Siena Volleyball got off to a slow start and could not recover as it dropped its road match to Marist 3-0 (16-26, 13-25, 14-25) at the James J. McCann Arena on Tuesday night.

The Saints (5-10, 1-2 MAAC) trailed 5-0 from the onset, committing three attack errors in the span. Siena got within 8-6 of the lead, Marist responded with five of the next six points to take a 13-7 lead.

The Saints picked up kills from Mary Claire Deacy and Gabrielle Wire before Marist strung together four straight points on the strength of three kills from Mallory Reck. 

Siena got four straight points back capped by an ace from Autumn Willmott.

Marist finished it off with three straight points with a kill from Ava Lanzetta. 

In the second set, the teams traded points to a 5-5 draw.

Marist went on a key 7-0 run behind the serving of Claudia Kasperksi.

Marist reeled off the last four points with kills from Sara Dasic and Sarah Bumstead to put it away.

The third set played out with a 5-1 Marist advantage as Lanzetta picked up a pair of kills. 

Marist had two more 4-0 runs to go ahead 18-8.

Siena could only get within nine points the remainder of the way. 

Marist (3-11, 2-1 MAAC) was led by Dasic, who had 11 kills and three aces as well as Lanzetta who contributed nine kills. 

Lewis added 19 assists.

For the Saints, Wire had eight kills while Deacy produced seven kills and Doga Diraz had six kills. 

Sophomore setter Alara Doganyuz led the team in assists with 13 and digs with eight. 

Next up, Siena plays on Friday at 6 p.m. when it hosts Iona (6-11, 1-2 MAAC) in another MAAC match up.