Box Score Husson University fell to Worchester Polytechnic Institute
(WPI) and won against Eastern Nazerene. The Eagles lost to
WPI in three straight games (25-11, 25-19, and 25-16). The
Engineers offense was led by Kim Woodward (Clifton Park, NY)
recording nine aces and two kills, while Belinda Nwagbara (Santa
Rosa, CA) combined four aces with eight kills. The Engineers
would combine for a total of 26 kills and 29 aces, as the Eagles
finished with 13 kills and 2 aces.
Husson took the final contest of the tri-match, 3-2, beating
Eastern Nazarene in a back and forth match consisting of fifteen
ties and six lead changes. The match was close as the two
teams traded wins with Eastern Nazarene winning the first and third
games, 25-11 and 25-19, and Husson the second and fourth games,
25-13 and 25-20. Husson won the fifth and deciding game as
they took a lead and kept it to earn the 25-7 win and match
victory.
At the decisive point in the fourth match, with the score tied
at 16-16, the Eagles rallied on a 9-4 run to pull out the 25-20
win.
Husson's Maya Vsyokikh (Novoskbirks, Russia) had nine
kills, and both Athena Beaulieu (Gorham, ME) and Kaitlyn McKay
(Lincoln, RI) had eight kills. Eastern Nazarene's Laura
Giberson (Hingham, MA), Amber Burns (Fall River, MA), and Kaitlyn
Yoder (Smithsburg, MD) all recorded eight kills of their own in the
match.