Volleyball’s Season Ends in Straight Sets at Roger Williams in CCC Quarterfinals

BRISTOL, R.I. - Suffolk volleyball came out firing on all cylinders, but the early excitement slowly faded, and the second-seeded Hawks of Roger Williams capitalized to sweep the seventh-seeded Rams in the Quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Tournament Tuesday night at the Rodgers Recreation Center.  

THE BASICS 
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Roger Williams 3 
RECORDS: Suffolk (11-17) | Roger Williams (10-10) 

SET ONE RECAP (25-22, ROGER WILLIAMS) 

• Suffolk scored the first eight points of the night. That match-opening unanswered stretch featured killsfrom Jasmine James and Kenzley Bell and a pair of aces from Harmony Johnson.  
• The Hawks huddled in a timeout early on, but that didn't help as the Rams hung to a hefty lead, 12-3, that
• turned into a 20-13 cushion.   
• A Roger Williams rally came as it scored seven straight points to level the playing field at 20-all.  
• The blue-and-gold used both of its breaks to try and break up the scoring frenzy by RWU, but neither helped.  
• Out of Suffolk's second and last timeout the Hawks went up 21-20 after a ball handling error by Johnson.  
• The teams would trade points before the Hawks outscored the Rams, 4-1 the rest of the way to take the frame in comeback fashion.  

SET TWO RECAP (25-9, ROGER WILLIAMS) 

• Roger Williams ran out to a 12-6 advantage.  
• The Hawks put together an 11-3 run to make things lopsided, 23-9.  
• Back-to-back points by RWU sealed the second set in the host's favor.  
  

SET THREE RECAP (25-19, ROGER WILLIAMS) 

• Things stayed tight to get things going with a pair of tied scores.  
• From a 5-all frame, Roger Williams exchanged a 6-2 span that gave the hosts an 11-7 distance.  
• Suffolk clawed back and chipped the deficit down to one, 12-11. Gabby Elbrecht provided a kill and Johnson served an ace in that stretch.  
• The Hawks hung out in front, however, the Rams stayed within striking distance, 17-15. 
• Three points in a row by the host made things 20-15 and really sealed up the set and sweep.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING 

• Johnson had an all-around night. The junior captain set up the offense with 14 assists to go along with three aces and kills, respectively, as well as 11 digs and one block. 
• Bell contributed on both sides of the ball as well. Johnson's co-captain had nine digs, five kills with one block and one kill to her credit.  
• James' six kills led a 23-kill attack that saw seven different players produce one kill.  
• Zoe Bogle chipped in four handouts, nine digs and two aces.  
• Shannon Malloy provided three blocks and a pair of kills.  

NOTEWORTHY 

• Suffolk competed in its first CCC post-season match.  
• Johnson logged her fourth double-double of the year and nine of her collegiate career. 

POST-MATCH PIC