Volleyball Splits on Day 1 of Howard CC Tournament

The Finger Lakes women's volleyball team opened up the 2013 season splitting matches on the first day of the Howard Community College Tournament. The Lakers dropped the first match 3-1 to Montgomery College by scores of 22-25, 13-25, 25-16, 22-25. Ryenn Smith led all attackers and defenders with 10 kills and 14 digs, Courtney Bradish contributed 7 kills, while Ali Drier rounded out the offense with 5 kills. Jessie Blumenfeld contributed 13 assists, 14 digs, and 6 aces in the match vs. Montgomery. During the match, the Lakers fought hard to force a fourth set but could not rally to win the match. "Ultimately, we had too many unforced errors in the match, and that was very difficult for us to overcome," said head coach Matt Barr.

The Lakers were successful in their second match of the day against CCBC Essex, winning 3-0 by scores of 25-15, 25-23, 25-22. Setters, Jessie Blumenfeld (6 assists) and Bridget Whitehair (8 assists) ran a well-balanced offense that was led by Ryenn Smith with 8 kills, followed by Courtney Bradish and Ali Drier each contributing 4 kills a piece. As a team the Lakers had 7 service aces with many of its members contributing defensively. Courtney Bradish and Christina Denniston led defenders with 11 and 10 digs respectively. 

"Overall, I was very pleased with how we started off our season," said head coach Matt Barr, "We are very excited for tomorrow."

The Lakers return to action tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. against College of Southern Maryland. Depending on the teams record at the conclusion of pool play, the Lakers will play either at 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. to finish out the tournament.