UNION, N.J.—UMass Boston volleyball rallied from a 2-0 deficit in their opener against Kean University, to earn a split on Saturday afternoon at Kean University's Harwood Arena.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 3, Kean University 2
Swathmore College 3, UMass Boston 0
(UMass Boston 1-2)
(Kean University 1-1)
(Swathmore College 1-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Kean University
After losing the first two sets, UMass Boston took the final three sets over the host Cougars by a combined eight points to earn their first victory of the season.
The Beacons took the third set 25-22 and the fourth 25-23, setting up their first fifth-set of the season. With the set tied 6-6, senior setter
Carsen Komminsk (Worthington, Ohio) went on a 5-0 service run to give the Beacons the lead for good. Komminsk had a two aces and two kills during the run to help the Beacons flip a 6-5 deficit into an 11-6 lead.
Kean closed the deficit to 14-12 late, but Komminsk fed
Marcelle Tiscareno (El Paso, Texas) for the game-winning kill.
Sophomore
Aleks Qose (Athens, Greece) led the Beacons in kills for a second-straight match as she posted a career-high 16 kills and tacked on nine digs.
Graduate student
Emilia Czapiewska (Saint Paul, Minn.) tacked on 14 kills, 15 digs, five block assists on two aces in her season debut. Tiscareno was the final Beacon in double-figures, as she put down 13 kills and hit a team-best .357.
Komminsk registered a season-high 37 assists in the win. She also added 11 digs and a team-high four assists. Freshman libero
Alyssa Ruan (Quincy, Mass.) paced the team with a career-high 23 digs.
Swathmore College
Swathmore hit .295 for the match, while holding the Beacons to a .114 mark in a 3-0 sweep for the Garnet.
Czapiewska notched a team-best 12 kills in the loss, while Tiscareno added nine kills and hit .471. Qose and junior
Taryn Broughal (Branford, Conn.) each chipped in six kills apiece.
Komminsk recorded 27 assists and Ruan tacked on nine digs.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Saturday's victory marked the Beacons' first win since their 2019 Little East Conference Championship win at Plymouth State University (November 9, 2019).
- Through three matches, Tiscareno is averaging 10 kills per match, to go along with a team-best .407 hitting percentage.
- The Beacons improved to 2-1 all-time against Kean University with the victory. Saturday's matchup against Swathmore College was the first-ever meeting between the programs.
- Komminsk moved into fourth-place in program history with her 64 assists on the day. She is just 25 assists behind Emma Rocha ('14) for third-place (1,499) in program history for career assists.
- Czapiewska has now recorded double-digit kills in six of her past seven matches.
- Broughal put down a team-best one block solo and six block assists in the comeback win over the Cougars.
WHO'S NEXT
UMass Boston will travel to take on Endicott College on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
