BOSTON – Suffolk women's volleyball opened its first tri-match of 2025 with a 3-0 setback to Maine Maritime Saturday morning at Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court. The Rams were swept by the Mariners by identical set scores 25-18.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Maine Maritime. 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-5) | Maine Maritime (4-3)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Maine Maritime scored the first four points of the day and put Suffolk in a 7-1 hole that forced Scott Blanchard to use a timeout early. The Rams climbed back and cut the deficit down to a pair, 16-14, after Chloe Clement's first kill of the day was followed by Mackenzie Heaney's second ace. That distance was short lived as the Mariners outscored the blue-and-gold 9-4 to hand the host a 25-18 first frame loss. 
• See-saw action consumed the opening of the second stanza with MMA up one, 6-5. Hannah Tate served four aces in a row for the visitors, which had Blanchard call his team over to talk things through. There was hope out of the huddle as Suffolk scored three in a row, but the Mariners charged ahead by nine, 17-8, with seven unanswered. That margin proved too large for the Rams to make up and they slipped in the second, 25-18. 
• The lead swapped three times and the playing field leveled six with the last coming at 11-all. The Mariners grabbed the advantage and quickly built a 19-13 cushion. Suffolk battled back with five unanswered points to make it a one-point set once again, 19-18. MMA closed the set and match with five consecutive points, however, to take down the Rams, 25-18. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Jordyn Mik provided six kills, three digs, two aces and one block. 
• Grace Cervenka contributed six kills on a .385 hitting clip to go along with one block. 
• Emmy Thomander chipped in four kills and a pair of blocks. 
• Chloe Clement's day featured four kills, eight digs and two helpers. 
• Aislinn Lanigan registered 19 assists, five digs, one block and one kill. 
• Kathy Mo recorded 1q2 digs, three assists and two aces.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk met Maine Maritime for the second time in program history, first since Sept. 11, 2024. 
• The Rams hosted the Mariners for the first time. 
• Mik served the first ace of her Suffolk career and finished with a personal-best two. 
• Mo matched a career-high three assists. 
• Mackenzie Heaney served a career-high three aces.   

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk wraps up its tri-match this afternoon against Bridgewater State.