WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

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BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo women's volleyball team lost its opening game of the Northwestern Invitational, falling to Cleveland State in three games. The Vikings pulled out 16-14 wins in the opening two games before ending the match with a 15-5 win in game three.

The Bulls' attack was led by freshman Lindsay Matikosh (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda), who had a team-high nine kills to go along with a team-high nine digs. Junior Larissa LaCour (West Islip, NY/West Islip) posted 39 assists, seven kills, seven digs and three blocks. Juniors Heather Barfuss (Huntington, NY/John H. Glenn) and Amelia Liddle (Toronto, Ontario/Leaside) and sophomore Emily Dills (East Bethany, NY/University of San Francisco) also contributed seven kills apiece.

Buffalo (2-6 overall) will be looking to pick up its third win of the season when the Northwestern Invitational continues on Saturday. The Bulls will play Northwestern at Noon and Towson at 4:00 pm.

Northwestern Invitational (Evanston, IL)

Cleveland State def. Buffalo 16-4, 16-14, 15-5

Buffalo (2-6) (kills-aces-blocks) - Courbat 5-0-3; Liddle 7-0-3; LaCour 7-0-3; Matikosh 9-0-1; Shiels 4-0-0; Barfuss 7-0-1; Dills 7-0-1; Ryder 2-0-1; Bouie 4-1-0; Totals 52-1-7

Cleveland State (5-3) - Iafigliola 15-2-2; Betchker 4-2-3; Smith 13-2-9; Meyers 0-1-0; Hoying 16-1-1; Kingman 4-1-3; Foster 3-0-2; Totals 55-9-12

Attendance: 55

Time: 1:30