WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – In the first Little East Conference match of the 2021 season, volleyball dropped a 3-0 decision to Eastern Connecticut State University Friday evening at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 0, Eastern Connecticut State University 3

UMass Boston (3-6, 0-1 Little East Conference)
Eastern CT State (6-1, 1-0 Little East Conference)

HOW IT HAPPENED

In a match-up that featured the top two teams on the 2021 LEC Preseason Poll, the Beacons had to play their best match of the season, to top the hard-hitting Warriors.

Anna Barry led ECSU with a season-high .295 attack percentage to lift the Warriors to a 27-25 win in the first set, a 25-17 win in the second, and a 25-11 decision in the third.

Aleks Qose (Athens, Greece) carried the Beacons offense with 13 kills, while senior middle Marcelle Tiscareno (El Paso, Texas) tallied eight kills and a team-high .333 hitting percentage. Carsen Komminsk (Worthington, Ohio) finished with 24 assists and a team-high four aces.

Alyssa Ruan (Quincy, Mass.) was the lone Beacon to record double-digits in digs with 11. Taryn Broughal (Branford, Conn.) had a solid night at the night registering one block solo and three block assists.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Friday's win for the Warriors marked their third-straight over the Beacons, after dropping 11 of their previous 12 match-ups
• Qose's 13 kills marked her first double-digit night since was her first since putting down 16 kills in the 3-2 win over Kean University (NJ) on September 4

WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will host Johnson and Wales University Tuesday at 6 p.m. in a non-conference match.