Volleyball’s Win Streak Ends in Four Sets Against Eastern Nazarene

BOSTON – Suffolk volleyball saw its five-match win streak come to an end Tuesday night as Eastern Nazarene took down the Rams, 3-1, at Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court.    

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Eastern Nazarene 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (6-6) | Eastern Nazarene (9-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Rams won a hard fought first frame, 25-23, to get on the board first. The Lions leapt back with a convincing 25-14 second stanza win to level the playing field.  

From a 9-all tie in the third, ENC took control with an 11-4 rally that put the visitors ahead, 20-13. Suffolk surged back with an 8-3 stretch to chip the deficit down to three, 24-21. Eastern Nazarene grabbed the set behind Maria Clarabunch's kill to take a 2-1 advantage in the match.  

Suffolk led 14-9 before the Lions clawed back with five unanswered points. The score evened twice more with the last at 16-all. From there, ENC rattled off five consecutive points to put the Rams in a hole they couldn't climb out of despite pulling within two, 24-22, down the stretch.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• McKenna Keowen put together a 13-kill, 12-dig double-double that went along with three blocks, two aces, and two assists. 
• Sami Shore supplied eight kills on a .300 hitting percentage and chipped in one block. 
• Jasmine James added four kills. 
• Aislinn Lanigan and Jayla Martinez dished out 17 assists each. Lanigan logged nine digs as well to be one dig shy of a double-double. 
• Morgan Kelsey registered 23 digs and two aces.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk moved to 3-2 against ENC in Boston. 
• The Rams and Lions went four sets for the fifth time, first since Oct. 5, 2013. 
• Keowen notched her eighth collegiate double-double, third of the season. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk heads to Nichols Saturday, Sept. 23 to starts its CCC calendar. The match is scheduled to start at noon.