Nanuet Volleyball Loses Tough Match to Suffern

The Lady Knights lost their match to the Suffern Mounties on Friday in straight games at Suffern High School.  The final scores of the three game match were 25-16, 25-5 and 25-22. 

In the first game, Nanuet scrambled against strong hitting by Suffern players, especially team captain Elizabeth Flaherty.  Flaherty scored the final point for the Mounties with a powerful spike over the net and was excited by her team’s performance.

“I think we played good all around,” Flaherty said.  “We tried to keep the score down and I think we succeeded.”

The second game began with a string of scoring by Suffern from which Nanuet never recovered.

In the final game of the match, Nanuet came out roaring, scoring six of the first eight points.  The game stayed even and the teams were tied at 13.  Suffern slowly pulled ahead and won the game despite strong play by Nanuet’s outside hitter and team captain, Caitlin Lenihan.

This was a busy week for Nanuet volleyball.  They won a match on Monday against East Ramapo.  On Wednesday, they faced off against North Rockland in a tough match but North Rockland ultimately prevailed.  Today’s match against Suffern was their third and final of the week.

Discussing the team’s performance this week, Coach Adams said, “This team is different every day.  They fought hard against North Rockland on Wednesday.  I don’t know what happened today.”

Coach Adams and team held a meeting immediately following the match to discuss their performance.  Emerging from the meeting, team captains Victoria Serra, Caitlin Lenihan, and Ashley Toussaint were ready to move forward.

“Next week we play teams in our league, on our level,” said Serra. 

“It’s over.  It’s a new day," said Lenihan. "We need to focus.”        

Suffern Coach Sean Barnes praised both teams. 

“Nanuet is a very good team, very scrappy,” he said.

With regard to his own team, he said, “This is my sixth year as varsity coach.  They’ve come a long way.  We’ve been to section finals four years in a row.”

Nanuet travels to Clarkstown North High School for its next match against the Clarkstown North Rams this coming Tuesday, Sept. 20. 

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