The Genesee Community College volleyball team captured the Region III Division II title on Tuesday night, defeating Mercyhurst North East three sets to none.
The Lady Cougars dominated the first set, winning 16 of the first 18 points. They went on to win, 25-9.
GCC took an 8-1 lead in the second set and never saw their lead drop below six points at any time. They took the second set, 25-17.
Mercyhurst held their first lead of the match early in the third set when they jumped out in front 2-0. Genesee scored nine of the next ten points, taking a 9-3 and never looked back, winning the final set 25-10.
Leyinska Quiles had 23 assists and four digs, Carrie Blunt had eight kills, Stephanie Maddox tallied five digs and four aces and Karin Davis added nine digs.
Maddox, Quiles and Blunt were named to the Region III Division II All-Tournament team for GCC. Davis was named the MVP.
The Lady Cougars will move on to the NJCAA District Tournament, which begins on November 3rd.
The Genesee Community College men’s soccer team edged out Erie Community College in the quarterfinals of the Region III playoffs on Tuesday night, downing the visiting Kats 1-0.
A slick pitch caused the Cougars to lack offensive rhythm throughout the match as a number of passes sailed off the mark. Genesee had only a few scoring opportunities in the first half, including a cross from Dom Francis to Aaron Dunks midway through, that Dunks shot over the Erie net from about 20 yards out.
(Liam Ross, yellow, starts the charge for GCC in Tuesday night's Region III playoff match)
Dunks would make up for it, as the freshman tallied the only goal of the game in the 49th minute of the second half to put the Cougars on the board. GCC was unable to capitalize on another scoring chance the rest of the night, but Jake O’Leary kept Erie off the board while in net for the Cougars.
Genesee, the overall number one seed, will move on to the semifinals this weekend in Herkimer, NY. The Cougars will take on Tompkins-Cortland Community College on Saturday afternoon at 3pm.
