BRISTOL, R.I. - Suffolk volleyball came out firing on all cylinders, but the early excitement slowly faded, and the second-seeded Hawks of Roger Williams capitalized to sweep the seventh-seeded Rams in the Quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Tournament Tuesday night at the Rodgers Recreation Center.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Roger Williams 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (11-17) | Roger Williams (10-10)
SET ONE RECAP (25-22, ROGER WILLIAMS)
- Suffolk scored the first eight points of the night. That match-opening unanswered stretch featured killsfrom Jasmine James and Kenzley Bell and a pair of aces from Harmony Johnson.
- The Hawks huddled in a timeout early on, but that didn't help as the Rams hung to a hefty lead, 12-3, that
- turned into a 20-13 cushion.
- A Roger Williams rally came as it scored seven straight points to level the playing field at 20-all.
- The blue-and-gold used both of its breaks to try and break up the scoring frenzy by RWU, but neither helped.
- Out of Suffolk's second and last timeout the Hawks went up 21-20 after a ball handling error by Johnson.
- The teams would trade points before the Hawks outscored the Rams, 4-1 the rest of the way to take the frame in comeback fashion.
SET TWO RECAP (25-9, ROGER WILLIAMS)
- Roger Williams ran out to a 12-6 advantage.
- The Hawks put together an 11-3 run to make things lopsided, 23-9.
- Back-to-back points by RWU sealed the second set in the host's favor.
SET THREE RECAP (25-19, ROGER WILLIAMS)
- Things stayed tight to get things going with a pair of tied scores.
- From a 5-all frame, Roger Williams exchanged a 6-2 span that gave the hosts an 11-7 distance.
- Suffolk clawed back and chipped the deficit down to one, 12-11. Gabby Elbrecht provided a kill and Johnson served an ace in that stretch.
- The Hawks hung out in front, however, the Rams stayed within striking distance, 17-15.
- Three points in a row by the host made things 20-15 and really sealed up the set and sweep.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Johnson had an all-around night. The junior captain set up the offense with 14 assists to go along with three aces and kills, respectively, as well as 11 digs and one block.
- Bell contributed on both sides of the ball as well. Johnson's co-captain had nine digs, five kills with one block and one kill to her credit.
- James' six kills led a 23-kill attack that saw seven different players produce one kill.
- Zoe Bogle chipped in four handouts, nine digs and two aces.
- Shannon Malloy provided three blocks and a pair of kills.
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk competed in its first CCC post-season match.
- Johnson logged her fourth double-double of the year and nine of her collegiate career.