UTICA, N.Y. – Russell Sage College completed its Utica weekend with this afternoon's sweep of host SUNY Poly, 3-0 (25-16,25-20, 25-15).
Sophomore outside hitter Madeline Mott (Fultonville, NY/Fonda-Fultonville) established a career-high of 12 kills on .417 hitting in the road Empire 8 Conference victory.
Senior outside hitter Macey Salvione (Johnstown, NY/Gloversville), who started the week ranked in the top-30 nationally in kills, aces, points, aces per-set, kills per-set, and points per-set, and junior middle hitter Aniyah Kelley (Newcastle, DE/William Penn) added five kills apiece. Salvione aced seven serves and elevated 15 SUNY Poly (1-11/0-3 E8) attacks, while Kelley registered a .286 hitting percentage.
RSC (12-7/2-1 E8), which held the host Wildcats to a .043 hitting percentage, returns to the court on Friday at Nazareth.
Gator Bites: RSC began the week leading Empire 8 Conference with 161 aces, 2.98 per-set…Nationally, the Gators ranked 17th and 22nd respectively in those stats…A dozen players returned to the court in 2024…Salvione, middle hitter Monalissa Carius (Hudson, NY/Hudson), a grad student, and Aniyah Kelley headlined the group…Head Coach Rosilyn Cummings added four newcomers including transfers senior libero Katelyn Atchinson (Alplaus, NY/Niskayuna/Saint Rose) and setter Emma Rainville (Castleton, NY/Columbia/Binghamton), a grad student, to the squad…Cummings was inducted into the SUNY Plattsburgh Athletic Hall of Fame on September 27…Salvione was announced as the E8 Player of the Week for the periods ending Sunday, September 15 and Sunday, September 29…She commenced the week leading the Conference with 261.5 points, 4.84 points per-set, 216 kills, 45 aces, and 0.83 per-set…The stats all put the outside hitter in the top-30 nationally in all of those categories…She has tallied double-digit kills 13 times and nine double-doubles this fall.
