ONEONTA, N.Y. 10/2/10 – After winning their first two matches of the Oneonta State Invitational, the Keene State College Owls dropped two matches on Saturday to RIT 3-1 (25-17, 25-21, 16-25, 25-14) and host Oneonta State 3-2 (30-32, 25-23, 13-25, 25-17, 15-10). In the loss to Oneonta, junior setter Laurie Whalen (Niantic, Conn.) had a career-high 60 assists to quarterback the Owls attack with junior Bridget O'Bryant (Merrimack, N.H.) handling most of those sets with 22 kills.

With the two losses the Owls drop to 11-8 on the season, as they had won their previous seven matches.

In the loss to RIT, Ellyse Davis (Londonderry, N.H.) had a team-high 11 kills, followed by Kristen Girard's (Tivoli, N.Y.) nine. Junior Madison McHugh (Hyde Park, N.Y.) led the way with 16 digs for the Owls, while Whalen put up 36 set assists in the loss. Davis also led the way for KSC with five total blocks.

Against host Oneonta State, Girard was 2nd on the team to O'Bryant's 22 kills with 15 of her own to go along with five service aces. Senior Sammy Datti (Durham, N.H.) had 21 digs in the losing effort.

The Owls return to action Tuesday, with a key LEC match against in-state rival Plymouth State at 7 p.m. in Spaulding Gymnasium.