Sept. 17, 2011

Box Score - Colby Sawyer        Box Score - Brandeis

NEW LONDON, N.H. - The Emmanuel College women's volleyball team suffered two losses Saturday afternoon in a tri-match hosted at Colby-Sawyer, falling to the hosts, 3-1 before dropping a 3-1 decision to Brandeis University in the second match of the day. In the third match of the afternoon, Colby-Sawyer downed Brandeis, 3-2.

Colby-Sawyer improves to 5-7 after picking up a pair of wins on Saturday. Brandeis goes to 7-3 with the loss to Colby-Sawyer and win over Emmanuel. Emmanuel lost to Colby-Sawyer and Brandeis and is now 4-9 on the season.

Match 1 - Colby-Sawyer 3, Emmanuel 1 - 25-16, 26-28, 25-19, 25-10

Colby-Sawyer was led by Courtney O'Hara's (Mystic, Conn.) match-high 16 kills. She also added 15 digs. Sophomore Emilee McBride (Strafford, N.H.) collected 14 kills, while hitting .375. Senior setter Kristin Sawyer (Walpole, Mass.) had 38 assists and three aces for the Chargers.

The Saints were led by a 13 kill, seven block performance from senior Rebecca Stanton (Quincy, Mass.). Senior Jenna Ross (Centerburg, Ohio) flirted with a double-double with eight kills and 10 digs. Senior Kathryne Olsen(Fairhaven, Mass.) played well with five kills, 20 assists, and nine digs.

Match 2 -Brandeis 3, Emmanuel 1 - 25-9, 25-15, 14-25, 25-23

Brandeis was led by freshman Liz Hood (Albuquerque, N.M.). She recorded a match best 18 kills with a .382 hitting percentage. She also added three aces and six digs. Freshman Elsie Bernaiche (Plantsville, Conn.) tallied a match-high 23 digs. Sophomore setter Yael Einhorn (Cherry Hill, N.J.) registered 33 assists, four kills and six digs. Junior Susan Sun (Acton, Mass.) had seven aces.

Senior Rebecca Stanton (Quincy, Mass.) had a team-high 10 kills to lead Emmanuel. Senior Kathryne Olsen (Fairhaven, Mass.) collected 16 assists, 16 digs and seven kills. Junior Moriah Logan (Halifax, Mass.) had nine kills. Freshman Alison Donnelly(Longmeadow, Mass.) recorded 12 assists and seven digs. Emmanuel returns to the court next Saturday for a tri-match at Norwich.

The Saints will be back in action a week from today when they head to Northfield, V.T. for another tri-match against Norwich University and Lasell College beginning at 2:00 p.m.

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