Women's Volleyball Goes 1-1 At Southern Maine Tri-Match

UMass Dartmouth 3, Worcester State 2

Gorham, ME --- Sophmore Alyssa Jasper (Rockland, MA) paced Worcester State with 15 kills and nine digs while sophomore Becky Lebel finished with a .333 hitting percentage, but the Lancers would fall to UMass Dartmouth, 3-2, in a neutral site non-conference match at Southern Maine.

It was a back and forth match thoughout as the Corsairs prevailed in the five-set match by set scores of 20-25, 25-21, 19-25, 26-24, 15-11.

Lebel's stellar hitting percentage was due in large part to her finishing the contest with a team-high 16 kills on 42 attempts to go with just two errors.

Second-year Amanda Lewis (Poughkeepsie, NY) posted a double-double with 56 assists and 14 digs. With her total of helpers, Lewis eclipsed the school-record for assists that was previously held by Samantha BelBruno against Clark in the City Tournament in 2007.

Junior Megan Brown (Dartmouth, MA) distinguished herself with 13 digs and six kills. Third-year Vicki O'Brien (Canton, MA) and classmate Nicole Hanson (Dighton, MA) also registered 14 and 12 digs, respectively.

Lebel and Lewis also combined for nine of the squads 11 block assists in the setback. Five had double-figure dig totals for WSU.

Worcester State 3, Southern Maine 0

Jasper had a game-best nine kills to go with four aces and six kills as Worcester State posted a 3-0 triumph over Southern Maine.

The Lancers won in three consecutive sets by scores of 25-14, 25-21 and 25-19.

Lewis had a great all-around game with 15 assists, five digs and three block assists. Freshman Jennifer Cabral (Swansea, MA) also chipped in with five kills, six digs and a pair of aces.

As a team the Blue and Gold had equal numbers of eight block assists and aces.

Worcester State (5-5) takes on Bay Path on Tuesday and Newbury on Thursday at home in a pair of contests that will start at 7 PM.