Bridgewater State Blanks Women’s Volleyball, 3-0

BOSTON – Suffolk women's volleyball fell in straight sets to Bridgewater State, 3-0, Saturday afternoon at Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court. The final outing of a tri-match was decided by set scores 25-21, 25-22 and 25-14.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Bridgewater State 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-6) | Bridgewater State (5-2) 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Out of the fifth tie of the first set, 5-all, Suffolk stormed in front 10-6 to force Bridgewater State into an early timeout. The huddle helped the visitors as they outscored the host 11-1 to jump ahead, 16-11. Momentum remained in BSU's favor as it rallied around that scoring stretch to take the first frame away from the blue-and-gold, 25-21. 
• Suffolk held onto the edge, 15-13, before Bridgewater State battled back with five unanswered to put the Rams in an 18-15 hole. That gap grew to 22-18, which caused Scott Blanchard to take a timeout. The Ram outscored the Bears out of the break, 4-3, but it would not be enough to comeback as BSU locked up the stanza, 25-22.
• The Ram were up 9-7 and a case of déjà vu flew in as the Bears scored seven straight to take the upperhand, 14-9. Suffolk was unable to find its grove the rest of the way and BSU sealed the set and match, 25-24.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Emily Norgrove supplied six kills on a .333 attack percentage with three blocks and one dig. 
• Grace Cervenka notched four kills and two blocks. 
• Chloe Clement added five kills nine digs, two assists and one ace. 
• Kathy Mo registered 11 digs. 
• Aislinn Lanigan logged 11 handouts, one dig, one ace and one kill. 
• Mackenzie Heaney served four aces to go along with four digs and one helper. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and Bridgewater State met for the eighth time, first since Sept. 10, 2015. 
• The Rams welcomed the Bears to Beantown for the first time since Oct. 29, 2014. 
• The meeting was the first-ever between Suffolk and BSU in the Blanchard era. 
• Aislinn Campell produced personal-bests in digs (2), total blocks (2) and block solos (1) and matched a career-high block assists with one. 
• Norgrove tied a career-high in blocks (3) and block assists (3). 
• Heaney had a career-best four aces.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is set to stop by Framingham State Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 6 p.m.