BOSTON – Suffolk volleyball wrapped up its home tri-match Saturday afternoon with a 3-1 victory over Fitchburg State at Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Fitchburg State 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (9-15) | Fighting State (2-19) 

SET ONE RECAP (25-12, SUFFOLK)

• Suffolk sat in front to start off, 11-3. 
• The Rams never looked back doubled its offensive output to hold a 22-8 cushion. 
• The Falcons outscored the blue-and-gold 4-3 from there, but Suffolk's start allowed the hosts to take the first frame. 

SET TWO RECAP (25-19, FITCHBURG STATE)

• Suffolk found itself trialing 8-3 after a line-up shuffle. 
• The Rams managed to even things up 9-9 after outscoring the Falcons 6-1. 
• Fitchburg State responded with a 5-1 stretch to regain the edge, 14-10. 
• That distance grew to 17-11. 
• Suffolk played catchup again with a 6-1 spurt to pull within one, 18-17. 
• The Falcons calmed down in a timeout and slowly built a 24-19 edge before putting the set away on a kill from Sariah Dyer.  

SET THREE RECAP (25-13, SUFFOLK)

• Down 8-7, Suffolk scored the next dozen points to make things lopsided 19-8. 
• That advantage paid off the rest of the way as the team's nearly went point-for-point.  

SET FOUR RECAP (25-14, SUFFOLK)

• Things remained tight and even level at 7-all. 
• Behind a 6-1 run the Rams went up 13-8 and then 20-10 on an identical 6-1 spurt. 
• It was cruise control from there for the blue-and-gold. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• McKenna Keowen was a force offensively with 17 kills on a .452 attack percentage. She added four digs and a pair of blocks to her effort. 
• Isabelle Huzar also hit well with a .800 conversation rate with eight kills on 10 tries. 
• Alina Nowakowski and Emily Wheeler each pitched five kills to Suffolk's 39-kill offense. 
• Harmony Johnson dished out 14 assists to go along with five aces, three digs and one kill. 
• Jayla Martinez dished out half a dozen helpers and two digs. 
• Gabriella Piveta and Gabby Elbrecht each handed out five assists. 
• Kenzley Bell registered 10 digs to pace the defense that received five digs from Tatum Kalt.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and Fitchburg State met for the first time.  

POST-MATCH PIC
  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk entertains Emmanuel Monday, Oct. 26 in its non-conference finale at 7 p.m.