The Suffolk University Women's Volleyball team closed out the 2013 regular season with a 3-1 victory over UMass-Dartmouth Corsairs in Regan Gymnasium on senior night.
Junior Tori Brillaud (North Andover, Mass.) led all players with 15 kills in the four set match as Suffolk closes out the regular season with 16-13 overall mark. Freshman Savannah Carpenter (Weston, Conn.) chipped in with 11 kills on the evening and a team-high five solo blocks to help pace Suffolk, while senior Sarah Arbogast (Chesterfield, Mo.) had a game-high of 15 setting assists. On the defensive end Colbey Kennedy (Old Lyme, Conn.) had 15 digs.
For the Corsairs, junior Madison Shea (Millis, Mass.) and senior Tahirah Gibson (Norwood, Mass.) each had a team-high of five kills apiece, while Gibson also recorded five solo blocks. UMass-Dartmouth rallied in the third set to come out with a 25-15 win. Sophomore Brianna Perry (New Bedford, Mass.) finished the evening with a team-high three service aces.
Suffolk came out strong in the fourth set to end the match with a 3-1 triumph. The win ensures Suffolk of finishing the season with an above .500 winning percentage for the first time since the 2003 season in which they were 17-11 during that season.
Tuesday night's loss drops the Corsairs to a 7-21 overall mark on the season. They will be back in action on Saturday afternoon as part of a tri-match when they host Rivier University and Little East Conference (LEC) foe University of Southern Maine at noon.
Suffolk will now await the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) finals seedings and pairings to be released later this week until they find out their next opponent in the upcoming conference tournament. The eight-team single elimination tournament will open up on Tuesday November 5th.