November 16, 2024
Volleyball's Season Ends at LIU on Saturday
The Central Connecticut volleyball team fell at LIU, 3-0, in Northeast Conference action on Saturday. Lauren Milani led the Blue Devils with 10 kills in the season finale.
GAME INFORMATION | BOX SCORE
Score: CCSU 0, LIU (25-13, 25-22, 25-13)
Records: CCSU (4-22, 2-12 NEC), LIU (15-16, 10-4 NEC)
Location: Steinberg Wellness Center | Brooklyn, NY
KEY MOMENTS
- A kill by Weronika Poczynek opened the scoring in the match but LIU would score four straight points from there. A kill by Kaylin Hadley got CCSU within, 9-7, but the Sharks would build a 1 5-9 lead and force a Central timeout. Olivia Keckler ended the run with a kill but LIU would stretch the lead to 22-12 and closed the set with back-to-back kills.
- Poczynek opened the second set with a kill again and after a kill by Keckler and an ace by Milani, CCSU led 5-3. LIU would regroup and went ahead 11-7 before pushing its lead to 16-11 to force a timeout. CCSU would tie the score at 20-20 after a kill by Amanda Tokam, but LIU would eventually take the set on an ace.
- A kill by Milani would tie the set 3-3, but LIU responded with five straight points. The margin grew to 17-5 before CCSU would put together a five-point run. A kill by Hadley started a streak of four points served by Isabella Bratzke. LIU would close the match with six straight points.
NUMBER TO KNOW
1– CCSU opened the scoring in each of the three sets..
NOTES
- Milani hit .267 and had an ace and two digs.
- Madison Massaro-Cook had 16 assists and seven digs.
- Bratzke collected 14 digs and two kills.
- Denomme had 16 digs.
- LIU has won seven straight meetings in the series.
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