BUFFALO, N.Y. - Three Cortland players registered double-figure kills as the Red Dragons defeated host Buffalo State in four sets in SUNYAC women's volleyball action. Cortland won 27-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-19 to improve to 3-4 in league play and 10-13 overall.

Cortland is currently tied with Oneonta for sixth place in the 10-team league standings, one game behind fifth-place Oswego (4-3). Cortland will face Potsdam and league leader Brockport Saturday at noon and 2:30 p.m., respectively, in Buffalo to close out the league regular-season schedule. Oneonta will host Plattsburgh and Geneseo Saturday, while Oswego will face both New Paltz and Geneseo in Oneonta. The top six teams qualify for the league's postseason tournament.

Courtney Silberer (Centereach) led Cortland with 14 kills and added two aces and five digs. Nadia Moore (Durham, NC/Durham School of the Arts) finished with 12 kills, a .346 attack percentage and two aces, while Nicole Silberer (Centereach) added 10 kills and a .333 attack percentage.

Jessica Allen (Syracuse/West Genesee) totaled nine kills with just one error in 18 attempts for a .444 success rate. Gabby Amelio (Pine Bush) finished with a career-best 53 assists (13.3 per set) and had 10 digs, and Alexandra Graff (Apex, NC) led the team with 21 digs. Amanda May (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) contributed to the winning cause with seven kills.

Cortland finished with a .269 team attack percentage, including a .429 mark in the fourth set (20 kills, five errors in 35 attempts) and a .326 mark in the first (17 kills, three errors in 43 attempts).

Eimile O'Brien led Buffalo State (5-18, 1-6 SUNYAC) with 14 kills and Lauren Hansen had 13 kills. Tyler Reis served five aces and dished out 39 assists.

Cortland trailed 14-11 in the first set, but scored four straight to take the lead. The set was tied at every interval from 14-14 to 20-20. The Red Dragons eventually led 24-22 on a Courtney Silberer kill, but the Bengals tied it on a service error and a Allie Harford kill. After the teams traded points, Cortland scored the final two on a Valerie Fischer (Williston Park/Mineola) kill and a Buffalo State attack error.

The Red Dragons fell behind 19-11 in the second before rallying for the victory. Cortland went on a 7-1 run to close within 20-18, and eventually tied it at 21-21 on a Buffalo State misplay. Courtney Silberer's kill knotted the set again at 22-22, and two Allen kills and a Moore put-down gave Cortland the 25-22 decision.

Cortland cut a 16-10 deficit in the third set to 22-20, but an O'Brien kill and a Reis ace put the Bengals ahead 24-20. The Red Dragons got two points back before another O'Brien kill ended the set.

The Red Dragons then fell behind 6-2 early in the fourth, but used a 7-1 streak to go up 9-7. With the score tied 10-10, Cortland took the lead for good on kills by Allen and Moore and pushed the margin to 17-12 on kills by Nicole Silberer and Moore and a Bengals' error. Cortland's lead was at least four the rest of the way.