Senior setter Scout McLerran earned her 3,000th career assist against the College of Charleston yesterday, becoming only the 6th player in UB volleyball history to reach that level. McLerran's accomplishment came helping the Bulls to a 3–2 victory over CofC. The Bulls went 1–2 for the weekend at the University of Wyoming tournament, and UB is now 2–4 on the season.

McLerran took over the starting setter position as a freshman, and was the setter on every play for the Bulls that year. She continued as the full-time setter during her sophomore year, and looked as if she was on pace to finish second all-time on the UB career assist list. During her junior season, injuries and competition at that position kept McLerran on the bench for part of that season, but she still finished second in the MAC in assists per set. As a senior, she opened the season earning MAC East Setter of the Week honors.

Buffalo faced the host Wyoming Cowgirls in the opener, and Buffalo did not look good in any phase of the game, losing 3–0. Buffalo hit negative the first two sets, finishing with an anemic 0.023 hitting percentage, along with no aces and just two blocks for the match.

In the next match, against Northern Colorado, Buffalo hit only 0.055 in the first set, and UB coach Scott Smith decided it was time to try freshman Emma Puzausky at setter. The Bulls hit 0.133 in the second set, still not a good number, but their best of the tournament so far. That was followed by Buffalo attacking at a 0.000 rate in the third set, with Puzausky setting again. Again, the Bulls had a total of two blocks and zero aces. And the Bulls dropped the match 3–0.

The next day, against CofC, Smith decided to switch to a two-setter offense, which produced the Bulls' best results of the tournament and a 3–2 victory. With a two setter offense, the team always has three front row attackers, theoretically an offensive improvement. The Bulls did not attack at the 0.200 level until the final set in which they hit 0.467, but their hitting percentage for the match of 0.128 was their best of the entire tournament, by more than double. The Bulls this time picked up 9 blocks and 10 aces along the way. In that fifth set, Buffalo fell behind 7–4, but would come back and tie the set at 10–10, using a kill by junior middle blocker Lexi Nordmann, and ace from freshman right side Abby Leigh and then a kill from senior outside hitter Polina Prokudina. And from that point, teams traded points with CofC taking a 14–13 lead, but Buffalo then scored the final three points on kills from sophomore right side Monika Šimkova and consecutive kills by senior outside hitter Rachel Sanks.

Notes:

• The Bulls did not use a two-setter offense during the previous four years under head coach Blair Brown Lipsitz. In a two setter offense, you also use two right side attackers, the Bulls using Leigh and Šimkova at right side against CofC. And in a two setter offense, the setters only play back row and can't block, but somehow McLerran had a block assist against CofC, perhaps a mistake in the box score.
  
• Freshman outside hitter Morgan Verheyen and freshman middle blocker Courtney Okwara made appearances against Northern Colorado. For each, it was their collegiate debut, and now every non-injured player on the Bulls roster has been on the court.
• Against CofC, McLerran had 31 assists while Puzausky had 16.
• Prokudina led the Bulls with 30 kills in the tournament, while sophomore libero Paige Beck led the team with 29 digs.
• Coach Smith said before the tournament that one of the team's goals was to finish sets where they had the lead or were close. In the 2nd set against CofC, Buffalo led 26–25 but eventually lost 29–27. In the fifth set against CofC, Buffalo was able to come from behind and finish the set and win the match.