Albany, N.Y. - The Post University women's volleyball team lost a 3-1 (10-25, 18-25, 25-23, 16-25) match to The College of Saint Rose on Tuesday evening in a non-conference match.

Zara McCauley led the way with 11 kills and two aces. Lydimar Soto and Aniya Goodman also had ten kills. 

After falling behind 2-0 in the match, the Eagles and Golden Knights swapped leads three times over the first 20 points of the third set before the Eagles took control at 15-11 after a 5-1 run which saw McCauley earn four of her kills. Post extended its lead to five points on three different occasions in the third set before the Golden Knights rallied to tie it at 22-22 and then again at 23-23, but back-to-back kills from Maria Branco and Santos gave the Eagles the third set win.

Saint Rose made quick work of set one before the Eagles jumped out to an early 9-5 lead in the second set thanks to two kills from Goodman and Amaya Nsubuga and one from Kaitlyn Lemmon. Saint Rose (2-2) would score seven of the next ten points to take a 12-10 lead, one they would never relinquish.

Post fell behind 5-2 in the fourth set, but rallied to take a 10-8 lead after two aces from McCauley and two kills from both Soto and Lemmon. The Eagles took a 12-11 lead after an ace by Soto, but the Golden Knights scored nine of the next ten points to take a commanding 20-13 lead and hold on to win the match.

Lynnise Castillo had two aces. Niah Mesidor had two blocks. Branco finished with 35 assists and ten digs. Alyssa Groves finished with a team-high 11 digs.

Jessica Vargas led Saint Rose with 11 kills, while Valeria Jorge led the Golden Knights with five blocks, 33 assists and 13 digs.

Up next, the Eagles head to Southern Connecticut State University on Friday, September 2 to take on Molloy at 5 p.m. and SCSU at 7 p.m.