Boston, MA (Nov. 12, 2024) --- The UMass Boston Beacons volleyball team took care of business Tuesday night, opening the LEC tournament with a 3-0 win over the Keene State Owls at the Clark Athletics Center. 

The Beacons are now on a nine-game winning streak and will be taking on second ranked – and defending LEC Champions – UMass Dartmouth on Thursday at 7pm. 

How it Happened 

The Beacons put themselves out in front early, taking the first set 25-13. The second set would be the closest of the night as the Beacons had to work to get themselves onto the winning end of a back-and-forth battle. After Audrey Cofield got the Beacons to 15 thanks to a service ace, they wouldn't relinquish their lead again finishing the second set 25-21. Keene State had no answers for the Beacons, falling 25-10 in the third and final set. 

Inside the Box Score 

• Paige Coulson led all scorers with 14 kills followed by Dylan Wertzberger with 10 and Mya Perron with 9. 

• Wertzberger led the team in service aces with 3 of the Beacons 7. 

• Audrey Cofield tacked on 2 service aces with her 35 assists. 

• The Beacons led the Owls in every statistical category - 8 blocks to 3, 44 kills to 20, and 7 aces to 2 to name a few. 

• Keene State shot in the negatives 2 out of 3 of the sets. 

UMass Dartmouth 

• UMass Dartmouth finished the regular season in second place in the conference standings earning them an automatic bid to the semi-finals. 

• The Corsairs have 1 conference loss this season, coming to Plymouth State University 3-2 in the last game of the regular season. Before that loss the Corsairs were on a 10-game winning streak, only allowing 1 set to be taken from them (the team to do that was the Beacons on October 9th). 

• Kate Wade (387.5) and Olivia Seutter (355.5) both have over 300 points scored for UMass Dartmouth with Wade averaging 4.12 PTS/S and 3.53 kills a set. Wade also leads the team in service aces with 43. 

History 

• The last time the Corsairs and Beacons met was on October 9th when the Corsairs won 3-1 in Boston, MA. In that game Kate Wade led all scorers with 20 kills. Mya Perron was the Beacons leader in kills with 10. 

• The last time the Beacons beat the Corsairs was November 1st, 2022, in North Dartmouth, Mass. 3 sets to 2. In that game Amelia Devlin registered 3 service aces, 4 blocks, and 29 assists. 
  
   

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