Schenectady, NY----  The Sage Colleges women's volleyball team travelled to nearby Union

College to compete in the Union College Invitational. Sage faced the hosts, Union College

in the first match and dropped a 3-0 decision to the Dutchwomen (25-20, 25-18, 25-11).

Union improved to 4-4 on the year. The Gators then faced Hartwick College and dropped

a 3-1 decision in the night cap. (25-14, 25-8, 17-25, 27-25). Sage drops to 0-10, while

Hartwick is 3-7.

Against Union, the Dutchwomen took the first game 25-20 followed by the second, 25-18.

They opened the third game with a 6-0 run which paced Union for a 25-11 win to take

the match. In the final game freshman 


Rebecca Knepple had two big kills down each line
back-to-back to give Union the 8-4 advantage. Classmate 
Casey Tepper later killed a ball
to the back line to put her team up 14-7. 
Kim Armstrong got into the action with an ace to
put Union up 19-8.

For the Sage Gators against Union, rookie setter 

Joanie Cooney (Ballston Lake, NY/

Shenendehowa) added 19 assists with eight digs.  Senior middle hitter middle hitter


Nicole Corbett (East Greenbush, NY/Columbia) tallied nine kills with four blocks.

Senior 

Cheryce Harvey (Utica, NY/Thomas R. Proctor) added six kills with eight digs
and senior middle hitter 

Michelle DeNisco (New Hampton, NY/Goshen) added five kills.

Against Hartwick, Sage trailed two sets and rebounded with a third set win (25-17) and

dropped a 27-25 decision in the fourth set. Cooney led the way with her career-high 28

assists and a chipped in for six digs. Junior outside hitter 

Jennifer Ahearn (Cohoes, NY/

Cohoes) added nine kills for Sage. Corbett added nine kills with three blocks, putting her
at 397 career blocks, just 41 shy of tying Sage's career record for blocks (438). Harvey
added a double-double as she had a team-high 10 kills with 15 digs and junior 
Kelsey 
Wilson (Schenectady, NY/Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons) added 20 digs with a

pair of aces.

The Gators will be in action on Saturday, September 18 at the Union College Tournament. Sage will face Elms College at 10:00 a.m. and Skidmore College at 2 p.m. to wrap play in the tournament.