Score: SUNY Canton 3, Elmira College 2 [25-16, 26-24, 14-25, 23-25, 15-11]
Score: St. Lawrence University 3, Elmira College 0 [25-17, 25-23, 25-23]
Records: Canton (11-9), St. Lawrence (8-11), Elmira (4-5)
Location: Canton, N.Y. -- Roos House

CANTON, N.Y. -- The Elmira College women's volleyball team dropped both ends of its doubleheader against SUNY Canton and St. Lawrence University at the Canton Classic, hosted by the Kangaroos on Saturday.

SUNY Canton bested the Purple and Gold with a five-set victory, while EC was defeated in straight sets by the Saints in the neutral site competition.

In the opener, the Roos won the first two sets, before the EC offense came alive. After winning the third set by a dominate score of 25-14, the Soaring Eagles recorded a match-high 18 kills en route to a narrow 25-23 victory in the fourth. However, despite a .match-best 360 attack percentage in the decisive fifth set, the Roos picked up 12 of the 15 points via kills with recording an error, equaling a .522 attack percentage.

Outside hitters Natalie Schieder '19 and McKenzie Slaven '20 performed admirably in the loss with 18 and 17 kills, respectively. For Slaven, it was by far the best outing of her brief EC career, as the 17 kills and .342 attack percentage mark her best totals of her debut season.

Schieder was the only Soaring Eagle to post double-digit kills in the nightcap. She now has 10-or-more kills in seven of Elmira's nine matches.

Second-year setter Taylor Kaznowski '19 earned assists on 28 of EC's 33 kills against St. Lawrence, while picking up her fourth double-double of the season with 10 digs. Kaznowski finished the two matches with a combined 73 assists, 23 digs, and four aces, and was named to the Canton Classic All-Tournament Team.

Inside the Box (SUNY Canton)

• Elmira concluded the five-set match with 55 kills and a .151 attack percentage.
• SUNY Canton registered 49 kills and a .171 attack percentage.
• Kaznowski and Kelsey Ray '17 paced EC with three aces each.
• The Soaring Eagles served 12 aces as a team.
• Kaznowski assisted on 45 of Elmira's kills.
• Schieder paced the Purple and Gold with 18 kills and 26 digs.
• Slaven finished with 17 kills and only four attack errors.
• Canton's Shea Norton and Haley Riley combined for 26 kills and just three errors.
• Kelsy Cornish paced the Roos with 15 kills.

Inside the Box (St. Lawrence)

• EC posted 33 kills with a .194 attack percentage.
• St. Lawrence finished with 34 kills and a .210 attack percentage.
• Schieder paced both teams with a match-high 16 kills.
• Karina Hastings '19 had seven kills with a .417 attack percentage.
• Kaznowski earned a double-double with 28 assists and a team-high 10 digs.
• Masha Kolesnikova led the Saints with 10 kills.
• SLU's Ally Good had a match-high 15 digs.

News and Notes

• Elmira fell to 4-5 overall with the two losses.
• Schieder's double-double vs. SUNY Canton was her fifth of the season.
• Her 26 digs against the Roos were one shy of her career high.
• Schieder has at least two aces in five consecutive matches.
• With 12 aces against the Roos, EC served double-digit aces in three straight matches, the longest such streak since the Soaring Eagles did so in five consecutive games in September of last season.
• Slaven's 17 kills in the first match are a career high.
• Kaznowski was named to the Canton Classic All-Tournament Team following double-doubles in both matches.

Up Next
Elmira College will return to Empire 8 Conference play with a tri-match against Stevens Institute of Technology and Houghton College next Saturday, October 8th, in Houghton, New York. The opening match with the Ducks is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.