Conn. College Clips Women’s Volleyball at MIT Invitational, 3-1

Conn. College Clips Women’s Volleyball at MIT Invitational, 3-1

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Suffolk women's volleyball dropped its MIT Invitational opened to Conn. College, 3-1, Friday night at the Rockwell Cage. The Rams' setback came by set scores 25-14, 25-18, 24-26 and 25-21.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Conn. College 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-3) | Conn. College (2-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Suffolk fell in a 5-0 hole in the first set that grew to a double-digit distance, 19-9. That gap was too large for the Rams to make up as the teams nearly traded points the rest of the opening frame, which went to the Camels. 
  • The second stanza was more a back-and-forth affair with a five-point margin, 15-10, in Conn. College's favor at the midway point. Suffolk remained in a five-point hole, 20-15, before the Camels put the set away thanks to a 5-3 set-ending run.
  • The third stanza featured seven tied scores and three lead exchanges. It was Suffolk that came out on top 26-24 as Emily Norgrove knocked down a kill and Sami Shore and Jordyn Mik combined for a kill for the final two points out of a 24-all tie. 
  • Suffolk jumped out to an 8-2 fourth frame advantage. The Camels clawed back with a 12-4 stretch to flip the script in their favor, 14-12. The score would lock twice more down the stretch with the last at 20-all. Conn. College outscored the blue-and-gold 5-1 the rest of the way to clinch the set and match.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

  • Chloe Clement led the attack with seven kills to go along with three digs and one block. 
  • Norgrove notched six kills and one dig. 
  • Emmy Thomander recorded five kills, two blocks and one dig. 
  • Shore supplied five kills, three blocks and two digs. 
  • Aislinn Lanigan registered 14 assists, six digs, three kills and one ace. 
  • Kathy Mo had six aces, 12 digs and three handouts.  

NOTEWORTHY

  • Suffolk and Conn. College met for the first time. 
  • Mik notched a Suffolk-best four kills and matched a personal-best one block. 
  • Lanigan logged a career-high three kills.
  • Mo served a personal-best in aces (6) and assists (3). 
  • Vicky Serrano made her collegiate debut.
  • Thomander tied a career-high two blocks. 
  • More matched a personal-best in assists (7) and digs (4).  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk closes out its time at the MIT Invitational versus the tournament host tomorrow Saturday, Sept. 6 at 11 a.m.