Women's Volleyball 10/6/2012 12:00:00 AM

Eastern Women's Volleyball Splits Tri-Match

Box Score 1

Eastern Conn. 3, Worcester State U. 0

Worcester State (9-7) 12 23 23

Eastern Conn. (8-10) 25 25 25

Set 1: Eastern led from the start.

Set 2: Brooke Curran and Samantha Browning had consecutive kills to snap a 23-23 tie, Worcester led by a slim margin throughout the first half before the Warriors took the lead for good by snapping a tie with three straight points for a 23-20 lead. The Lancers countered with three straight points on a kill, Eastern attack error and Vicki O'Brien's only service ace of the match.

Set 3: For the second straight set, Eastern broke a 23-all tie on a kill by Katie Wilson and a match-ending service ace from Browning. Worcester had tied the match for the sixth and final time on a kill from Becky Lebel.

Eastern leaders:

Katie Wilson 11 digs, 4 blocks, 13 kills, .393 attack pct., 4 service aces

Erynn Miller 10 digs

Nicki Gasch 4 blocks, 7 digs

Allie Henry 27 assists

Allie Luppi 8 digs

Worcester leaders:

Alyssa Jasper 10 kills, 17 digs

Megan Brown 7 kills

Amanda Lewis 13 digs, 22 assists

U. of New England 3, Worcester State U. 0

New England (9-5) 25 25 25

Worcester State (9-8) 19 14 16

Set 1: Worcester scored the first five points but the set was close until the Nor'easters used a 7-1 run to move out to a 21-14 lead Maria Kuehl and Paige Curran sparked the run with a pair of kills each.

Set 2: New England raced to a 6-0 lead and was never headed. The Lancers got to as close as four points (14-10) before the Nor'easters reeled off the next five, two coming on two of their 12 service aces.

Set 3: New England never trailed after the first point and built a ten-point lead, 22-12 on a pair of mistakes by Worcester, which had 17 attack errors.

Worcester leaders:

Alyssa Jasper 6 kills

Becky Lebel 2 service aces

Kaylee Leduc 13 digs

Megan Brown 11 digs

Amanda Lewis 14 assists

New England leaders:

Maria Kuehl 28 assists, 10 digs

Paige Curran 12 kills, .706 attack pct., 3 blocks

Angie Brunette 10 kills

Kirsta Addie 17 rec. attempts with 0 errors, 11 digs

Leah Janelle 15 digs

U. of New England 3, Eastern Conn. 1

New England (10-5) 23 26 25 25

Eastern Conn. (8-11) 25 24 23 20

Set 1: Eastern never trailed after scoring ten of the first 12 points but needed to break a late tie by scoring the final two points on a pair of UNE attack errors.

Set 2: New England avoided falling behind by two sets by wiping out an early 5-1 deficit and finally taking its first lead, 21-20, on a kill by Paige Curran. The Nor'easterns scored the final two points on a kill and a block solo by Angie Brunette.

Set 3: New England erased a quick 5-1 deficit again and trailed by a slim margin throughout before tying the set for the first time on an Eastern attack error and securing the win on Kirsta Adie's set-ending kill.

Set 4: The teams exchanged slim leads throughout until a match-ending 7-2 run by UNE snapped an 18-all tie.Maria Kuhel had a service ace to give her team a 20-18 lead and Paige Curran teamed with Jackie Stone for a block and Curran added a kill over that final spurt.

Eastern leaders:

Allie Luppi 26 digs, 2 service aces

Katie Wilson 15 digs, 5 blocks, 24 kills, .292 attack pct.

2 service aces, 31 reception attempts with 2 errors (.935)

Jess Patrizi 19 digs, 23 assists

Erynn Miller 17 digs, 2 service aces

Danielle Bourne 19 digs, 10 kills

Allie Henry 15 digs, 3 blocks, 17 assists

Brynna Kelly 3 blocks

New England leaders:

Maria Kuehl 27 digs, 38 assists, 3 service aces

Kirsta Adie 27 digs, 17 kills