Ursinus Spoils Women’s Volleyball’s Season Opener, 3-1

DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Suffolk women's volleyball was bested by Ursinus, 3-1, Saturday afternoon at the Tripp Athletic Center. The setback came by set scores of 25-20, 25-12, 19-25 and 25-10.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Ursinus 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-1) | Ursinus (1-0)  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Sami Shore supplied 10 kills behind a .600 hitting percentage with three blocks and one dig. 
• Emmy Thomander recorded six kills, two digs and one block. 
• Grace Cervenka added five kills to the attack. 
• Aislinn Lanigan logged 15 assists, four digs and three aces. 
• Delaney More pitched in seven handouts and four digs. 
• Chloe Clement and Kathy Mo registered 13 digs apiece. The former added two aces and one block, while the latter notched two helpers and one ace.

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk opened its season at a neutral site for the third straight season, 11th time overall and fifth under Scott Blanchard's leadership. 
• The Rams are now 4-5 when playing on a neutral hardwood in the initial outing of the year. 
• If the first match has extended longer than three sets, Suffolk moved to 1-2 in four set decisions in match one. 
• Suffolk battled Ursinus for the first time in program history.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk closes action on day one of the season this afternoon against UMass Dartmouth.