Volleyball Tops Gordon 3-0 On Thursday evening

Volleyball Tops Gordon 3-0 On Thursday evening

The Suffolk University Volleyball team topped the Gordon College Fighting Scots, 3-0 on Thursday evening. Freshman Savannah Carpenter (Weston, Conn.) finished with a game-high 12 kills and four solo blocks to lift the Rams to their 13th win of the season.

Suffolk swept all three sets by scores of 25-16, 25-23 and closing the victory out with a 25-10 victory in the third set.
 

Freshman Kirstin Hartnett (Wakefield, R.I.) finished with a team-high 16 digs, while senior Colbey Kennedy (Old Lyme, Conn.) added 15 digs on the defensive side for the Rams.

Junior Tori Brillaud (North Andover, Mass.) added six kills, while senior Sarah Arbogast (Chesterfield, Mo.) recorded 15 settiing assists and four kills for the Rams. Junior Glamarys Sierra (Carolina, Puerto Rico) chipped in with seven assists on the evening for Suffolk and also registered a pair of service aces.
 

The loss drops Gordon to a 9-13 overall mark on the season. Junior Faith Gerdes (Wall Lake, Iowa) finished the evening with a team-high four kills, while freshman Jenna Labbadia (Berlin, Conn.) recorded three kills and two solo blocks. The Fighting Scots recorded five team blocks on the evening. Labbadia also recorded one of two Scots' aces on the evening.

With the victory Suffolk records at least 13 wins in a season for the first team since the 2002 and 2010 seasons.
 

Both teams will be back in action on Saturday afternoon. Gordon will host a tri-match at home with Daniel Webster and UMass-Dartmouth travelling to the Bennett Center. Suffolk will travel to Lasell College for a 2:00pm match in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play.