SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Skidmore College volleyball team completed play at Swarthmore's Phoenix Invitational on Saturday afternoon with a three-set loss (25-14, 25-15, 25-20) to Wesleyan University.

• Skidmore finished the weekend 1-2 and is 4-5 overall.
• Wesleyan is off to a 6-0 start.
• Maya Stolarz led Skidmore with seven kills and a .353 hitting percentage.
• Jazlin Chen, Madison Manning, and Chloe Heitman all had five kills. Chen added an ace, solo block, and a pair of digs, while Manning posted nine digs.
• Marlowe McIntyre finished with a team-high 12 digs with two assists.
• Catrione Hoelperl accounted for 16 out of the 26 Skidmore assists. Emma Ferrigno had seven with six digs.
• Wesleyan's Siena Steines finished with 12 kills on just 24 swings and one error for a .458 percentage.
• Wesleyan hit .310 overall.
• The Cardinals had an 8-2 edge in blocks and finished ahead 9-3 in aces.
• Wesleyan led the first, 15-12, before putting it out of a reach with an 8-1 run.
• The Thoroughbreds pulled to within three in the second set, 18-15, before the Cardinals rattled off the final seven points of the set.
• Skidmore led early in the third set before surrendering nine unanswered to go down by seven. Skidmore answered the rally with a 7-1 run to pull to within just a point, but Steines put down three kills leading the Cardinals to a closing 7-2 run to clinch it.

 
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