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Katie Weekley

BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo volleyball team concluded the Western New York Invitational with a 3-2 win over Army and a 3-0 shutout of Colgate on Saturday in Alumni Arena. The Bulls were undefeated in their three matches in the tournament and improved to 4-1 overall on the season. Senior Katie Weekley (Dayton, OH/Chaminade-Julienne) was the Bulls' selection to the All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.91 kills per game with a .377 hitting percentage and 1.36 blocks per game in UB's three matches.

In their first match of the day, the Bulls pulled out a dramatic 3-2 win over Army, 30-18, 30-24, 34-36, 27-30, 15-10, led by five players in double digits in kills and three with double-doubles in kills and digs. After Buffalo won games one and two, the Black Knights (1-1) tied the match at two games apiece with an emotional 36-34 win in game three and a 30-27 win in game four. Army could not keep the momentum going in the deciding fifth game, however, as the Bulls controlled play from the start before ending the game and the match on a service ace by sophomore Lizaiha Garcia (Dayton, OH/Beavercreek).

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Junior Nikki Morzenti (Safety Harbor, FL/Clearwater) had a match-high 20 kills while also tying her career high with 17 digs, and junior Brandie Clark (Medicine Hat, Alberta/Medicine Hat) had career highs of 13 kills and 18 digs to lead the Bulls' attack. Junior Jenna Mapé (Calgary, Alberta/Father Lacombe) recorded her first career double-double with 12 kills, a career-high 11 digs and four service aces, and Weekley had 15 kills, a match-high seven blocks and three aces. Senior Amy Brown (Pittsburgh, PA/Mt. Lebanon) had 61 assists, and Garcia finished with a match-high 28 digs, just two shy of her career high. Junior Lauren Burd (York, PA/Central York) contributed a career-high 12 kills.

Army was led by Briana Stremick with 19 kills, Rachael Breinling with 12 kills and four blocks and Elizabeth Lazzari with eight kills, 14 digs and five blocks.

Buffalo picked up right where it left off to score an easy 3-0 win over Colgate, 30-24, 30-22, 30-15, on Saturday night. Mapé tied her career high with a match-high 16 kills, and Brown posted a double-double with 39 assists, 13 digs and four blocks. Weekley added eight kills and a match-high five blocks, and Morzenti contributed seven kills, nine digs and three blocks.

Katrina Zawojski had 14 kills and Jackie Adlam had a match-high 20 digs to lead Colgate (0-3).

The Bulls travel across the country next weekend to participate in the Washington State Tournament in Pullman, WA. Buffalo takes on Idaho at 8:30 pm ET on Friday, September 9 and then Washington State at 2 pm ET and Oral Roberts at 8:30 pm ET on Saturday, September 10.