THE BASICS

Score: Wentworth 3, Emerson 0

Records: Emerson Lions (4-6, 0-2 GNAC) ; Wentworth Leopards (9-2, 2-0 GNAC)

Location: Boston, Mass. (Brown & Plofker Gym)

Date: Thursday, February 20th, 2020

The Lead: The Emerson Men's Volleyball team fell in the home conference opener to the formerly nationally ranked Wentworth Leopards on Thursday night.  

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Emerson

Kills: Josh Elliot (5), Parker Gray (5), Samuel Willinger (5)
Assists: Lucas Raagas (13)
Digs: Lucas Raagas (6), Danny Darress (6)

Wentworth

Kills: Hunter Oshman (6), Alex McLane (5), Ian Carlson (5)
Assists: Augusto Rodriguez-Guerrios (18)
Digs: Ryan Love (4)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Emerson and Wentworth split the first six points of the game, but the Leopards took the next six to take a six point lead at 9-3.  Emerson went on a 5-2 run, cutting the lead to three at 11-8 behind kills from Josh Elliot (Swedesboro, N.J.) and Parker Gray (Los Angeles, Calif.). Wentworth went on a 10-3 run, taking a 10 point lead at 21-11 and closed out the Lions in the first set 25-15.
• The Lions and Leopards battled in the opening part of the second set, with Gray grabbing two more skills to keep the Leopards advantage to three at 9-6.  Wentworth went on a 7-2 run, taking a 16-8 lead.  The Lions scored two of the next three points, but Wentworth closed out the set on an 8-9 run, taking the second set 25-10.
• The third set saw the Lions fall behind 7-4 with kills from Gray and Parker in the early parts of the set.  The Leopards went on a 13-3 run after trading points with the Lions, and took a 20-9 lead.  Emerson fell 25-9 and fell in the match 3-0.  

UP NEXT

• Emerson plays tomorrow night when they welcome the St. Joseph's Brooklyn Bears to Brown & Plofker Gym at 7:00pm.