GLENN ELLYN, IL - The Northampton women's volleyball team dropped their opening match at the 2026 NJCAA DIII Volleyball Championships, falling to # 5 seed Finger Lakes Community College (NY), 16-25, 19-25, 23-25, on Thursday afternoon at host site College of Dupage.

Amanda Rivera (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) had 8 kills and 8 digs, Brooke Markovitz (Bethlehem, PA/Freedom) had 5 kills, Kornelia Wszolek (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) had 4 kills and 3 digs and Emily Marcial (Allentown, PA/Executive Charter) collected 16 digs in the opening round loss. Allie Keck (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall) recorded 20 assists for the 12th seeded Spartans.

"Tough way to open things up," commented Spartans Head Coach Rachael Aquila, "Not much we can do about today. Give Finger Lakes credit. We just need to go back to playing good volleyball and be ready for tomorrow."

Northampton falls to 16-7 overall, while 5th seeded Finger Lakes improves to 35-1.

The Spartans will now face 13th seed Jefferson Community College (NY) on Friday afternoon at 1pm in the consolation bracket.