Hokenson paced the Lions with her tenth double-double of the season (PHOTO BY Bob Blanchard/RJBSports.com) |
WELLESLEY, Mass. (November 3, 2026) – Emerson College has reached the 20-win plateau for the first time since 2019 after surging to its seventh-straight win with a 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-13, 25-11) victory over Wellesley College in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's volleyball matchup at Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse tonight.
Junior Chloe Hokenson paced Emerson to the win with her tenth double-double of the season (28th career) with ten kills, and just one error for a .450 hitting percentage, adding 13 assists and five digs. Classmate Sophia Schiappa dished out 16 assists with two service aces and eight digs, while sophomore Shirley Yu tallied nine blocks and six kills.
Senior Lauren Yoo served up four aces for Emerson with eight digs, while classmate Rachel Dickerson contributed nine kills and five digs. Sophomore Catherine McDonough totaled seven blocks with three kills for the Lions and classmate Lizi Horning chipped in seven kills and just one error with two blocks.
Yu contributed nine block assists and six kills for the Lions (PHOTO BY Bob Blanchard/RJBSports.com) |
Junior Ella Mancuso totaled a match-high 19 kills to lead Wellesley, hitting .424 with five attack errors on 33 attempts. Classmate Else Kunze-Hoeg dished out 36 assists with nine digs and two blocks for the Blue, while senior Evie Hill added 11 kills and five digs.
Emerson hit .342 with just six errors over the final two sets and recorded nine of its 13 blocks and nine of 14 service aces to pull away for the win. The Lions took control of the match after Wellesley had leveled by winning the second set with a 13-4 run to open a 24-10 lead in the third set. Hokenson delivered five kills on as many attempts, while Schiappa dished out six assists and junior Sami Kim served three aces in the frame.
Emerson turned up the defense in the fourth set to close out the match with six blocks, led by five block assists for Yu and four by McDonough. The Lions hit .350 in the frame with nine kills and only two errors with Dickerson and Yu each recording three kills. Emerson took control in the set with seven-straight points on the serve of sophomore Dalena Garrett, including two aces, while the Lions notched four points during that stretch on blocks – all including McDonough, while Yu helped on three – to open a 17-8 advantage after a Yu kill. Emerson closed out the win with five-straight points on Hokenson's serve keyed by two more blocks from Yu and sophomore Emma Luehring including match point.
Emerson (20-4, 8-2 NEWMAC) returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Coast Guard Academy and Brandeis University for a Senior Day tri-match at Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium, starting with the Lions NEWMAC finale against Coast Guard at 10 a.m. Wellesley (12-12, 4-6 NEWMAC) closes out the regular season at Smith College on Saturday at noon.
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