BOSTON, Mass. – Volleyball picked-up their second-straight win in dominating fashion as they cruised to a 3-0 non-conference win over intra-city rival Emmanuel College Thursday evening at the Jean Yawkey Center.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 3, Emmanuel College 0
UMass Boston (5-6)
Emmanuel College (2-5)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Emilia Czapiewska (Saint Paul, Minn.) paced the Beacons offense with a match-high 12 kills.
Taryn Broughal (Branford, Conn.) was just as solid scoring eight kills, while also posting a career-high .667 hitting percentage.
Fresh-off of their five-set win over Johnson and Wales University, the Beacons carried that momentum into Thursday's night match. In the first set, the Beacons downed the host Saints 25-20. They then cruised past Emmanuel in the second with a 25-13 victory. The final set, saw Emmanuel take an early lead, but that was countered by the Beacons as they finished-off the Saints with a 25-16 victory.
On the night, the Beacons hit a season-high .349, while scoring 83 kills.
Carsen Komminsk (Worthington, Ohio) quarterbacked the offense with 32 assists.
Aleks Qose (Athens, Greece) was solid on both sides of the ball as she registered a team-best seven digs.
BY THE NUMBERS
- All-time the Beacons are now 7-12 against Emmanuel
- UMass Boston has now won three-straight over the Saints dating back to the 2018 season
- Czapiewska has now recorded 10 or more kills in back-to-back matches; Thursday's match was the seventh time this season she has recorded double-digits in kills
- Thursday's performance marked the fourth time this season that Komminsk has recorded 30 or more kills in a match
- Her season-high stands at 37 which she recorded in the 5-set win over Kean
WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will host Plymouth State University on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in a Little East Conference match.
