BOSTON, Mass. – In a crucial must-win match for volleyball the Beacons rallied after a first set loss to win the next three sets to earn a 3-1 Little East Conference victory over Keene State College Saturday afternoon at the Clark Athletic Center Gymnasium.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 3, Keene State College 1
UMass Boston (9-11, 3-3 Little East Conference)
Keene State College (12-9, 3-3 Little East Conference)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Following a 25-22 loss in the opening frame, volleyball powered past their longtime rivals with a 25-18 win in the second. They then registered back-to-back 25-20 wins to clinch the crucial victory.
Livia Trindade (Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil) played the best match of her Beacons career as she put down 10 kills, while hitting an impressive .625.
Taryn Broughal (Branford, Conn.) also had an impressive match scoring eight kills to go along with a .667 clip.
Emilia Czapiewska (Saint Paul, Minn.) and
Marcelle Tiscareno (El Paso, Texas) combined for 30 kills respectively.
Aleks Qose (Athens, Greece) scored the final kill in Saturday's match to cap-off an eight kill performance for the junior hitter.
Playing perhaps the best match of her college career was
Carsen Komminsk (Worthington, Ohio). Komminsk tallied 54 assists, and had three aces.
At the net the Beacons combined for seven solo blocks and four block assists, while Qose and
Ally Dean led the back court with nine and eight digs respectively.
BY THE NUMBERS
- All-time the Beacons are now 21-13 against the Owls
- UMB is now 18-1 against Keene State since September 26, 2009
- Czapiewska now needs 54 kills to become just the fifth player in program history to record 1,000 kills in a career
- Tiscareno now sits eighth all-time in block assists with 110, 10th in block solos with 74, and 7th in total blocks with 184
WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will host Regis College on Tuesday at 7 pm.
