Volleyball Splits Tri-Match against Babson, Becker

QUINCY, Mass. - The Eastern Nazarene College women's volleyball team split a home tri-match Saturday afternoon with Babson and Becker. The Lions dropped a 3-0 decision to Babson and topped Becker 3-0 to improve to 10-5 on the year. The Beavers move to 9-3 on the season after topping Becker 3-0 in the second match. The Hawks fall to 1-11 overall with the results.

Eastern Nazarene fell 25-13, 25-20 and 25-14 to Babson in the opening match.

Dana Day (Coarsegold, Calif.) paced the Lions in the first contest of the day with six kills while Kori Sorenson (Quincy, Mass.) registered a match-high 12 kills. Mary Donahue tallied 10 kills in the win for the Beavers while Kathleen Lynch picked up 34 assists.

In the second match of the afternoon, Babson cruised past Becker 25-6, 25-7 and 25-9. Sophie Stewart led the Beavers with nine kills and Ashley Strangio added eight. The Hawks were led by Danielle Robbie with five kills.

The hosts notched a 3-0 sweep over Becker, winning 25-16, 25-17 and 25-11, in the final bout.

Kortney Jenkins (Bunker Hill, W.V.) turned in a match-best 12 kills in the victory as Birdina Tuiava (Colorado Springs, Colo.) dished out 21 assists. Defensively, Sorenson recorded 12 kills for the Lions.

Jenkins finished the day with 15 kills while Hannah Welsh (Derry, N.H.) totaled eight. Tuiava handed out 38 assists in the two matches combined. Leann Williams (Oxford, Pa.) posted five blocks on the afternoon, including two solo rejections.

Eastern Nazarene remains at home as it resumes conference play September 25 with a home match against Endicott.