ONEONTA, N.Y. — The Keuka College Women's Volleyball team lost their Empire 8 Conference opener in five sets at Hartwick College on Friday night.

The Keuka College (10-4, 0-1 Empire 8) attack began with Casey Hunziker with 49 assists and ended on the arm of Dayna Edholm with 26 kills. Jessica Throop led defensively with 16 digs and Edholm added 13 for the Wolves.

Hartwick College 3 vs. Keuka College 2 – 25-21, 25-22, 24-26, 24-26, 15-8
Hartwick College slowly created separation over the Wolves in the first half. A four-point run gave them a 14-8 lead, forcing the Wolves into a timeout. Keuka College would keep the set close but never got the margin any closer than three as the Hawks took the opener 25-21.

The Hawks continued the momentum into an early lead in the second, but the Wolves rallied back to tie the set at 11-11 following a kill by Nina Scott. Hartwick responded with four straight points but the Wolves came back to tie it again at 19-19. However, the Hawks responded again with four straight to regain the lead. Keuka cut it to one late, but Hartwick took the second 25-22 to take a 2-0 lead in the match.

It was an extremely close third set, but the Wolves held a slight advantage most of the way. A four-point run pushed the Keuka lead to 19-14. Hartwick would come all the way back, however, to tie the set. The Wolves were unable to convert a pair of set points as the third would be tied at 24-24. But Keuka put it away. Hunziker had a kill for the Wolves and it was followed by Nina Scott putting it to the floor to push the third set in favor of the Wolves 26-24.

Like the third, the fourth set was very close, but this time it was Hartwick playing with the slight lead. It would go down to the end. Keuka would survive a pair of set points with kills by Edholm. The Wolves then took advantage of a pair of Hawks miscues to score the final four points of the fourth, win the set 26-24, and force a fifth and final set.

Hartwick took the first three points of the fifth set, but the Wolves took the next three to tie it up. However, Hartwick would win five of the next six to force the change-over at 8-4. Following the flip, a five-point run put the game out of reach for Keuka College. Hartwick continued on to win the fifth set 15-8 and take the match in five.

KC Notes:

• It was the first time Keuka College had played at Hartwick since the 1995 season
• The Wolves fall to 9-9 overall and are 3-3 in five-set matches against Hartwick
• The loss also snapped Keuka's six-match winning streak which tied for the seventh-longest in program history
• Sarah Paradiso was second on the team in kills with 11, tying her career-high
• Just 14 matches in, Dayna Edholm has set a new career-high with 200 kills on the season
• The 26 kills for Edholm tied for the second-most in a five-set match in program history. It was one behind the record, which is held by Edholm when set a career-high last season

Up Next for Keuka College: The Wolves have a very quick turnaround for their next Empire 8 game. The Green and Gold will play at Russell Sage College on Saturday morning. The match between the Wolves and the Gators is scheduled for 10 a.m.