BOSTON, Mass. - Senior Jules Augustine (Skaneateles, N.Y.) recorded eight kills to become Emerson's all-time leader in kills, while freshman Bella Edwards (Palisades, Calif.) notched 16 kills as the Lions had their last home match of the season with a 3-0 sweep over Bridgewater State on Thursday night at the Brown & Plofker Gym.

Emerson rises to 17-10 overall as Bridgewater State falls to 10-18.

Prior to the match, head coach Ben Read and assistant coaches Elise Edmonson and Sara Rutan honored the team's five seniors - including Jessica Hamilton (Los Angeles, Calif.), Amanda Linzmeyer (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Augustine, Annie Hall (Okemos, Mich.) and Elizabeth Reid (Charlottesville, Va.) -  for their hard work and dedication to the women's volleyball program over the last four seasons. 

Emerson jumped out to a 5-2 lead before Bridgewater State started to creep back and stay within no more than two points before a service ace from junior Sam Harton (Cartersville, Ga.) gave the Lions some breathing room at 13-9. After Bridgewater State committed an attack error, Emerson bumped their lead up to five at 17-12.  The Bears continued to battle back and tacked on three points to square the match at 22-all, but the Lions tallied the final three of four points took the 25-23 win on Augustine's record setting kill. 

After Bridgewater State grabbed the 4-2 lead to start off the second frame, Emerson fired back with four consecutive points to take the 6-4 advantage. However, the Bears were never too far behind and kept within two, but found themselves in a five point deficit at 13-8 after an ace from freshman Kayleen Bertrand (New Boston, N.H.). Bridgewater State came within one of Emerson at 15-14 only to see the Lions up their lead to five again at 20-15 on a kill by Edwards. Edwards then closed out the 25-20 Lions win the second set with a kill. 

Both the Lions and Bears stayed neck-and-neck throughout the beginning of the third frame, but it was the Lions who began to distance the score in their favor. After Bridgewater State came within three at 10-7, that was the closest they would come. Three consecutive swings from Edwards gave Emerson its largest lead of 11 at 19-8, but it was a kill by freshman Lily Marella (Portland, Ore.) that capped off the third set as the Lions cruised to the 25-10 third set victory. 

Edwards paced Emerson with 16 kills and Linzmeyer followed Edwards with 10. Augustine and Guerra each tallied eight kills apiece. Harton had a team-high three aces and 10 digs. Sophomore Moira Brennan (Glenview, Ill.) had a match-high 45 assists. Guerra, Augustine and Hall led the Emerson defense with two block assists each. 

Sophomore Erin Clifford recorded a team-high 10 kills and senior Charleyne Panner tallied 24 assists for Bridgewater State. Sophomore Cassidy Tyros had 14 kills and senior Hannah Maymon recorded an ace. Sophomore Elizabeth Roberts and Maymon led the Bears defense with one block assist each.

Emerson's final match of the 2016 season will be against Clark, this Saturday at 1:00pm. Bridgewater State has its final match of 2016 on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. against MCLA.