ALFRED, N.Y. – Senior outside hitter Emma Parkington (Dalton, MA/Wahconah Regional) moved into eighth on the Russell Sage College women's volleyball career kills list tonight at Alfred. The co-captain registered nine kills and 11 digs in the 3-0 Empire 8 Conference setback. She now has 712 career kills, passing Mickey Mango '15, who had 705.  

Sophomore right side Statia Walker (Schodack, NY/Maple Hill) recorded 18 assists and nine digs, while sophomore defensive specialist Rylie Gray (Bombay, NY/Salmon River Central) accumulated a career-high 14 digs.

Both teams conclude the E8 portion of their slates tomorrow afternoon. The Gators (5-19/1-6 E8) play at Elmira at noon. Meanwhile, Alfred (9-12/2-5 E8) hosts Hartwick at 4:00 pm.

Notes: Sage plays its final five matches of the regular season on the road…It is part of a stretch playing eight out of nine games away from Kahl Gymnasium...Parkington and senior middle hitter Celia Gagnon (Troy, NY/Ichabod Crane) entered the weekend among the E8 leaders in points per-set…Parkington was sixth 3.32 pps, while Gagnon was seventh at 3.10 pps...Parkington, who recorded her 500th career kill on Saturday, September 11 at SUNY New Paltz, ranked fourth in conference with 2.85 kills per-set…The co-captain has 19 career double-doubles, nine of which came this season… Sophomore right side Statia Walker (Schodack, NY/Maple Hill) has contributed 11 double-doubles this fall...Junior defensive specialist Elaina Moisidis (Albany, NY/Albany), who registered her 500th career dig on Saturday, September 11 at SUNY New Paltz, tops the E8 with 448 digs…She leads the conference with 4.92 digs per-set...The RSC libero currently has 825 digs in her time as a Gator.

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