PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Eastern Connecticut State volleyball (11-6, 3-2 Little East) pulled off the reverse sweep in a 3-2 win (19-25, 13-25, 25-15, 25-22, 15-10) at Rhode Island College (9-10, 1-4 Little East) on Wednesday night (Oct. 21).
The Warriors were led by
Brooke Praskievicz with a 14-kill, 12-dig double-double.
Emma Robinson also finished in double figures with 11 kills.
Haley Jo Bridges picked up eight kills and
Sierra York added seven.
Lauren Lacy finished the match with 22 assists and posted a double-double with 10 digs. Lacy also had a team-high four service aces.
Sonya Nielsen picked up 19 assists in the win.
On defense,
Emerson Conigliaro led the defense for Eastern with 16 digs. At the net,
Lyla Passwater had a team-high four blocks.
After dropping the first two sets, Eastern fell into an early 9-5 hole. A kill by York kick-started an 11-0 run that featured three aces by Lacy and two kills from Passwater to put Eastern up 16-9. Leading 21-15, Eastern scored the next four points to keep the match alive.
The fourth set went back-and-forth with two points from Rhode Island College tying the fourth frame at 17. Three errors from the Anchorwomen and a kill by York put Eastern up 21-17. Rhode Island College pulled within one at 23-22 after three-straight points but kills by Praskievicz and
Maya Wynn forced a fifth set.
Neither team led by more than one point in the deciding set when RIC tied the frame up at 10. Bridges responded with a kill to give the Warriors the lead and kills from Robinson and Bridges put Eastern up 13-10. Back-to-back errors from Rhode Island College gave Eastern the win comeback win.
UP NEXT
Eastern returns home for an LEC contest against UMass Dartmouth on Saturday (Oct. 24) with first serve at 1 p.m.
