Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 ROCHESTER, NY - The Daemen College women's volleyball team took a split of their two matches today, defeating the NYIT Bears 3-1 (25-27, 25-22, 25-21, 25-14) before falling in five sets to the host Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks (21-25, 23-25, 27-25, 25-17, 7-15) at the Voller Athletic Center.  Daemen moves to 19-10 on the season.

After dropping the opening set to NYIT, Daemen rebounded and came away the four-set victory against the East Coast Conference school.  Sophomore Lindsey Nowak (Hamburg, NY/Immaculata) led the way with 16 kills in the match.

Daemen also got nine kills and nine blocks from sophomore Ye Wang (Beijing, China/Hachioji Jissen) in the middle, while on the outside senior Joanna Fretthold (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) and junior Jenn Karan (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) were splitting 16 kills between them.

Daemen's five-set loss to the Redhawks split the season series between the two rivals, while Daemen also drops to 1-5 on the season in matches that go the distance; that includes an 0-4 mark in such matches in just the last eight days.

Karan had 18 kills in a losing effort while Wang pounded down 12 and Nowak had 11.

Alexa Antoni led the Redhawks with 20 kills while Maggie Concannon contributed 61 assists in the match.

Daemen got a career-best 41 digs from junior Paige Tilert (Derby, NY/Lake Shore) while Kaley Vazquez (Kenmore, NY/Kenmore West) had 35 assists.

Next up for the Wildcats is the pool play round of the USCAA National Tournament coming your way from the campus of SUNY Canton on Friday, November 2.