Women’s Volleyball Takes 3-2 Thriller at Framingham State

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Suffolk women's volleyball got back in the win column in dramatic fashion as it took down Framingham State in five sets Tuesday night at Richard Logan Gymnasium inside the Athletic & Recreation Center. The Boston Rams won via set scores 25-22, 24-26, 23-25, 25-18 and 16-14.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Framingham State 2
RECORDS: Suffolk (3-6) | Framingham State (5-3-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Action was close in the first frame as the score tied seven times with the last at the midway point, 15-all. A kill by Chloe Clement followed by back-to-back aces by the senior captain sent Suffolk ahead, 18-15. The Rams did not let go of the advantage the rest of the set to take a lead, 25-22. 
• Suffolk jumped ahead early, 5-3, but Framingham State fought back to put the blue-and-gold in a 13-5 hole. The Rams rattled off a 13-5 run to even matters at 18, which forced the host Rams into a huddle. Out of the break the teams traded six points to keep things tied at 24. It was FSU that managed to couple a pair of points together though to take the stanza, 26-24. 
• The score tied seven times and the lead swapped six in the third set that saw Framingham State up 18-16. Scott Blanchard took a timeout to gain some composure. Unfortunately, momentum was not on the Boston Rams side and the host went on to take the set, 25-23. 
• Suffolk broke an 11-11 set with five unanswered to sneak in front, 16-11. Framingham State responded with six consecutive points to flip the script in its favor, 17-16. The blue-and-gold dominated the remainder of the fourth frame as it outscored the host 9-1 to take the set, 25-18. 
• Similar to the first four sets, it was a see-saw affair in the fifth. Down 11-8, Suffolk climbed back behind a 6-1 spurt to go up 14-12. FSU used a timeout and scored two quick out of the break to even things for the sixth time in the set at 14, which caused Blanchard to take a timeout of his own. Emmy Thomander knocked down a kill out of the huddle and Emily Norgrove went up for a solo block to seal the set, 16-14, and match. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Grace Cervenka contributed 18 kills, five blocks and five digs. 
• Clement had an all-around night with a 14-kill, 15-dig double-double with two assists, two aces and one block to her credit as well. 
• Jordyn Mik assembled a 10-kill, eight-dig, five-assist, three-block effort. 
• Norgrove notched five kills, four blocks and two digs. 
• Aislinn Lanigan registered 45 assists and 15 digs for a double-double. 
• Mackenzie Heaney (20 digs), Kathy Mo (34 digs) and Vicky Serrano (21) were essential on the back line for the blue-and-gold.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Tuesday's tilt marked the 19th meeting between Suffolk and Framingham State. 
• Suffolk has won three consecutive contests against Framingham State to move to 5-14 all-time in the series. 
• The Boston Rams and FSU Rams went to five sets for the third time, second straight meeting. 
• The three wins in a row over Framingham State is a first for Suffolk in program history. 
• The blue-and-gold improved to 2-1 in five-set decisions against FSU. 
• Suffolk defeated Framingham State on the road for the second time, first since Sept. 28, 2023, a 3-0 victory.
• The Boston Rams are now 2-7 on the road against FSU. 
• Suffolk is now 3-2 against Framingham State in the Blanchard era. 
• Suffolk needed five sets to determine a winner for the first time since Nov. 2, 2024 when it bested Gordon by a 3-2 margin. 
• Cervenka had a career-high in kills (18) and solo blocks (4) and matched a personal-best 48 total attacks. 
• Clement had the first double-double of her collegiate career. She tied a career-high in kills (14), and set new personal-best in total attacks (70) and digs (15).
• Mik rewrote career highs in total attacks (35), service aces (5), digs (8) and blocks (3) and matched a career-high in block assists (2). 
• Norgrove tallied a personal-best total attacks (29) and total blocks (4). 
• Lanigan had her third collegiate double-double, second of the season, and first since Salem State, Sept. 11, 2025. The junior handed out a career-high 44 assists and logged a personal-best 15 digs. 
• Heaney (20), Mo (34) and Serrano (21) all rewrote career highs in digs.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk takes the winning momentum into Thursday's tilt with Southern Maine at Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court. First serve is set for 7 p.m.