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Emily Cronkhite serving vs Merrimack
Jonathan Cohen
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Merrimack Merri 0-1,0-0 MAAC
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Winner Binghamton Bingha 1-0,0-0 America East
Merrimack Merri
0-1,0-0 MAAC
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Final
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Binghamton Bingha
1-0,0-0 America East
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Merrimack Merri 16 14 23 (0)
Binghamton Bingha 25 25 25 (3)
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Winner Toledo UT 2-0,0-0 MAC
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Binghamton Bingha 1-1,0-0 America East
Winner
Toledo UT
2-0,0-0 MAC
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Final
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Binghamton Bingha
1-1,0-0 America East
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Toledo UT 25 25 25 (3)
Binghamton Bingha 18 12 22 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Anna Harris (aharris19@binghamton.edu)

Volleyball Splits Season Opener at The Bearcat Classic

Binghamton beats Merrimack, falls to Toledo on first day of competition

VESTAL, N.Y. (BinghamtonBearcats.com) - The Binghamton University Volleyball team (2-0) split its season opener at The Bearcat Classic, Friday afternoon inside the Events Center. Binghamton won its first match over Merrimack College, 3-0, but fell in its evening bout with University of Toledo, 3-0.  

MATCH ONE - BINGHAMTON 3, MERRIMACK 0

HOW IT HAPPENED 
Merrimack unforced errors, along with kills from Viktoria Dimitrova and Ella Schabort, gave the Bearcat an early 6-3 lead to start the match. Both teams stayed within three points of each other before the Warriors came within one at 12-11 on a Binghamton service error. After a kill from Misa Dlouha, the Bearcats started to pull away and took eight of the next 12 points and to lead, 21-12. Merrimack managed to hold off the home team with three straight points late, but kills from Dimitrova and Johanna Remy gave Binghamton the first set win, 25-16.

Binghamton recorded six straight points off kills from Schabort and Dlouha to start 6-0 in the second set. Each team was able to tack on three more before two kills from Dlouha and Sophia Holland put the Bearcats up, 11-3. Both opponents traded points once again until Binghamton went on a 3-0 run to lead by 11 at 15-6. Merrimack grabbed eight of the next 15 points but three Bearcat points closed out the set 25-14 in favor of the home team. 

Binghamton's third set was the most competitive of the morning as it featured three tie scores and two lead changes. Three Merrimack errors gave the Bearcats the early 3-0 edge in the third frame. The teams went back and forth for multiple points until the Warriors went on a 5-0 run to take their first lead of the match, 19-18. Binghamton didn't back down and posted three consecutive points on kills from Ilieva and Remy to lead 21-19. Both opponents traded points in the final sequences until a Dlouha kill sealed the 25-23 set and match victory for the Bearcats. 

GAME NOTES
  • The Bearcats win over Merrimack marked the team's third straight win in season openers. Binghamton won its 2023 season opener over Merrimack, 3-0, Aug. 25, 2023 and 3-2 against Maryland Eastern Shore, 3-2, Aug. 26, 2022.
  • Binghamton registered a .329 team attack percentage against Merrimack, the best percentage since the team hit .474 in a win over NJIT, 3-0, Oct. 29, 2023. 
  • The Bearcats held Merrimack to a .000 attack percentage in the second set while hitting at .370 themselves, the highest mark in a single-set for Binghamton this afternoon 
  • Ella Schabort led the Bearcats with 10 kills at an .364 attack percentage, the 16th double-digit kill performance of her career. Schabort also recorded 10 kills in Binghamton's 3-0 season-opening win over Merrimack last season, Aug. 25, 2023. 
  • Emily Cronkhite, Viktoria Dimitrova, Sophia Holland and Johanna Remy made their Binghamton debuts against Merrimack this morning. The foursome accounted for 13 points, 11 kills, 10 digs and five blocks over the Warriors.
  • Tsvetelina Ilieva registered a team-high 10 digs, her 21st career match with 10 or more digs. Ilieva also picked 10 digs in Binghamton's 3-0 season-opening win over Merrimack last season, Aug. 25, 2023. 
MATCH TWO - TOLEDO 3, BINGHAMTON 0 

HOW IT HAPPENED 
Binghamton and Toledo stayed close early in the first set, trading points until a 5-1 run put the Rockets ahead, 10-5. The Bearcats responded with three straight via a Dimitrova kill as well as an ace and a kill from Ilieva to cut the lead to two. Toledo continued to tack on points by twos before four scores gave the team a commanding, 23-14 edge. Binghamton notched four of the next six points but were unable mount a comeback and dropped the frame 25-18. 

Down one set, kills by Schabort and Dlouha gave the Bearcats the initial advantage in the second stanza. Yet, the Rockets continued their momentum and registered three, 4-0 runs to take an assertive hold over the match with a, 25-12, set win. Three of Dlouha's nine kills came in the second frame. 

For a second straight contest, Binghamton played its tightest set of the match in the third, which featured eight tie scores and four lead changes. Toledo started out the stanza on top 5-1 before the Bearcats came back with five straight to lead 9-7. Both opponents traded the advantage until two, 3-0, runs put the Rockets up by two, 20-18. Toledo took five of the next nine points to claim the 25-22 set victory and stay perfect in Bearcat Classic play. 

GAME NOTES 
  • Misa Dlouha recorded a team-high nine kills without committing an error. The sophomore middle blocker also had two "perfect" performances last season against Bryant, Oct. 8, and UAlbany, Oct. 15. Dlouha hit an impressive .500 clip and accounted for a Bearcat-best 10 points vs. Toledo.
  • Emily Cronkhite posted a team-best 13 digs in her second appearance as a Bearcat tonight.
  • Briana Binagi made her collegiate debut for the Bearcats against the Rockets, she was one of five new faces to take the court for Binghamton this Friday.
  • Viktoria Dimitrova notched six kills in her second Binghamton match, bringing her day's total to 11.
  • Lottie Scully collected 22 assists against the Rockets. The number marks her 16th straight match with 20 or more assists.   

UP NEXT
Binghamton finishes out Bearcat Classic competition against Bucknell, tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 31, at 1:30 p.m. 

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