WORCESTER, Mass. (October 17, 2026) – Emerson College bounced back with a 3-1 (25-23, 25-21, 18-25, 25-12) victory over Worcester Polytechnic Institute in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's volleyball match at Harrington Auditorium this afternoon.
First year Addie Wooten powered Emerson to the victory with a season-high 16 kills and a .333 hitting percentage with three digs and two blocks. Sophomore Lizi Horning contributed 14 kills, with just four errors (.278), with four digs and two blocks, while junior Chloe Hokenson recorded her seventh double-double of the year with 23 assists and ten blocks, finishing a kill shy of a fourth triple double with nine. Senior Lauren Yoo added 20 digs and nine assists, while sophomore Catherine McDonough chipped in five kills (.400) and three solo blocks.
Sophomore Bridget Spees led WPI with a double-double of ten kills and 16 digs with two service aces. Classmate Amelia Lynch dished out 20 assists for the Engineers with five digs and three blocks, while freshman Jennah DiMartino chipped in with 13 digs and six assists.
Wooten capped a 4-2 push around a WPI timeout with her back-to-back kills to close out of the first set. She finished the set with five kills, while Hockenson dished out seven assists and added four kills of her own for the Lions.
Emerson grabbed another close set in the second, with Hokenson providing a late kill and the Lions capping the set for a 2-0 lead on a WPI attack error. Horning led the Lions with four kills, while senior Rachel Dickerson tallied three of her nine kills in the match with a .429 hitting percentage.
WPI took advantage of 17 errors by Emerson to get back into the match by winning the third set. The Engineers put down 11 kills, with just two errors, including four kills by Spees on ten hits (.400), adding two aces.
Emerson put the match away by hitting .345 as a team in winning the fourth set by 13 points. Wooten led the way for the Lions with six kills and just one error (.556), while Horning added three without an error (.600).
Emerson (14-4, 5-2 NEWMAC) returns to action on Tuesday when it hosts No. 6/21 Smith College in a NEWMAC match at Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium at 7 p.m. WPI (9-11, 2-5 NEWMAC) visits Wellesley College on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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