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NEW PALTZ, NY (October 24, 2012) – On Wednesday evening, the Vassar College women's volleyball team played in a tightly-contested, see-saw five set match with rival SUNY New Paltz. A gallant effort saw the Brewers clawing back into the match at every juncture, only to fall 3-2 (23-25, 26-24, 28-30, 25-15, 6-15).

Down 2-1 in sets, Vassar mounted a big victory in the fourth set (25-15) to force a fifth set. The Hawks jumped out to a 4-0 lead, built it to 10-5 and won the deciding stanza 15-6 for the match victory.

Vassar drops to 18-10 on the season. SUNY New improves to 27-7. The Brewers will play their final home contests on Saturday, October 27 in a tri-match with Misericordia University and Farmingdale at Kenyon Hall starting at 11 am. Vassar will honor its six graduating seniors prior to the 3 pm match. New Paltz travels to the Skidmore Tournament on Friday and faces Southern Vermont at 6 pm.

The first three sets were evenly played, each coming down to momentum and keenly played points by both teams in the final stages. Both Vassar and New Paltz won key points that ultimately kept the match even, resulting in a deciding fifth set.

The third set was critical and perhaps the key turning point of the match as the Hawks fought off three set points at 26-25, 27-26 and 28-27. New Paltz won the last three points by capitalizing on a Vassar service error and two straight kills for a 30-28 win. Without that comeback, Vassar would have held a 2-1 match lead heading into the fourth set, the best played of the five for the Brewers.

After dropping the third set, Vassar responded in the fourth set with a rousing effort in a 25-15 win. The Brewers held a narrow 14-13 lead, but went on a strong run, capitalizing on seven Hawks miscues and opportune kills from sophomore Taylor Mosley and junior Jessie Ditmore to force a fifth set.

Vassar was able to tie the match at 1-1 with clutch serving from junior Megan Anderson. The Brewers were down 24-23 and facing a 2-0 deficit. Senior Chloe McGuire had a huge kill for a 24-24 tie. Anderson then served an ace for a 25-24 lead and her subsequent serve resulted in a New Paltz misue and a 26-24 Vassar win.  

The first set was tied eight times, the key juncture coming when Vassar fought back to tie the set 20-20 following a kill from sophomore Clara Cardillo. Subsequent ties came at 21-21, 22-22 and 23-23. The Hawks won the set on a Vassar attack error and a kill from Dana Vosilla.

Ditmore led Vassar with 18 kills. Mosley and McGuire had 15 and 13 respectively. Senior setter Hilary Koenigs added to her legacy with 50 set assists and 19 digs, one shy of her career best. Freshman Chloe Hallum had 37 digs, her second highest total of the season after a 39 dig effort against Stevens Institute.