THE BASICS 

Score: Emerson 3, Emmanuel 0

Records: Emerson Lions (9-7, 1-4 NEWMAC); Emmanuel Saints (5-5, 3-0 GNAC)

Date: Thursday, September 27th, 2018

Location: Boston, Mass. (Brown & Plofker Gym)

The Lead: The Emerson Lions roared back in the third set to win it on extra points with a final score of 27-25, capturing the sweep against the Saints of Emmanuel College.  

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Fara Cohen (MOrristown, N.J.) and Grace Tepper(Kensington, M.D.) combined for 33 of Emerson 51 kills to lead the Lions. Cohen tallied 17 whille Tepper had 16 of her own.
• Moira Brennan (Glenview, Ill.) had an impressive passing day with 44 assists on Emerson 51 kills.
• Defensively, Lauren Quan (San Diego, Calif.) led all Lions with 18 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Emerson came out firing in the first set, jumping out to an early 6-2 lead behind the service of Jamie Groele (Chelmsford, Mass.)
• Emerson didn't allow Emmanuel into the game, adding to their lead to make it 10 points at 13 to 3.
• Emmanuel fought back,but was unable to get any closer than 10, and the Lions ended the first set with a dominant 25-10 score.
• Jamie Groele's serve gave Emerson a 6-1 lead in the second set as well, but Emmanuel was able to fight back.
• Emmanuel cut the lead to one at 12-11 after a run on Mary Shelow's (Miami, Fla.) serve.
• The teams traded points, and the Lions found themselves up a point at 20-19.
• After being subbed in with the score 23-20, Tepper killed two of the last three points to give Emerson a 25-21 victory.
• In the final set, EMmanuel came out strong an opened up an 11-4 lead behind Mary Shelow's serve again.
• The Lions clawed their way back into the game, eventually getting the lead down to two at 18-16 and forcing a timeout by Emmanuel.
• Emerson had a 22-20 lead before Emmanuel tied it, and the teams traded points to a 25-25 tie.
• Emerson was able to grab two striaght points, capping off the game on an Albany Alexander(Orlando, Fla.) kill, giving the Lions the sweep.

UP NEXT

• Emmanuel returns to action on Saturday when they head to Standish, Maine for a tri-match against GNAC for Saint Joseph's College and Hudson in non-conference action.
• Emerson gets back into conference play on Saturday when they take on the Engineers of WPI at 1:00pm in Worcester, Mass.