Delhi, NY - The SUNY Delhi women's volleyball team fell to Maine Maritime in their first ever appearance in the NAC Championship match in a hard fought battle that went all five sets.

The Broncos got off to a slow start in the first set where MMA went on multiple runs early to take a large lead and finish the set with a 25-17 win.  However, the women rallied and played what may have been their best volleyball of the season in sets two and three.  In set two, with the Mariners up 15-13, junior Stephanie Burke went on a service run that scored six consecutive points for the Broncos that included an ace and two kills by Sage Renneisen.  After the Mariners came back to tie the score, Katelyn Babcock put them on their heels with some great serves and Delhi went on another run that included two more kills by Renneisen before Delhi closed the set with a 25-20 win.

In set three, Burke was able to get the Mariners out of system with her serve again to give Delhi an early 9-4 lead, but the Mariners battled back again to get within 1 point at 10-9.  Jaiden Venute then gave Delhi another great run of serves to take give the women a 16-10 lead and while MMA would close the gap, Delhi would take set two 25-23.

Sets four and five saw some big adjustments by MMA and some great service runs that had the Broncos on their heels in receive.  Katie Albritton and Grace Jennings both went on six point service runs as Ila Smith found her swing at the net as MMA took set four 25-15.  The fifth set saw Albritton get on another run and Rachel Melampy record four kills to end the match with a 15-8 set.

When asked for his thoughts on the match coach Bracchy said "Coach Hoffman and I were very pleased with te team's competition level in our first appearance in the North Atlantic Confere Championship match.  After going down a set, we responded well.  I thought our serves helped keep MMA out of system in sets two and three, and we capitalized on that.  The Mariners responded to that pressure and really improved their attack in sets four and five to win the match. We won and lost as a team all season and we are super proud of this group of young ladies!"

Delhi was led by Sage Renneisen and Chloe Elsenbeck with ten and nine kills respectively.  Rebecca Heuler and Stephanie Burke tallied fourteen and thirteen digs respectively while Jaiden Venute piled up 31 assists.

The Broncos finish their season as the NAC Western Division Champions with an overall record of 15-11.