PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Russell Sage College continued a stretch of road contests with this afternoon's 3-0 Empire 8 Conference loss at Saint John Fisher.

Junior middle hitter Aniyah Kelley (Newcastle, DE/William Penn) paced the Gators (12-9/2-3 E8) with nine kills on .381 hitting.

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, and points per-set, added eight kills, while senior libero Katelyn Atchinson (Alplaus, NY/Niskayuna/Saint Rose) topped all participants with 15 digs.

SJFU (10-7/3-1 E8) held RSC to .000 hitting and received double-digit kills from three different players.

The Gators are in a midst where it plays eight out of nine contests away from home.  RSC is back on the court on Friday at Houghton.

Gator Bites: RSC began the week leading the E8 with 179 aces, 2.84 per-set…Nationally, the Gators ranked 15th and 32nd 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 Kelley headlined the group…Head Coach Rosilyn Cummings added four newcomers including transfers Atchinson 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 302.0 points, 245 kills, 55 aces, and 0.87 aces per-set…The stats all put the outside hitter in the top-30 nationally in all of those categories, including third in the country with 55 aces and seventh with 0.87 aces per-set…She has tallied double-digit kills 13 times and nine double-doubles this fall...Kelley topped RSC with nine kills in each of its matches this weekend.