Women’s Volleyball takes the W from Wellesley

Box Score BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Women's Volleyball team closed out Wellesley College in five sets (25-12, 19-25, 20-25, 25-18, 15-12) with four attackers tallying a t least 10 kills. The Hawks improve to 7-4 on the season while Wellesley drops to 7-3.

RWU came out firing on all cylinders hitting .478 in the first set with 14 kills on 23 to take a decisive first set. Wellesley found there rhythm in the second game tallying 14 kills on 37 attempts for .270 hitting percentage and outpacing the Hawks who had seven hitting errors and hit .119. Wellesley maintained their efficiency in the third set grabbing 15 kills on 38 attempts for .289 hitting percentage while the Hawks continued to struggle to match Wellesley's offensive efficiency. The Hawks regained their form in the fourth set managing 15 kill on 35 attempts with only three errors to hit .343. Wellesley produced only nine kills with 4 errors on 32 attempts to hit .156.

The deciding fifth game had its share of streaks that mirrored the match to that point. Both teams traded points before Wellesley spread the game to an 8-4 lead. After switching sides Wellesley scored again to put the match at 9-4 drawing the Hawks final timeout. The Hawks chipped away in the next two rotations to bring the match to 8-12. The gained their 9th point on a side out and scored six unanswered points with Sarah McAniff (Redding, Conn.) at the service line.

Coach Ben Somera commented, "That was a good win against a good team. It didn't feel like we hit .240 today but we figured out a way to get a win. After the first set Wellesley did a nice job of changing their service mentality and it took us a while to settle back into our pass and serve game. Annie (Andrea Gorman) was huge for us today. Offensively she provide good pop in the center of the net but more importantly she had the awareness that the team need to loosen up and injected her playful personality on her teammates. I also felt like Kristen Boyer did a nice job filling in for Liz (Elizabeth Flaherty) on the left side today. Her number may not have been as efficient as she would like but it not that easy to flip from right to left. We had our struggles in the final set but I felt like the team still believed we could make up the early deficit after our final time out. We were fortunate to have our best server at the line coming down the stretch and everything worked out."

Gorman led all hitter in efficiency grabbing 10 kills with .562 hitting percentage. Sydney Carfagno (Los Angeles, Calif.) of Wellesley led all attackers with 19 kills and posted .200 hitting percentage while sticking a match high 22 digs. McAniff and Boyer each chipped in 13 kills with 16 and 17 digs, respectively. Brittany McMullen (Lancaster, Pa.) added 11 to give the Hawks their fourth player with double digit kills. Freshman libero Maria Batas (Merrick, N.Y.) led the Hawks defensive with 20 digs. Josalyn Benson (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Maddie Koh (Seattle, Wash.) for ended the match with identical stats of 43 assist and 9 digs for their teams.

The Hawks return to action on Thursday, September 25 in Milton, Mass. opening Commonwealth Coast Conference play with the Cornels of Curry College. Wellesley returns to the court on Tuesday, September 23 to take on Wheaton at home.

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