Posted: Sep 08, 2018
GAME OVERVIEW:
Dartmouth, Mass.—The Lesley University Women's Volleyball team dropped two matches on Saturday afternoon against UMass Dartmouth and Salem State, in a tri-match hosted by the Corsairs. With the losses, Lesley slips to 1-2 on the young season.
VS. UMASS DARTMOUTH
Inside the Boxscore:
- Lesley fell in three straight sets to the host team, 25-14, 25-12, and 25-20.
- Senior Cassidy Wygonik led the Lynx with 7 kills and 5 digs, while Tallin Goldberg added 6 assists in the match.
- The opening set was a back and forth match before UMD went on a 10-2 run to go up 19-10. The run in the middle of the set proved to be the difference as they cruised to the 25-14 set 1 win.
- The Corsairs opened up the second set with a 6-2 lead, and never let the Lynx get within 5 the remaining set.
- Lesley opened the third on a 4-1 run off 3 services aces from Goldberg to open up the set.
- A 6-1 run for UMD brought them up 10-6 and despite being tied 19-19 off back to back service aces from Lesley first year Maile Counts, the Lynx were unable to jump ahead en route to the 20-24 set 3 loss.
VS SALEM STATE
Inside the Boxscore:
- In the late match, the Lynx fell in three sets to the Vikings, 25-16, 25-13, and 25-19.
- Counts and Wygonik led the way with 8 kills apiece. Wygonik added 7 digs while Counts dished 6 assists. Goldberg served up 12 total assists in the match for Lesley.
- Lesley struggled to gain any advantage over the Vikings, never being able to claim a lead in the match.
- The Lynx committed 20 attack errors to Salem's 15, while the Vikings outshined in service aces 10-3 over Lesley.
UP NEXT:
Lesley continues its non-conference slate when the travel to Fisher College on Thursday September 13th with a 7pm match time.