CHICOPEE, Mass. - Behind seven kills from senior Sarah Massie and six from classmate Lauren Fie, the Oswego State volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 victory over SUNY Cobleskill to open their season at the Elms College Invitational.

THE BASICS

• Result:  Oswego 3, Cobleskill 0 (25-7, 25-16, 25-10)
• Location:  Maguire Center for Health, Fitness, and Athletics, Elms College, Chicopee, Massachusetts
• Records:  Oswego 1-0 | SUNY Cobleskill 1-1

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The teams stayed even in the first set until junior Melissa Lussier served nine straight to extend the Laker lead to 14-4.
• Senior Julia Flohr would clinch the set with a kill and a pair of aces.
• Oswego notched 12 kills to just two for the Fighting Tigers in the opener.
• The Lakers raced out to a 10-1 lead in the second set behind a pair of aces from sophomore Skylar Bechard.
• Kills from senior Shannon Stone and sophomore Dana Carey cemented the second set, 25-16.
• Fie and freshman Emma Fiorentine each had a pair of kills early in the third stanza as Oswego went out to an 8-1 lead.
• The defense, anchored by junior Emily Costa's match-high 10 digs, held Cobleskill to just four kills en route to a 25-10 final set.
• Flohr had 20 assists, four kills and a pair of aces while Stone had four kills and three blocks.
• The team hit .333 for the match and served 12 aces in the match.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Lakers return to Elms for the second day of action with matches at 11:30 a.m. against Albertus Magnus and at 1:30 p.m. versus Elms.