BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Women's Volleyball traveled up to Maine Saturday afternoon for a pair of road matches against NESCAC opponents Bowdoin College and Bates College. The Hawks fell 1-3 (25-23, 23-25, 25-16, 25-18) to Bowdoin before defeating Bates 3-0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-22).

Roger Williams picks up its tenth win of the year to move to 10-3. Bowdoin, ranked fourth regionally, improves to 6-1, while Bates drops to 0-7 on the year.

Bowdoin used a balanced attack that featured five players in double figures in kills, led by 14 from Tory Edelman, who also had five block assists. Hillary Cederna had 10 kills and 17 digs while Melissa Haskell notched 10 kills and 14 digs. Kristin Hanczor had 10 kills and three total blocks while Emese Gaal also pitched in 10 kills. Sophia Cornew sparked the attack with 50 assists.

Danna McDonald (Santa Monica, Calif.) led the way for the Hawks with 13 kills and eight digs. Marybeth Torpey (Quincy, Mass.) also saw double figures with 11 kills while Emily Lebowitz (Coventry, Conn.)posted 29 assists and 20 digs in the loss for Roger Williams.

Against Bates, Chrissy Gee (San Francisco, Calif.), Olivia Schow (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and junior Eliza Pyne (Atherton, Calif.) led the attack with eight, seven and six kills, respectively. Gee also came up with eight digs.

First-year Tess Walther (Santa Monica, Calif.) had a team-high 17 assists for Bates, while junior assistant captain Nicole Russell (Boca Raton, Fla.) led the back row with 17 digs.

McDonald led the Hawks with 10 kills, while Torpey added five more. Alexa Armenti handed out 22 assists and added a team-high 11 digs. Krystie Luczynski (Kensington, Conn.) served up five aces to go with three blocks and four kills.

Roger Williams will host Eastern Nazarene College Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m.

- Release courtesy of the Bowdoin College and Bates College Sports Information Department