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Men's Volleyball Falls In Straight Sets To GNAC Rival Lasell

Box Score

THE BASICS

Score: Emerson 3, Lasell 0

Records: Emerson Lions 5-7 (0-3 GNAC) ; Lasell Lasers (10-10, 3-2 GNAC)

Date: Friday, February 28th, 2020

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

The Lead: Ten combined kills from Parker Gray (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Samuel Willinger (Golden Beach, Fla.) were not enough for Emerson Men's Volleyball Team as they fell to Lasell 3-0 on Friday night.  

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Emerson

Kills: Parker Gray (6), Samuel Willinger (4)
Assists: Lucas Raagas (10)
Digs: Willinger (7), Danny Darress (5)
Blocks: Matt Connolly (2)

Lasell 

Kills: Brenden Joyce e(11), Jan Baranowski (10)
Assists: Jesus Garcia (7)
Digs: Cobi Moore (9)
Blocks: Aaron Waitekus (3)

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Lions and Lasers split the first four points, but Lasell took a seven point lead after a 10-3 run to force Emerson into their first timeout at 12-5.  Emerson scored three of the next four behind attack errors from Lasell.  The Lasers opened up an 11 point lead at 20-9, but the Lions cut it back to ten on a Gray kill at 20-10.  Emerson was unable to overcome the deficit, falling 25-12 in the first set.
  • The second set saw Emerson fall behind early again at 10-4, forcing the Lions into a timeout.  The Lions scored four of the next five behind kills from Josh Elliot and Gray, slashing the lead to three at 11-8.  Lasell rattled off nine of the next 11 points to take a 20-10 lead, and closed out the Lions in the second set 25-11.
  • Lasell jumped out to an early lead at 6-1 and extended their lead to 11-4 after 15 points.  Emerson cut the lead to six at 12-6, but the Lasers finished the set on a 13-1 run, defeating the Lions 25-7 in the third and final set and 3-0 in the match.

UP NEXT

  • Emerson is off for the next two weeks before they play a conference trio-match against Colby Sawyer and Regis at Colby Sawyer on March 14th, with their first match coming at 1:00pm.

 

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Players Mentioned

Matt Connolly

#34 Matt Connolly

MB
6' 0"
Junior
Danny Darress

#12 Danny Darress

OH/DS
Sophomore
Parker Gray

#19 Parker Gray

MB
First Year
Lucas Raagas

#11 Lucas Raagas

S/DS
5' 0"
Senior
Samuel Willinger

#24 Samuel Willinger

MB/RS
6' 0"
Junior
Josh Elliot

#19 Josh Elliot

S
Senior
Quandomania

Players Mentioned

Matt Connolly

#34 Matt Connolly

6' 0"
Junior
MB
Danny Darress

#12 Danny Darress

Sophomore
OH/DS
Parker Gray

#19 Parker Gray

First Year
MB
Lucas Raagas

#11 Lucas Raagas

5' 0"
Senior
S/DS
Samuel Willinger

#24 Samuel Willinger

6' 0"
Junior
MB/RS
Josh Elliot

#19 Josh Elliot

Senior
Quandomania
S