THE BASICS 

Match One Score: Wentworth 3, Emerson 0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-17)

Match Two Score: Emerson 3, Colby-Sawyer 0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-14)

Records: Emerson Lions (9-11, 6-5 GNAC) ; Wentworth Leopards (18-6, 11-0 GNAC); Colby-Sawyer Chargers (2-16, 0-9 GNAC)

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

Date: March 25, 2023

The Lead: The Emerson volleyball team took the split in their second to last tri-match of the 2023 season against GNAC foes, Wentworth and Colby-Sawyer, on Saturday afternoon. Emerson fell to Wentworth in straight sets to start off the day. Then in the second match, the Lions topped Colby-Sawyer, 3-0. 

Prior to the second match of today's tri-match, Emerson head coach Ben Read honored the class of 2023, which consisted of Jerick Lou and Neiko Pittman. 

MATCH ONE: Wentworth 3, Emerson 0

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON

Luke Roehm: 11 kills, ace, seven digs

Bayden Slavik: 23 assists

Jake Kelly: one block

WENTWORTH

Benjamin Moughon: 12 kills 

Brayden Green: 17 assists

Tyler Jack: four aces

Mason Andrade: seven digs

Alek Reymond: two block assists 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

SET ONE

• Emerson jumped out to the 3-0 lead on a trio of kills from freshman Ben Dorsey, sophomore Jack Miessner and Roehm. Holding the slight 4-1 advantage over Wentworth, the Leopards answered with an 8-1 spurt that pushed the visitors in front, 9-5. 
• The Lions stayed within four of Wentworth before a 6-3 run pushed the Leopards up to the seven-point lead at 20-13 when a swing from LaBouliere capped off the run. 
• Down seven 21-14, Emerson powered out a 6-2 spurt that cut Wentworth's lead down to three at 23-20. with the help of three kills, an ace and two Leopards attack miscues. 
• Wentworth cut Emerson's comeback short with the set's final two points on a kill and ace at the line as the Lions fell, 25-20. 

SET TWO

• Wentworth commanded the opening of the second frame with a 13-2 lead before Emerson closed the gap to five at 14-9 on a 7-1 scoring tear that consisted of three Leopards errors. 
• Five is the closest Emerson would come to Wentworth as the visitor built their lead up to eight at 22-13 behind three consecutive kills. 
• The Lions registered their final three points of the set on two attack miscues and a kill from Roehm before an error on the hosts and a kill from Moughon put the Lions down 2-0. 

SET THREE 

• It was a competitive start to the third as Emerson trailed by only two points at 9-7 before they fell to a double-digit deficit at 21-11 after Wentworth posted a 12-4 streak in the deep portion of the frame. 
• Emerson got themselves back in the set and fended off another double-digit deficit at 23-16 with the help of a 5-2 run and pulled within seven on Roehm's swing. 
• An attack error by Moughon put Emerson back within seven at 24-17, but Jacob Waga closed the third with a kill as Emerson to the Leopards, 3-0. 

MATCH TWO: Emerson 3, Colby-Sawyer 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

EMERSON 

Lou: eight kills, three aces 

Bryson Beck: 14 assists, seven digs

Pittman: two blocks (solo)

Ramsis De Los Santos: two blocks (assists)

COLBY-SAWYER

Isaac Davies: nine kills 

CJ Murphy: 14 assists 

Four with one ace

Finn Husband: seven digs

SET ONE 

• Emerson held Colby-Sawyer to a -.095 hit percentage in the opening set and posted the 25-11 first set win. 
• The Lions commanded the first frame with a 9-1 before they used the next seven of ten points to bump their advantage into double-figures at 16-4. 
• With the score sat 20-6 after a quick four-point spurt, Colby Sawyer tacked three straight points to pull within 11 at 20-9. Emerson followed up with the set's last five of seven points to take the 25-11 win.

SET TWO 

• Colby Sawyer came out of the second with 11-5 lead early on before Emerson battled back with a 7-1 run and locked the score at 12-all behind a swing from Slavik. 
• Emerson fell behind by two at 14-12 on a Davies kill and attack miscue, but regrouped and were able to keep Colby Sawyer behind despite the Chargers locking the score two times down the stretch.
• The Lions fended off the Chargers after they registered their 22nd point on Davies' kill and saw Lou send down the set-winning pair of kills to take the set, 25-22. 

SET THREE

• Much like the first set, Emerson held Colby Sawyer to a negative hit percentage, this time at -.222 to run away with the 25-14 third frame win. 
• After Emerson held a lead of three at 6-3 to start of the third, the Lions went on a scoring tear and pieced together a 17-5 run to bump the score to a 23-8 cushion. 
• With the 23-8 lead, Colby Sawyer would not go away quietly as they registered the next six of seven points to close the gap to 10 at 24-14. 
• Lou locked down the 25-14 victory with a kill as Emerson took down Colby Sawyer in three sets. 

UP NEXT 

• Emerson continues GNAC play on Tuesday, March 28th when they host Lasell University at 6:00 p.m. 

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