THE BASICS 

Score: Amherst 3, Emerson 0

Records: Emerson Lions (15-4, NEWMAC 5-3); Amherst Mammoth (11-6, NESCAC 5-3) 

Location: Amherst, Mass. (Le Frak Gymnasium)

Date: October 22, 2022

The Lead: Sophomore Amelia Combs and Freshman Tayle Esmie paced the Lions offense with 14 and 9 kills respectively but the Lions fell to Amherst in three sets on Saturday afternoon at Le Frak Gymnasium.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON

Amelia Combs: 14 kills

Taylor Esmie: 9 kills

Caroline Bond: 29 assists

AMHERST

Caroline Tilton: 13 kills

Lizzie Papalia: 20 digs

Carly Cooper: 17 assists

Kinsey Cronin: 4 blocks

HOW IT HAPPENED 

SET ONE

• Amherst jumped out to a early 8-1 lead. Errors by Emerson and kills from Amherst's Sam Underwood and Caroline Tilton gave the Mammoths a comfortable lead.
• Kills by Freshman Taylor Esmie and Sophomore Parker Cummings during an Emerson rally helped close the Amherst lead to only 3 points.
• The Mammoths quickly stifled the Lions rally by scoring 9 of the next 12 points scored, opening an 17-8 lead.
• The Lions would continue to battle throughout the remainder of the set, but Amherst's lead proved to be too large and the Mammoths ultimately won set one by a score of 25-14.

SET TWO

• Unfortunately for the Lions, the second set started off similarly to the previous set. Amherst jumped out to a 9-2 lead; making it difficult for the Lions to battle back.
• Esmie helped the Lions battle as she tallied three of her 9 kills in the second set.
• Similar to set number one, the Lions were unable to overcome the Mammoths early lead and lost set two by a score of 25-14.

SET THREE 

• Three consecutive errors by Amherst gave the Lions their first lead of the match.
• The Lions proceeded to build their lead to 6-4 as Sophomore Amelia Combs tallied two consecutive kills and an ace for Emerson.
• Kills by Cummings, Senior Logan Steenbergen and Sophomore Brooke Maynez helped the Lions increase their lead to 10-6.
• Emerson continued to hold the lead throughout the set, until Amherst was able to storm back and tie the set at 19-19.
• Emerson scored two consecutive points to regain a 21-19 lead before Amherst rattled off three points in a row.
• The Lions again tied the set at 22-22 before Amherst rattled off another three consecutive points to secure the 25-22 victory and a 3-0 match victory.

UP NEXT 

The Lions return home to host NEWMAC opponent Wheaton (MA) on Tuesday, October 25 at 7:00pm.

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