BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Women's Volleyball team bested Wentworth Institute of Technology 3-0 Tuesday evening to move into sole possession of second place in the Commonwealth Coast Conference.
 
Hawk Highlights
Katherine Pickard: 10 kills, 10 digs, 2 block assists, 4 service aces
Tori Melanson: 7 kills, 1 solo block, 2 block assists, 1 service ace
Kate Porter: 24 assists, 7 digs, 1 kill, 1 service ace, 1 block assist
Allie Welch: 7 kills, 2 digs, 1 block assist
Jaime Gaffga: 13 digs, 3 assists, 3 service aces
 
For The Opponents
Lauren Edmiston: 7 kills, 2 digs, 2 block assists
Ashley Cao: 12 assists, 8 digs, 3 kills, 1 service ace
Viviann Goulet: 6 kills, 5 digs, 1 block assist
Lexi Zabloudil: 9 digs, 9 assists
 
How It Happened
Wentworth got kills by Helen Barthe (Blythewood, S.C.) and Lauren Edmiston (Hockessin, Del.) to open the game before Kristen Dansereau (Killingworth, Conn.) and Tori Melanson (North Attleboro, Mass.) logged kills of their own for RWU. The opening of the match saw the two sides trade points back and forth before a pair of kills by Katherine Pickard (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Jasmine Babbitt (Charlestown, R.I.) broke a 7-all tie. Those points helped RWU kickstart a 9-2 run for the Hawks. That cushion would help RWU towards a 25-18 win in the set.
 
In the second set, the game was close early on until a 7-1 run by Roger Williams helped break a 4-4 tie. Melanson and Pickard were responsible for two points each over the stretch. From there, it would be all Roger Williams as the Hawks hit .344 in the set (12-1-32) compared to only .105 for the Leopards (12-8-38). RWU rolled to the 2-0 lead with a 25-17 win.
 
The third set began similar to the first, with RWU and Wentworth going point for point. Wentworth managed to grab a slim three-point lead off of a pair of RWU attack errors and an Ashley Cao (Morrisville, N.C.) ace. Roger Williams responded by taking eight of the next nine points to go up 15-11. Wentworth pulled back in the set late, making it 18-17, but a slew of Wentworth miscues helped tilt the match in RWU's favor. The Leopards committed four attack errors and one service error over the final eight points to allow RWU to take the match 25-18.
 
What's Next
Roger Williams (7-9, 5-1 CCC): Saturday, October 23 vs. Western New England @ 1:00pm
Wentworth (14-11, 5-2 CCC):  Saturday, October 23 vs. Nichols @ 11:00am