Patchogue, NY – Keystone College's volleyball team dropped a pair of three-set non-conference matches on Friday in the opening day of the St. Joseph's College Tournament.  Ramapo College took Friday's opener 3-0 before Alfred State College did the same in the nightcap as the Giants fell to 9-16 on the season after falling to Roadrunners and the Pioneers, both 20-match winners this fall.
 
In Friday's opening match, Ramapo (20-8) took the match with set wins of 25-16, 25-10, and 25-21.
 
Larysa Iwaskiw led the Roadrunners with 16 kills to go along with seven digs while Cathryn Smart contributed eight kills.  Kaitlin Mac Iver led all players with 27 assists while Irmak Dagistanli picked up a team-best nine digs.
 
Hannah Zuchowski (Wellsboro, PA/Wellsboro Area) paced Keystone with her 12^th double-double of the season on 10 kills and a match-high 10 digs.  Carol Mosier (Hunlock Creek, PA/Lake-Lehman) dished out a team-high 11 assists for the Giants, who also got seven digs from Ciera Scepaniak (Vestal, NY/Vestal) along with six apiece from Anya Cerniglia (Great Meadows, NJ/Hackettstown) and Dana Carey (Tunkhannock, PA/Tunkhannock). 
 
Mosier led the Giants with three service aces while Carey served up a pair of aces in the loss. 
 
For the match, Ramapo posted a .242 hitting percentage while Keystone struggled offensively, hitting -.066 in the contest.  The Roadrunners held a narrow, 34-33 edge in digs for the match.
 
In Friday's nightcap, Alfred State improved to 21-3 on the season by taking three tightly contested sets.  The Pioneers eked out a 26-24 win in the first set before taking a 2-0 advantage with a 25-20 victory in the second frame.  Alfred State then closed out the victory with a 25-19 decision in the third set.

Bryanna Godfrey led the Pioneers with 12 kills whilc Lera Braun led all player with 26 assists to go along with 13 digs.  Jess Ramsey posted a match-high 26 digs while Kay Pfleghardt (19) and Madison Szpaicher (18) also reached double-figures in digs for Alfred State, who posted a .169 hitting percentage on the evening.

Zuchowski posted her second double-double of the night and 13th of the season against the Pioneers with 10 kills and 11 digs.  Cerniglia led the squad with 16 digs while Scepaniak picked up 15 digs in the loss.  Mosier dished-out a team-best 13 assists against Alfred State while Cerniglia and Scepaniak has three service aces apiece for the Giants, who posted a .182 hitting percentage in the nightcap whille collecting 63 digs as a team.
 
Keystone returns to action on Saturday for day two of the tournament as the Giants will take St. Joseph's at 10:00 a.m. before closing out the tournament against New Jersey City University at noon.  Keystone will be looking to snap a five-match losing skid on Saturday.