Rochester dropped a pair of 3-0 decisions to Juniata and Lebanon Valley at the Red Dragon Invtational hosted by SUNY Cortland on Friday. Juniata, ranked #20 in the pre-season AVCA poll, won, 25-11, 25-9, 25-15. Lebanon Valley won, 25-17, 25-22, 25-20.
Aganst Juniata,
Jennie Ford had 10 digs and four kills.
Paige Idziur had eight digs.
Savannah Benton had five kills, one block solo, and one block assist.
Michaela Cronin had two aces, and
Anna MacDonald had one block solo and one block assist.
Two freshmen combined for 10 blocks versus Lebanon Valley. Alex Goldman had one block solo and five block assists. Akmee Kohler had one block solo and three block assists. Idziur had 12 digs.
Meghan Connor had six digs.
Dori Rohan had two aces.
Ford supplied seven kills and two aces. Benton had seven kills.
Xiaoyi Li had 21 assists and eight digs.
On Saturday, Rochester will play Fredonia at 1:30 pm and host Cortland at 4 pm. The Red Dragons are ranked 24th in the pre-season AVCA poll.