SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College women's volleyball team swept Plattsburgh State (25-15, 25-9, 25-20) in the morning for its first win of the year and later fell to SUNY Cortland (25-13, 25-23, 25-20) in the final match of the tournament.
 

• Sophomore Madison Manning was Skidmore's representative on the All-Tournament Team. She finished the weekend with 20 kills (2.22/set), 14 digs, two assists, and two aces.

 
Skidmore 3, Plattsburgh 0

• The Thoroughbreds dominated the service line, posting a 16-4 advantage in service aces. Jazlin Chen had a team high six aces. Catriona Hoelperl had four, and Tiffany Flores had three.
• Manning led with seven kills and six digs. Chen, Rudi Reyes, and Natalie Pedersen each had five kills. Reyes hit .231 for the match. Pederson had a solo block.
• Hoelperl (13) and Flores (10) combined for 23 assists. Athena Braverman tallied seven digs.
• Liya Girma was the leader for the Cardinals with six kills, three aces, and six digs.
• Skidmore (1-6) ran out to a big lead in the first set with seven unanswered points.
• The Thoroughbreds went on a 10-1 run in the second set to expand an early 4-3 lead.
• The third set was the closest.
• Plattsburgh (0-6) led in the third, 17-16, when Skidmore scored 7-of-8 aided by a Plattsburgh out-of-rotation call, which would have cut Skidmore's lead to one at 20-19.

 
Cortland 3, Skidmore 0

• Manning led the Thoroughbreds for the second game in a row with eight kills, five digs, and two assists.
• Reyes put down six kills and tallied a pair of digs.
• Chen and Pedersen both finished with five kills. Chen had three blocks, one solo.
• Hoelperl racked up a career high 22 assists and finished with three aces and six digs.
• Emalee Ballou was the leader for the Red Dragons with 15 kills and a .355 swing percentage. She also had six blocks.
• Emma Reilly had seven blocks, two solo, and eight kills for Cortland (5-1).
• Cortland scored eight unanswered points in the first set to break open what was a close start.
• Skidmore led 23-22 in the second before the Red Dragons scored the last three points of the set to grab a commanding 2-0 lead.
• The third set was also close. It was 18-all when Cortland got four in a row to put it out of reach.

 
2024 Skidmore Classic All-Tournament Team
Nazareth - Ella Kules
Plattsburgh - Darby Collyear
Conn college - Mila Chan 
Brandeis -   Anna Ertischek
Williams - Morgan Daetz
Skidmore - Madison Manning
Oneonta - Anna Moller
Cortland - Ryan Hinshaw 
 
NEXT UP: The Thoroughbreds will play each of their next seven matches on the road. Skidmore will visit Williams College on Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m.