Volleyball Stopped in Straight Sets at Sacred Heart

The Central Connecticut volleyball team fell at Stonehill in five sets on Saturday night in Easton, MA. The Blue Devils rallied from a 2-0 deficit before falling to the Skyhawks in the decisive frame. Weronika Poczynek and Larissa Hiemer both had double-doubles for CCSU.

CCSU returns home to host Le Moyne on Friday at 5:00 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION | BOX SCORE

Score:  CCSU 0, Sacred Heart 3 (25-21, 25-18, 25-15)
Records: CCSU (2-15, 1-4 NEC), SHU (6-10, 5-0)
Location: Pitt Center | Fairfield, CT

KEY MOMENTS

• Sacred Heart opened the first set with three straight points but CCSU would rally to take a lead. Trailing 10-6, Central scored five straight points and took an 11-10 lead after a block by Isabelle Roufs and Weronika Poczynek. SHU would come back with five straight points to take the lead for good in the set enroute to taking a 1-0 lead.
• The Pioneers scored the first four points of the second set and would build an 8-1 lead to start. After a kill by Isabella Bratzke interrupted the SHU start, Sacred Heart would lead throughout. The Blue Devils would get within 18-16 after a kill by Bratzke, but the Pioneers outscored the visitors, 7-2, the rest of the way.
• CCSU scored the first  two points of the third set on a kill by Bratzke and an SHU error. A kill by Poczynek would make it 3-2, but that was Central's final lead of the set as the Pioneers would roll off five straight points. The Blue Devils would get within a point on three occasions, but were unable to draw even and the Pioneers closed the match with an 8-1 run.

NUMBER TO KNOW

3 – The match featured just three lead changes and seven tied scores.

NOTES

• The Pioneers have won the past two meetings and lead the all-time series, 26-21.
• Bratzke and Poczynek led CCSU with nine kills apiece. Poczynek added a team-high 13 digs.
• Larissa Hiemer had 16 assists, seven digs and a kill.
• Roufs, Mia Lombardo and Kaylin Hadley each had two blocks.
• Kylee Baranski had two access and 10 digs.

UP NEXT

CCSU returns home to host Le Moyne on Friday at 5:00 p.m.

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