Women's Volleyball

See You in Waltham: High Seeds Move On to Volleyball Championship Weekend

Semifinals (Nov. 13) and Final (Nov. 14) at Bentley

CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
FIRST ROUND (Nov. 10)
No. 2 AIC 3, No. 7 Assumption 0
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No. 3 Adelphi 3, No. 6 Pace 0 
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No. 4 SCSU 3, No. 5 Saint Anselm 0
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TOP PERFORMANCES
  • AIC, the No. 2 seed in the NE10 Championship, tallied a .453 hitting percentage in a win over Assumption on Tuesday night, with two players - Janelys Perez Cortes (.556) and Carissa Michel (.522) - both hitting over .500. 
  • In her NE10 Championship debut, Adelphi's Morgan Meyer led the team with 10 kills in a win over Pace. Only one other player, Pace's Kadence Ackmann, had double-digit kills in the match. 
  • SCSU's Kerrigan Habing posted a double-double in a win over Saint Anselm, posting 15 kills, 11 digs and 18.5 points to lead the Owls. 
  • Saint Anselm's Madeline Burke had 21 digs in just three sets, averaging 7.0 digs per set, in a loss to SCSU. 

KEY MOMENTS
  • Leading 14-12 in the second set, AIC went on a 6-0 run, which included four kills by four different players, to take a commanding lead. Later on in an extended third set, Michel ended the match on consecutive kills to book AIC's spot in the semifinal round.
  • Adelphi had three players with double-digit digs and six blocks as a team to provide the defense on Tuesday night, as the Panthers held Pace to just 14 points in each of the last two sets. 
  • Back-to-back kills by Sarah Stark helped SCSU win the first set against Saint Anselm, 26-24. From that point on, it was all SCSU, as it won the second set, 25-14, and the third set, 25-18. 

GAME NOTES
  • It is the same four teams in the NE10 Championship semifinals from a year ago, with Bentley once again serving as host. 
  • Since 2015, all four teams - Bentley, AIC, Adelphi and SCSU - have won the NE10 Championship at least once.
  • It is Adelphi's fifth consecutive trip to the NE10 Championship semifinals, the longest active streak among all NE10 programs.
  • Bentley is the all-time leader in NE10 Championship titles with 11. AIC has the second most among current NE10 institutions with four. 

WHAT IS NEXT?
Semifinals @ Bentley (Friday, November 13th)
No. 4 SCSU at No. 1 Bentley, 5PM
No. 2 AIC vs. No. 3 Adelphi, 7:30PM

 
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