Devils went down to Bryant: Dawgs win 3-1

NEW BRITAIN, CONN.– The Bryant women's volleyball team defeated the Blue Devils from Central Connecticut in four sets on Tuesday night to improve to 11-8 on the season. The Bulldogs sweep the season series with CCSU with tonight's win after previously defeating them in three sets at the Friar Classic last month.

GAME INFORMATION

Bryant , Central Connecticut (25-23, 24-26, 25-14, 25-22 )

Records: Bryant (11-8, 0-1), Central Connecticut( 2-14, 1-3) 

Location: Detrick Gymnasium, New Britain, Conn.

COACH GARLACY'S COMMENTS

"What a great defensive effort from Josie and CC.  Grace came in off the bench and provided a spark. Mo was very effective both on offense and blocking.."

HOW IT HAPPENED (at Central Connecticut)

• Set 1- The Bulldogs and Devils opened up play with a tight first set that went back and forth throughout. Bryant would eventually find the advantage late and take a lead on back-to-back kills from Brookelyn Talmadge and win the set 25-23. Morgan Smith and Arianna Ugolini each had 5 kills in the set with Smith hitting 1.000. 

• Set 2-  Central Connecticut would not waver in the second set and continued to play Bryant tough. After Bryant took a 24-23 lead on a Talmadge kill, the Devils would tie the set on a Weronika Poczynek kill and eventually win 26-24. Talmadge totaled 6 kills in the set and Carolina Camacho had 6 digs.

• Set 3- After falling behind 0-2, the Bulldogs would go on a 9-0 run to help fuel a strong third set. Grace Sorensen would come off the bench and tally 3 kills and London Hunt would post 3 blocks and also have the winning kill that made it 25-14.

• Set 4- in the deciding set, Central Connecticut would settle back into their groove to challenge Bryant late and take a 20-17 lead on a Kaylin Hadley kill. The Bulldogs would battle back however and tie the score at 22 thanks to kills from Miranda Jantzen, Aubrey Lapour, and Brookelyn Talmadge. The Black and Gold would win the set by a final score of 25-22 following Josie Deluga's 2nd ace of the set. Jantzen led the final set of the match with 4 kills and London Hunt added 2 more blocks to her day.

STATS

• Brookelyn Talmadge led the match with 14 kills for the Black and Gold.

• London Hunt posted a team leading 6 total blocks

• Carolina Camacho (21) and Melis Isik (19) both had double digit assists for Bryant.

• Josie Deluga and Miranda Jantzen each had 3 aces in the match.

• Deluga also led the defense with 17 digs.

MATCH NOTES

•  Brookelyn Talmadge sets her career high in kills.

• London Hunt ties her season high for block assists

• Carolina Camacho posts 20+ assists for the 11th time this season.

UP NEXT

The Bulldogs will continue their road trip this weekend with a match at UAlbany on Friday before heading to take on Binghamton in Vestal, New York Sunday afternoon.