PRIDE FALL TO WORCESTER STATE, BOUNCE BACK AGAINST RAMS

WESTON, Mass. – The Regis College women's volleyball team walked away with a split on day one of the Regis Pride Invitational held on the campus of Regis College on Friday night. The Pride fell in game one of the night, 3-0, to Worcester State by scores of 25-18, 25-17, and 25-22. The Cardinal and Gold bounced back in game two, however, downing Suffolk 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-7).

In game one, the Lancers were led by a game-high 9 kills from Megan Brown (Dartmouth, Mass.) and four kills apiece from Becky Lebel (Millbury, Mass.) and Kristen Koles (Billerica, Mass.). Brown also added a team-high 13 digs in the win. Katie Figella (Feeding Hills, Mass.) and Vicki O'Brien (Canton, Mass.) chipped with a combined 20 digs while Joanne Grenier (Orange, Mass.) posted a game-high 19 assists. Juliana Tyo (Pepperell, Mass.) led the Lancers defensively with a pair of solo blocks and a block assist.

For Regis, the offense was paced by six kills from Julie Endara (Boca Raton, Fla.) and four kills each from Domingas Gomes (Brockton, Mass.) and Vanessa Noesi (Methuen, Mass.). Caitlyn Walsh (Taunton, Mass.) dished out a team-high seven assists and added two service aces while Megan Pratt (Rockland, Mass.) added five helpers of her own. The Pride's Sara Gold (North Hollywood, Calif.) picked up a game-high 21 digs while Gomes helped out defensively with 16 digs of her own. Noesi helped out defensively posting a game-high five solo blocks.

In game two of the night, the Pride took on the Rams of Suffolk, who had fallen earlier in the night, 3-0, to MIT. The Pride jumped out to an early 4-1 lead capped off by a Jackie Silver (West Hills, Calif.) ace. Following back to back service aces by Anneliese Harris (Holliston, Mass.), Suffolk was force to call a timeout with the score 14-7. The Rams quickly erased the deficit and made it a 17-15 game before the Pride ended the match on a 8-3 run to close out the first game.

Both teams traded points at the start of the second game before an attack error by the Pride gave Suffolk a 13-9 lead. Regis battled back knot the score at 16 and later closed out the game on four straight serves by Endara and a service ace from Jackie Silver ended game two for the Pride.

Game three was all Regis as the Pride raced out to a 9-4 lead, prompting a Suffolk timeout. The break in the action would not help however as Regis rattled off six more points to give the Pride a 15-4 lead. The Pride would not look back as the Cardinal and Gold took game three and the match by a 25-7 margin.

The Pride were led by a balanced attack with six kills from Julie Endara and five kills apiece for Jackie Silver and Vanessa Noesi. Megan Pratt handed out 15 assists while Domingas Gomes and Sara Gold combined for 19 digs in the contest. Noesi was a force at the net again in her second match of the night, adding a pair of solo blocks as well as a block assist.

Suffolk was paced by a team high five kills from Melissa Griffin (Byfield, Mass.) and three kills from Maggie Hillman (North Andover, Mass.). Jennifer Duston dished out a team-high six assists while Sarah Arbogast chipped in four of her own. Glamarys Sierra (Carolina, Puerto Rico) collected a team-high 11 digs while Hillman added eight of her own.

Day two of the Regis Pride Invitational continues tomorrow with three sets of games at 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. with all five teams competing throughout the day. Click here to visit the Regis Invitational Page for score updates and recaps from every game!