BUFFALO, N.Y.— Eimile O'Brien (Marietta/Marcellus), Liz Schultheis (Holley/Brockport) and Alena McKelvey (Buffalo/City Honors) combined to tally 22 kills but it was not enough as Buffalo State dropped a straight-sets match to visiting Oswego in SUNYAC action this evening.
 
MATCH BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Oswego def. Buffalo State, 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-20)
LOCATION: Sports Arena – Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Oswego (17-6/4-2), Buffalo State (6-13/0-6)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• O'Brien finished with a team-high 10 kills, while Schultheis and McKelvey chipped in six kills each. Schultheis also added a team-high four blocks.
• Brooke Federko (Jamestown/Jamestown) tallied a team-high 24 assists.
• Darion Jonathan (Akron/Akron) and Destinee Norman (Lewiston/Lewiston-Porter) finished with 18 and 16 digs respectively.
• Buffalo State and Oswego matched each other point-for-point in the opening set, until a late 6-0 run by the Lakers proved to be the difference as they claimed the first frame, 25-16.
• The Bengals responded in the second set by rallying from an early deficit and use a kill from O'Brien to take its first lead of the contest with a 21-20 lead.
• After Buffalo State evened the score at 22-22, Oswego rattled off three-straight points to win the second frame, 25-22.
• The Bengals rallied for the second-consecutive set, by using an 8-0 run, to take a 17-16 lead late in the third set.
• The Lakers responded with scoring nine of the next 12 points to complete the three-sets sweep.
• Oswego finished with a 41-31 advantage in kills and a 8-2 edge in service aces.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Melissa Lussier and Shauna O'Flaherty finished with 13 and 11 kills respectively to lead the Lakers.
• Julia Flohr tallied a game-high 33 assists.

 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will honor its seniors as it hosts Cortland in another SUNYAC clash tomorrow at 1 p.m.