman middle blocker Lorielys Ruiz totaled eight kills and four digs in the match.
• Freshman outside hitter/right side Natassia Romanoff finished with seven kills and three errors on 19 attacks.
• Junior setter Lea Venghaus tallied 25 assists (8.3 assists/set), one ace and 15 digs. Junior libero Aurivette Santos Bonilla also posted 12 digs (4 digs/set). 

Up Next

STAC will have a quick turnaround, facing another Western New York ECC opponent in Daemen University on Sunday, October 22. The Spartans and Wildcats will square off at Lumsden Gymnasium in Amherst, New York, beginning at 11:00 a.m.