Volleyball Comes Up Short in Five Sets at Roger Williams

BRISTOL, R.I. – Suffolk volleyball may have taken a 2-1 lead over the Hawks, but the Rams lost momentum as Roger Williams rattled off the next two set wins to hand the Rams a 3-2 Conference of New England (CNE) loss Tuesday night at the Paolino Recreation Center.  The league setback came by set scores 29-31, 25-21, 17-25, 25-20 and 15-9.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Roger Williams 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (14-4, 0-2 CNE) | Roger Williams (9-8, 2-1 CNE)  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• McKenan Keowen registered a 24-dig, 21-kill double-double with three assists and one ace. 
• Jasmine James logged 11 kills, two digs and one helper. 
• Chloe Clement contributed 10 digs, six digs, two assists and one block. 
• Sami Shore supplied seven kills, six digs, two aces and one block. 
• Jayla Martinez and Aislinn Lanigan set-up Suffolk's offense with 22 assists and 17 assists, respectively. Martinez had seven digs, one ace and one kill, while Lanigan also logged four digs and two aces. 
• Morgan Kelsey had an all-around effort of 21 digs, six assists and four aces. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Both of Suffolk's CNE contests this season have been determined in five sets. 
• Suffolk is now 2-19 all-time versus Roger Williams. 
• The rams moved to 1-7 against RWU in Rhode Island. 
• Suffolk and RWU went the distance for the third time, first since 2001 and second time in Rhode Island in the all-time series. The only other 3-2 decision in Rhode Island between Suffolk and the Hawks was the first-ever meeting in 1998. 
• Suffolk is now 2-3 versus Roger Williams under Scott Blanchard's guidance. 
• Keowen had her 23rd collegiate double-double, eighth of the season.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk wraps up its week at Johnson & Wales Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7:00 p.m.