WELLESLEY, Mass. – Suffolk volleyball opened a five-match road trip with a 3-1 setback at Wellesley Saturday afternoon at the Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse. The decision came by set scores, 18-25, 25-15, 25-19 and 25-21.  

THE BASISCS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Wellesley 3 
RECORDS: Suffolk (6-11) | Wellesley (5-7)  

SET ONE RECAP (25-18, SUFFOLK)

• Suffolk grabbed an early 5-0 edge that turned into a 16-9 advantage at the midway point. 
• A Wellesley timeout did not slow down the Rams as they sprang ahead 22-13 and rolled to the set win. 

SET TWO RECAP (25-15, WELLESLEY)

• The Blue put the first nine points on the board before a Rams' response of five consecutive points came to slice the margin down. 
• Wellesley strung together a 7-2 stretch to put Suffolk in a 16-7 hole. 
• That deficit proved to be too much ground for the blue-and-gold to make up.  

SET THREE RECAP (25-19, WELLESLEY)

• Out of a 6-6 game, the Blue rattled off five to make it a lopsided score, 11-6. 
• That run jump started an 8-2 stretch by the hosts that made it a double-digit distance, 19-9. 
• A late response came late by outscoring the Blue, 10-4, cut the deficit down to 24-19.
• An attack error by Jasmine James gave Wellesley the frame.  

SET FOUR RECAP (25-21, WELLESLEY)

• Wellesley went ahead 11-5 to force an early Suffolk timeout. 
• The break did not help the Rams as the Blue kept the pace the rest of the way to take the set and match.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• McKenna Keowen paced the offense and defense with 16 kills and 11 digs. 
• James provided 10 kills to the 40-kill attack. 
• Kenzley Bell produced 24 digs. 
• Jayla Martinez and Harmony Johnson set up the attack with 17 assists and 13 assists, respectively.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Keowen produced her fourth double-double of the season.  

POST-MATCH PIC
 

LOOKING AHEAD
Suffolk remains on the road Wednesday, Oct. 13 as it travels to Western New England for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) match at 7 p.m.