BUFFALO, N.Y. - The D'Youville University Women's Volleyball Team (7-17, 3-8 ECC) lost a hard-fought match 3-1 to Queens College on Sunday afternoon.

D'Youville University 1 vs Queens College 3 (26-24, 21-25, 24-26, 27-29)

First Set
Matchplay started in the Knights favor as they jumped out to a 9-3 lead. Queens held the lead for most of the set, but the Saints stayed close until the score tied at 18 after a knight's error. The score continued to stay tied until D'Youville took their first lead at 24-23. The score tied up again, but a kill from Madeline O'Brien (East Amherst, N.Y.) put the Saints on top again at 25-24. The Saints took the 26-24 win in set one after a block by Mitha Hatwar (Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty) and Brianna Damstetter (Buffalo, N.Y./City Honors).

Second Set
It was the Saints who got ahead early in set two, jumping out to a 4-1 lead after a service ace from Emma Wlostwoski (Alden, N.Y./Alden). The Knights battled back taking the 7-6 lead.The Knight expanded their lead to 15-10, but the Saints came right back. D'Youville went on a five-point run to tie the set up. The Knights called a timeout to try and stop the Saints momentum, but a block from Brianna Damstetter and Nathalya Rocha (El Paso, TX/Canutillo) pushed the Saints ahead 16-15. The Knights found their momentum and would go on a five-point run to jump up 20-16.

D'Youville took a timeout of their own and came back to score two more with kills from Madeline O'Brien and Eve Musielak (Eden, N.Y/Eden). The Knights retook the lead with a score of 23-20, but the Saints continued to fight scoring one more before the Knights would go on to win 25-21.

Third Set
The third set started even with a service ace from O'Brien tying the set at five. Queens began to pull away, jumping out to a 9-5 lead, but a kill from Eve Musielak brought the Saints back in. The Knights took a 14-10 lead, but a kill from Mitha Hatwar, two errors from the Knights and a service ace from Wlostowski tied the game at 14. After a Knights timeout, the Saints kept their momentum going and a block from O'Brien gave the Saints the 15-14 lead.

The Knights continued to apply pressure taking the 20-16 lead. The fight continued as the Saints again came back to tie the game at 22, but the Knights kept the pressure on and would take set three 26-24.

Fourth Set
D'Youville started set four on top after taking the 5-2 lead. The Knights fought back, and the score remained close until a kill from Mitha Hatwar put the Saints up 16-14. Once again, the Knights fought back and managed to tie the game at 18. D'Youville took the 22-19 lead, but the Knights gained momentum to take the 23-22 lead. A knight's error tied the game at 23 and a block from Giselle Ramirez (Miami, Fla./School for Advanced Studies) put the Saints ahead 24-23. Again, the Knights came back to tie, but O'Brien notched another kill to bring back the lead. The game continued back and forth with neither team able to take the two-point lead. Ultimately, after multiple hard-fought rallies, the Knights would score the final two points and win the set 29-27 and the match 3-1.

Saints Stats
Madeline O'Brien led the Saints with 16 kills between four sets while Mitha Hatwar delivered 34 assists. Giselle Ramirez was a standout on defense with five blocks and Samantha Killane (Vero Beach, Fla./Lincoln Park Academy) excelled on both sides of the net with four serving aces and 16 digs.

Up Next
The D'Youville Women's Volleyball team will play their final regular season game on the road on Thursday, November 9^th at 6:00 PM against ECC opponent Daemen University.