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Women's Volleyball Written by Nicole Palombo, Athletic Communication Intern

Volleyball Sweeps Invitational

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Today the Roger Williams Women's Volleyball team traveled to Springfield College to play in the Tom Hay Invitational. The Hawks took on Westfield State earning a 3-0 win and Springfield College winning 3-2 with tough play.  
 
Roger Williams 3, Westfield State 0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-11)
 
The match started off by the Hawks falling to an ace sent from Lizzie Taylor (Medfield, Mass.) Roger Williams then took control, winning the next five points en route to a 23-7 advantage. The Hawks eventually extended their lead to and went on to claim the 25-9 triumph.
 
Roger Williams went on to win the next two sets, 25-21 and 25-12.
 
Roger Williams 3, Springfield 2 (15-25, 26-24, 13-25, 26-24, 15-9)
 
Springfield opened up a 10-6 cushion to start the match when Sanchez produced consecutive service aces and forced the visitors into a timeout at 13-8 when Bridget Walsh (Garrison, N.Y.) put away an overpass.   Springfield continued to keep the pressure on earning set point when Donnelly powered a kill through the block, and Walsh put away her fifth kill of the set for the 25-15 win. 
                                                                             
During the second set Roger Williams regrouped and earned a 14-12 lead as the Pride called for a timeout.   Springfield would get as close as one on three occasions before the Hawks scored three straight points to push the lead to 19-15 as the Pride burned around timeout.  Facing a 24-19 deficit, Springfield reeled off five-straight points behind the tough serving of Rebecca Higgins (Orchard Park, N.Y.), only to have the Hawks answer with a pair of kills for the 26-24 win.  
 
At a 16-10 disadvantage, a kill from Bancroft kicked started an 8-0 surge, which would ultimately result in Springfield take a 25-13 third-set win following a huge block from Walsh and vonKampen.   

In the fourth, Springfield came out of a timeout trailing 9-8 and scored five of the next seven points to take a 13-11 edge but the Hawks responded three-straight points, getting consecutive aces to force the Pride into a timeout down 19-17.  Out of the break, the Pride went to Donnelly, who hammered three-straight kills to put the hosts back on top.  A kill from Walsh knotted things at 24, but the Hawks again used back-to-back kills for the 26-24 win.  
 
In the fifth, Springfield used a 3-0 burst, however, a sideout kill from the Hawks would turn the tides as the visitors poured on nine unanswered points to snag the five-set win.  The Hawks had five blocks in the run and benefited from seven Springfield attack errors in an eight-point span. 

The Hawks will host Curry College this Tuesday, October 10th for a Commonwealth Coast Conference match up.
 
Courtesy of Springfield College and Westfield States Sports Information Department.
 
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