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Anna Ertischek going for the kill against UMass Boston
Lewis Glass
2
Connecticut Col. Conn 2-1,0-0 NESCAC
3
Winner Brandeis BR 4-2,0-0 UAA
Connecticut Col. Conn
2-1,0-0 NESCAC
2
Final
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Brandeis BR
4-2,0-0 UAA
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Connecticut Col. Conn 25 25 15 17 14 (2)
Brandeis BR 21 20 25 25 16 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Adam Levin '94

Judges get over the hump, pull reverse sweep to defeat Conn. College

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Brandeis University volleyball team pulled off a reverse sweep today, coming form two sets down to outlast Connecticut College, 3-2, in their second match at the MIT Invitational. Set scores were 21-25, 20-25, 25-15, 25-17, 16-14.
TEAM RECORDS
  • Brandeis, 4-2.
  • Connecticut College, 2-1.
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • In the first set, Brandeis held a slim advantage at 8-7, but Conn. College rattled off six-straight points to take a 13-8 lead they would never relinquish. They extended it to 18-11 before taking it, 25-21.
  • The second set was tied up at 19-all, but the Camels' Aubrey Letourneau had a kill, a service ace and two assists down the stretch as they closed on a 6-1 run to take it, 25-20.
  • The Judges responded in the third set, never trailing. Sophomore setter Alexa Ho (Queens, N.Y. / Francis Lewis) had three service aces and two assists as they scored the first five points. Conn. College closed within a point a few times early and were within three at 18-15 when junior Olivia Nirode (Keller, Texas/Keller) served out the set. Nirode had one service ace and senior Anna Ertischek (Montgomery, Texas/Lake Creek) had four kills in the final stretch, while Ho had a kill to give Brandeis the 25-15 win.
  • In the fourth set, Brandeis trailed, 10-9, and eventually edged ahead, 13-12, before the decisive run. The Judges won 10 of the next 11 points with Nirode and Ertischek serving. Sophomores Madison Haft-Abromovitch (Stratford, Conn. / Rye Country Day School) and Kay Menendez (Madrid, Spain / American School of Madrid) each had two kills in the run as Brandeis took the stanza, 25-17.
  • In the decisive fifth set, Brandeis got off to a hot start, taking an 8-4 lead into the changeover. Ertischek had two kills and Menendez had a kill and a block in the early going.
  • Brandeis never trailed again, but the Camels battled back to tie things at 12-all. The sides traded points until 14-all, when Menendez delivered a kill and Ertischek served match point.
  • This was the Judges' first five-set match of the season. They were 4-4 last season in five-setters
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • For the fourth time in six matches, the Judges placed three players in double-digit kills. Ertischek tied for match-high honors with 15, Haft-Abromovitch added 13 and sophomore Kennedy Lilly (Atlanta, Ga. / Eagle's Landing Christian Acad.) had 12.
  • Menendez notched a career-high seven kills, while first-year Claudia Aber (Los Angeles, Calif. / Taft Charter School) was particularly efficient, drilling six kills without an error in nine attempts, for a .667 hitting percentage.
  • Brandeis finished with a .261 hitting percentage as a team, while holding Conn. College to .183.
  • Ho contributed 37 assists and tied for team-high honors with three service aces, matched by first-year DS Lara Demoraes (Plantation, Fla. / Cypress Bay).
  • Defensively, Nirode tied for match-high with 12 digs, while sophomore Taylor Lewis (Haverhill, Mass. / Haverhill) had eight.
  • Ertischek had four blocks (three solo), earning a spot on the All-Tournament team.
UP NEXT
  • The Judges play at two sites next weekend for the New England Fall Classic, meeting Babson in Wellesley on Friday evening Sept. 12 and Bowdoin and Smith in Northampton on Saturday, Sept. 13.
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