ITHACA, N.Y. – The Skidmore College volleyball team was swept on the road at nationally 19^th-ranked Ithaca (10-25, 22-25, 17-25) in its Liberty League opener on Friday evening.

• First year Chloe Heitman led Skidmore (6-7) with nine kills and three digs.
• Madison Manning had eight kills, six digs, and went a perfect 8-for-8 on serve receives.
• Maya Stolarz tallied six kills and one out of Skidmore's two solo blocks. Catriona Hoelperl had the other. She also finished with 19 assists and seven digs.
• Marlowe McIntyre led the team with 14 digs. She also finished with five assists and an ace.
• Naomi Clauhs led the way for the Bombers with 12 kills. Addison Leadbetter dropped 11 kills and three blocks.
• Ithaca (9-3) had a 5-2 edge in blocks and had 10 aces to Skidmore's two.
• The Bombers hit .478 as a team in the opening set while holding Skidmore to four kills to take a quick 1-0 lead.
• Skidmore responded with its best offensive frame, hitting .217 with 14 kills in the second. The Thoroughbreds led early in the middle set before Ithaca went ahead thanks to a 7-2 scoring run. Skidmore later pulled to within a point by scoring four unanswered, but the Bombers stretched its lead to three, 21-18, with the next two points. The teams traded points the rest of the way setting up the eventual sweep.
• The Thoroughbreds didn't go down quietly in the third. A 7-2 Skidmore run mid-set cut into a big deficit before Ithaca closed it out scoring six out of the match's final eight points.  

UP NEXT
Skidmore will look to salvage the weekend split to open league play when it takes on RIT in Rochester on Saturday at 2 p.m.