Posted: Oct 30, 2024
BOSTON – Suffolk volleyball dropped a Conference of New England Contest to Wentworth, 3-1, Wednesday night at Tansey Gymnasium. The league setback came by set scores 25-20, 24-26, 25-5 and 25-12.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Wentworth 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (21-5, 3-3 CNE) | Wentworth (15-9, 5-1 CNE)
SET ONE RECAP (25-20, WENTWORTH)
- Suffolk the lead first, 2-1, but Wentworth responded with eight unanswered points to put the blue-and-gold in a 9-2 hole.
- The Rams fell behind by as many as nine multiple times with the last nine-point gap at 20-11.
- The blue-and-gold battled back with a 9-2 run to pull within two, 22-20.
- Three straight points by WIT closed out the set in the Leopards' favor.
SET TWO RECAP (26-24, SUFFOLK)
- Suffolk found itself in a 9-2 hole.
- The Rams pulled back with a 7-1 run to trim the margin down to one, 10-9. The rally featured kills from McKenna Keowen, Chloe Clement and Grace Cervenka and aces by Aislinn Lanigan and Keowen.
- Out of a Wentworth time, the Rams leveled the playing field at 10-all behind a Keowen ace, her third of the night.
- From there, matters would lock five more times with last coming at 22-22.
- The Leopards leapt ahead to a 24-23 lead.
- Suffolk soared back with four consecutive points to take the frame. The rally saw back-to-back kills by Sami Shore, a Keowen kill and a Clement ace sealed the comeback set for the visitors, 26-24.
SET THREE RECAP (25-5, WENTWORTH)
- Suffolk faced a double-digit deficit 12-2.
- The Leopards did not let up and coasted to the 25-5 set win.
SET FOUR RECAP (25-12, WENTWORTH)
- A 9-2 deficit forced Scott Blanchard to use a timeout early on.
- The huddle did not help the Rams as Wentworth stretched its advantage to 12, 20-8.
- The blue-and-gold was unable to make up enough ground and the Leopards locked up the set and match.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Shore led Suffolk's attack with 10 kills. The sophomore also supplied two digs and one assist.
- Keowen's all-around effort featured six kills, seven digs and three aces.
- Clement chipped in six kills, three digs, one ace, one assist and two blocks.
- Jayla Martinez added 16 assists, four digs and one kill.
- Lanigan logged 11 handouts, four aces, three digs and one kill.
NOTEWORTHY
- The last three matches between Suffolk and Wentworth ended via 3-1 decisions.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams take their talents to Wenham, Massachusetts this Saturday, Nov. 2 for a CNE match at Gordon at 11:00 a.m.
