Women’s Volleyball Slips at Swarthmore

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Suffolk women's volleyball was taken down in straight sets by Swarthmore Saturday morning at the Swarthmore Invitational at the Tarble Pavilion.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Swarthmore 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (6-9) | Swarthmore (9-6)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Suffolk fell down 8-3 and found itself trailing double digits, 19-9. The Rams only managed to must three more points out of a timeout and the Garnet grabbed the first frame, 25-12. 
• Suffolk shot in front early, 4-1. Swarthmore stormed back and leveled the playing field at 7-all. The scored locked twice more with the last at 15-all. From there, the host outscored the blue-and-gold 10-5, to send the Ram down 2-0 in the match. 
• After a see-saw opening to the third, Swarthmore took control, 12-8, and Scott Blanchard used a timeout. The scoring evened out of the huddle and the Rams remained in a 16-13 hole. The Garnet poured in four unanswered to make it 20-13 in its favor. The teams traded five points the rest of the way to keep the set and match in Swarthmore's favor, 25-18.  

STATISTCALLY SPEAKING

• Emmy Thomander tallied five kills to lead the Rams' attack. The freshman added one block and one dig to the defense.
• Chloe Clement registered 10 digs and four kills. 
• Emily Norgrove notched three kills, one ace and one dig. 
• Mackenzie Heaney had seven digs, two kills and one handout. 
• Aislinn Lanigan produced a 12-assist, 11-dig double-double with two kills and one ace.  

NOTEWORHTY

• Suffolk and Swarthmore me for the first time. 
• Lanigan produced her fifth collegiate double-double, fourth of the season.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk wraps up play at the Swarthmore Invitational this afternoon at 3 p.m. against Stockton.