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BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo volleyball team lost a tough match to the visiting Marshall Thundering Herd tonight in Alumni Arena, 30-27, 30-25, 30-25. Marshall earned the win after overcoming Buffalo leads in all three games to improve to 15-10 overall and 5-4 in the Mid-American Conference. The loss, Buffalo's third in a row, dropped the Bulls' record to 8-14 overall and 2-6 in the MAC.

Lindsay Matikosh

Senior Lindsay Matikosh (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) led the Bulls in the loss with 11 kills and a match-high 18 digs.

The Bulls started the match with a lot of enthusiasm and intensity that led to as much as an eight-point lead in game one (17-9). The Thundering Herd battled back to tie the game at 21-21 and then took the lead for good at 26-25 on a Buffalo attack error. Back-to-back kills by Tracey King and Katie Stein ended the game at 30-27.

Buffalo came out strong in game two also, jumping out to a 10-2 lead and increasing that to 20-11. The Thundering Herd again mounted a comeback, however, eventually tying the game at 24-24 on a kill by Nickie Sanlin. A service ace by Isabell Anderer gave Marshall a 25-24 lead and a block by Stein and Amber Sims ended the game at 30-25 to put the Thundering Herd up 2-0 in the match.

Marshall took the early lead in game three, 10-5, and it was the Bulls who came back to tie the score at 13-13 following a Marshall attack error. Consecutive kills by sophomore Katie Weekley (Dayton, OH/Chaminade-Julienne) gave Buffalo its largest lead of the game at 18-15, but Marshall tied the score at 19-19 and held on to win the game and the match, ending it on a kill by Sanlin.

Weekley finished with seven kills and a match-high five blocks for the Bulls, and freshman Nikki Morzenti (Safety Harbor, FL/Clearwater) reached double digits in kills with 10. Sophomore Amy Brown (Pittsburgh, PA/Mt. Lebanon) and junior Molly Schrantz (Depew, NY/Lancaster) each chipped in with 10 digs apiece.

The Thundering Herd was led by King with 13 kills and 11 digs and Anderer with 13 kills and nine digs. Libero Ashley Barnard recorded a team-high 16 digs, and Sanlin finished with nine kills and four blocks.

The Bulls are home again tomorrow night, hosting Kent State at 7 pm in Alumni Arena.