Volleyball Drops 3-1 Match with Fairfield

FAIRFIELD, CT- The Bryant women's volleyball team fell to Fairfield, 3-1, in a non-conference match Tuesday. 

Match Information

Fairfield 3, Bryant 1 (25-22, 25-15, 26-28, 25-19)

Records: Bryant (5-6), Fairfield (5-5)

Location: Fairfield RecPlex

Coach Garlacy's Comments

"We had a tremendous team effort led by Caroline Kennedy, Emma McGovern, and Haley O'Brien; all three of them paced us on both sides of the ball. Abby Rae was solid at libero at served very well. Aubrey Lapour also came in and gave a good boost off the bench."

Set 1: The opening set featured quite a few lead changes and swings in momentum. Both teams played close until the late stages, when Fairfield used a 6-1 run to pull away. Bryant used a balanced offense, with seven players contributing to the team's 15 kills in the set.

Set 2: The Bulldogs struggled a bit in the second, allowing Fairfield to pull away after a closely contested first few points. Despite Bryant's struggles attacking in the period, Caroline Kennedy and Riley James were each able to pick up three kills.

Set 3: Bryant played from behind for much of the third set, but never let Fairfield get a big lead. They were able to stage a late comeback, using a 3-0 run to tie the score at 24, and eventually went on to win the set, 28-26. Mia Cergol set a match high with her 15 assists in the set, and Haley O'Brien had four kills on only six attempts to go along with a pair of blocks.

Set 4: The Bulldogs got out to an early lead in the final set, but a 4-0 run by Fairfield out of a timeout gave the Stags a lead they would not give up. Aubrey Lapour had three of her season high four kills in the set, while Kennedy and McGovern had four kills each.

Bulldog Notes and Notables

• Emma McGovern led the Bulldogs and tied a season high with 15 kills in the match. She also had 11 digs and three block assists.

• Mia Cergol set a season high with 45 assists. She also had three kills, five digs, and her second block assist of the season.

• Haley O'Brien posted eight kills without committing an error, good for a team high .500 attack percentage.

• Eight different Bulldogs recorded multiple kills in the match, including five with at least five kills. McGovern and Caroline Kennedy led the way with 15 and 12, respectively.