BOSTON, Mass. (October 23, 2026) – Emerson College swept Amherst College 3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 25-14) for its third-straight win in a non-conference women's volleyball matchup at Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium tonight.
Sophomore Lizi Horning powered the Emerson attack with a match-high 12 kills and just one error for a .344 hitting percentage. Junior Chloe Hokenson dished out a match-high 30 assists with eight digs, three kills and a service ace, while senior Lauren Yoo contributed a match-high 26 digs, four assists and an ace.
Sophomore Catherine McDonough tallied seven kills with a .357 hitting percentage, while classmate Emma Luehring chipped in four kills and a .444 hitting percentage with three blocks. Senior Rachel Dickerson totaled eight kills for the Lions.
Senior Tiana Richardson and sophomore Gabrielle Hines each led Amherst with eight kills, with Richardson hitting .312 with two digs and two blocks, while Hines added seven digs. Sophomore Judith Subirats-Bosch (Barcelona, Spain) dished out 18 assists with seven digs.
Emerson battled to the set one win in which both teams hit over .300 as a team, as Horning led the Lions with six kills without an error on 11 attacks (.545), while Hokenson dished out 13 assists to five different hitters. Emerson gained the lead of the set with six-straight points on the serve of senior Kori Meissner who served up two aces, while Luehring was involved in a pair of blocks during the run. Amherst pulled even in the set (23-23) with a kill from sophomore Addison Lau, but Emerson closed out the set with a Horning kill and block assist with McDonough.
Emerson fought back from behind to take the second set after trailing by four (23-19) late in the frame. Horning and Dickerson pulled the Lions within a point (23-22) with back-to-back kills and then fended off set point with the help of two Amherst hitting errors before sophomore Shirley Yu clinched with a kill for set point. Hockenson dished eight assists to five different hitters for the Lions in the set.
Emerson seized control of the third set by hitting .323 as a team, getting six straight points on the serve of junior Lily Nguyen, including an ace, while Horning added two kills, for an early five-point lead (10-5) it would not relinquish. The Lions extended the lead to ten (20-10) on Yoo's serve before Garrett closed out the set with an ace before assisting on Hokenson's kill for match point.
Emerson earns its first win over a NESCAC opponent since an identical 3-0 win over Amherst here on Boylston Street on October 26, 2024, snapping a run of three-straight setbacks to the conference.
Emerson (16-4, 6-2 NEWMAC) continues its five match homestand on Tuesday when it returns to NEWMAC play to host Wheaton College at Brown & Plofker Gym at 7 p.m. Amherst (11-10, 3-6 NESCAC) hosts Williams College next Saturday, October 31, at 2 p.m.
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