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Katie Henry

BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo volleyball team saw another attempt at its first Mid-American Conference victory of the season spoiled when the visiting Kent State Golden Flashes (14-11, 8-8 MAC) came back from a 2-1 deficit to win in five games at Alumni Arena. Game scores were 30-25, 31-33, 28-30, 30-27 and 15-6. The Bulls were led by sophomore Lindsay Matikosh (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) with team-highs of 18 kills and 18 digs and sophomore Becky Ashare (Coram, NY/Longwood) and freshman Katie Henry (Buffalo, NY/City Honors), who both posted career highs in kills with 16 and 15, respectively.

Becky Ashare

After a 30-25 Kent State victory in game one, the Bulls pulled out an exciting 33-31 win in game two, sealing the victory on a kill by Ashare. Buffalo then took game three by a 30-28 score before the Golden Flashes came from behind to win game four and tie the match at 2-2. The Bulls were up by six points on two different occasions, 12-6 and 22-16, but the Golden Flashes would not back down. KSU's Jennifer Dreyer came off the bench and recorded back-to-back kills to give Kent State a 30-27 win and force a fifth and deciding game. The Golden Flashes dominated game five, hitting an impressive .563 and getting four kills from Sarah Kutschinski. She finished with a match-high 25 kills and 15 digs to lead Kent State, followed by Dreyer with 19 kills and six blocks and Chantel Vineyard with 12 kills and 13 digs.

Ashare tied her career high with a team-high six blocks on the night and senior setter Larissa LaCour (West Islip, NY/West Islip) finished with 52 assists and 12 digs. Seniors Heather Barfuss (Huntington, NY/John H. Glenn) (nine kills, nine digs, four blocks, three assists) and Amelia Liddle (Toronto, Ontario/Leaside) (eight kills, 10 digs, three blocks) also contributed to the Bulls' effort.

Buffalo (5-20 overall, 0-15 MAC) hosts Akron on Saturday, November 10 at 7 pm at Alumni Arena.