HARTFORD, Conn. – Senior outside hitter Anna Ertischek (Montgomery, Texas/Lake Creek) led the Brandeis University volleyball team with 20 kills, but the Judges came up short in a five-set thriller against Trinity College (Conn.), falling 3–2 at Ray Oosting Gymnasium. Set scores were 25–23, 18–25, 19–25, 25–20, 10–15.
TEAM RECORDS
- Brandeis: 6–11
- Trinity (Conn.): 9–5
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Brandeis opened strong, taking the first set 25–23 behind a balanced attack and key blocks from twin sisters Claudia Aber and Colette Ejang (Los Angeles, Calif./Taft Charter School).
- Trinity responded with back-to-back set wins, capitalizing on Brandeis errors and strong net play of their own.
- The Judges forced a fifth set with a 25–20 win in the fourth, fueled by sophomore Madison Haft-Abromovitch's (Stamford, Conn./Rye Country Day School) clutch kills and Kay Menendez's (Madrid, Spain/American School of Madrid) service aces.
- Trinity closed out the match in the fifth, hitting .240 to Brandeis's .087.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Ertischek paced the offense with 20 kills and had 11 digs for her fifth double-double of the season and third in a row. She also had two blocks.
- Sophomore Alexa Ho (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) just missed a double-double of her own with 38 assists and nine digs
- Ejang reached double digits in kills with a career-high 10 and had two blocks, while Aber led the team at the net with four blocks
- First-year libero Lara Demoraes (Plantation, Fla./Cypress Bay) had a team-high 22 digs to pace the defense.
UP NEXT
- Brandeis returns to action on Thursday evening at Wellesley College with first serve at 6 p.m.
