NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (September 17, 2014) - The Stevens Institute of Technology women's volleyball team fell to SUNY New Paltz in five sets in a non-conference road match on Wednesday evening. 
 
Stevens (8-3) won the first two sets of the contest, 25-23 and 27-25, but dropped the final three, 25-23, 25-17, 15-8. In the third set, Stevens led, 23-22, but after a timeout called by the Hawks, they ran off the final three points. 
 
It was the first five-set match of the season for the Ducks. 
 
Sophomore Mary Tobin paced Stevens with a season-high 20 kills to go along with nine digs. Senior Ashley Castillo guided the offense with a career-high 51 assists and added six digs with two service aces. 
 
Junior Annemarie Thomas recorded a team-best .350 hitting percentage with nine kills, while freshman Brianna Evans narrowly missed a double-double with 11 kills and nine digs. 
 
Freshman Sydni Horner tallied 23 digs and three aces in the loss, while junior Catie Shelton chipped in seven more digs. 
 
Senior Katie Hall and sophomore Christina Sciarra combined for 15 kills for the Ducks. Hall notched eight and Sciarra contributed seven. 
 
New Paltz outhit Stevens, .256 to .186, and finished the match with 10 more block assists, 16 to six. 
 
The Ducks host Elmira College and Houghton College on September 20 for an Empire 8 Conference tri-match. Stevens opens with Elmira at 11 a.m. and then takes on Houghton at 4 p.m.

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