CORTLAND, N.Y. – The top-seeded Cortland women's volleyball team won its fifth straight State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) title and 24th overall with a 25-14, 25-13, 25-19 sweep of second-seeded Oswego in the conference tournament championship match at Corey Gymnasium.

Cortland (24-7) earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III playoffs. The 64-team playoff field and pairings will be announced on Monday, Nov. 17, at 1 p.m., on NCAA.com, and eight regionals, each with eight teams, will begin on Thursday.
 
Middle blocker Lauren Millspaugh (Trumansburg/Charles O. Dickerson) was named the SUNYAC Tournament MVP and was joined on the all-tournament team by two teammates - outside hitter Emalee Ballou (Eden) and libero Alyssa Rich (Rochester/Churchville-Chili). Also on the all-tournament team were Oswego's Kalley Vugteveen and Mya Bush, Buffalo State's Karlie Shaffer, and New Paltz's Courtney Meyer.
 
Millspaugh finished with nine kills and no errors in 17 attempts for a .529 attack percentage, and she led the Red Dragons with five blocks. Ballou totaled nine kills and three blocks, and Rich finished with 10 digs and two aces.
 
Emma Reilly (Massapequa Park/Massapequa) finished the afternoon with six kills and no errors in eight attempts (.750) along with two blocks. Kira Pirrera (Hauppauge/Smithtown West) added six kills, a .267 attack percentage and eight digs, while Sanaiya Whitted (Poughkeepsie/Franklin D. Roosevelt) had six kills and three blocks. Melissa O'Connor (Hauppauge) posted a team-high 22 assists, and Erica Arroyo (Nesconset/Smithtown West) finished with three kills and team-highs of six aces and 12 digs.
 
Oswego (20-9), appearing in just its second SUNYAC title match and first since 1994, was led by Priscilla McReynolds with six kills and Vugteveen with five kills and a .250 attack percentage. Bush had 16 assists and Alaina Dudzinski finished with three blocks.
 
Cortland took control early in the first set with a 10-1 run after the teams were tied 3-3. Arroyo had three aces during that stretch. The Red Dragons went up 16-4 to open the second set on the way to an easy win. The third set was tighter with four ties and four lead changes. Oswego was within 15-13 after a Vugteveen kill, but Cortland scored three straight on a Pirrera kill and two Arroyo aces to go up 18-13. The Lakers made a final charge to close the margin to two at 18-16, but Cortland scored five of the next six points and weren't threatened after that. Rich's service ace ended the match.
 

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