Women's Volleyball | 10/2/2012 8:48:00 PM

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PITTSFORD, NY - Both RIT and Nazareth entered Tuesday night's volleyball match riding identical six-match winning streaks. Unfortunately, RIT (15-7) would have its streak snapped and Nazareth (13-7) would run its streak to seven matches with a four-set win over the Tigers at Kidera Gymnasium. RIT won the first set 25-21, but Nazareth roared back to win the next three, 25-19, 25-19, 25-20

In the opening set, Nazareth scored the first point, but RIT responded with nine of the next 10 for a 9-2 lead. The Tigers would lead by as many as eight, at 20-12, before Nazareth made a small run to force a RIT timeout up 24-21 late in the first set. On the ensuing play, Taylor Harkness (Batavia, NY/Batavia) slammed a spike off the blockers to give RIT the 25-21 edge in set one.

RIT led 2-1 early in the second set, but Nazareth went on an early run and never trailed after, taking set two, 25-19. In the third set, Nazareth took an early lead and held on once again. RIT rallied to tie set four, 19-19, before Nazareth pulled away late, scoring six of the final seven points.

Katie Cooper (New Canaan, CT/New Canaan) led the way offensively for the Tigers, dishing out 18 assists to go along with 10 kills and 14 digs. Sara Martin (Rochester, NY/West Irondequoit) also added 10 kills and five digs. Cat Sullivan (Lehman, PA/Lake-Lehman) tallied just six kills, but added four blocks. Suzanne Jokajtys (Boonville, NY/Adirondack) had nine kills and eight digs. Harkness dished out 16 assists to go along with five digs and four kills. Bethany Davis (Blasdell, NY/Frontier) led RIT with 21 digs.

Amy Johnson led a balanced Nazareth attack with nine kills and four blocks. Five different Golden Flyers had at least six kills. Brittany Crocetti dished out 20 assists, while Aubrey Cooke and Jennifer Goodman each tallied nine digs.

It was the second match of the season between the two teams. RIT swept the Golden Flyers, 25-19, 25-22, 25-23 at the RIT Invitational on September 15.

The Tigers return to action on Friday and Saturday, as they compete at the Fredonia Invitational. On Friday, RIT plays Westminster (Pa.) at 4 p.m. and host Fredonia at 8 p.m.