MIDDLETOWN, Conn. 10/8/11 – The Keene State College volleyball team fell to Trinity (CT)College and host Wesleyan University on Saturday afternoon in a NESCAC tri-match at Silloway Gymnasium. The Owls fell to the Bantams 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-21) in the morning, then dropped a 3-1 decision to the host Cardinals (25-14, 16-25, 25-19, 25-23).

"We played good in spots against Trinity," said KSC head coach Bob Weiner. "They were a consistent team and they just kept coming at us. We just need to get it together."

In the loss to Trinity, senior Ellyse Davis (Londonderry, N.H.) and junior Alex Lehocky (Edgewood, N.M.) each had 11 kills for KSC, while Lehocky added two blocks.

Senior setter Laurie Whalen (Niantic, Conn.) quarterbacked the Owls offense with 32 assists.

Defensively, freshman Sammy Dormio (Leesburg, Virginia) led the way with 24 digs. Senior Kristen Girard (Red Hook, N.Y.) had 20 digs, while sophomore Emma Cheal (Redding, Conn.) added 14 digs of her own in the straight-set loss.

Against the Cardinals, Girard had a season-high 13 kills and added 13 digs. Davis again had 11 kills, while Whalen finished with 43 total assists. Dormio finished with 14 digs.

Senior Bridget O'Bryant (Merrimack, N.H.) had 16 digs and three service aces in the losing effort.

KSC returns home this Wednesday, with a key Little East Conference game against Western Conn. State at 6 p.m.