BOSTON, Mass. - The Smith College volleyball team suffered a 3-0 (25-21, 25-10, 25-19) defeat to Emerson College in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action Tuesday night at Brown & Plofker Gym. The Lions improve to 10-10, 2-6 NEWMAC), while the Pioneers fall to 3-14 overall and 0-7 on the season.
 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

• Amy Hagen (Owings, Md./Northern) put up a match best 13 kills and completed a double double with 10 digs, while Kimani Freeman (Newark, N.J./Montclair Kimberly Academy) handed out 17 assists, Helena Wiatrowski (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) served four aces and two Pioneers registered one block assist each. 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Emerson maintained a one point edge over Smith to begin the opening frame before breaking out a 9-all tie with a 5-0 run to give the Lions a 13-9 advantage. 
• Smith made the set interesting and never strayed more than one point behind Emerson, eventually grabbing a lead for the first time since the frame's start (19-18). 
• The Lions did not stay down for long for they reclaimed the lead (21-20) on a kill by Cohen and used four consecutive points capped off on a swing by Tepper to take the 25-21 win. 
• The hosts used the second frame to hit a blistering .536 with one attack error and cruised to a 25-10 win over the Pioneers to gain the 2-0 match lead. 
• With Smith down a pair (6-4) in the second set, Cohen's kill set Emerson off on a 7-0 spurt to put the Lions in front by nine (13-4). 
• The visitors were down by eight (15-7) after a Lions service error and was the closest they would come as the Lions pulled away on a 7-1 run to push its lead into double figures (22-8). 
• Smith earned two points back (22-10) as Emerson used a Pioneers service error, kill from Cohen and an ace by Brennan to wrap the set (25-10). 
• The score remained tight throughout much of the final set with each team taking leads of no more than two. 
• Down by one (19-18) after a swing from Hagan, a swing from sophomore Albany Alexander kicked off a closing 6-1 streak by the Lions to take the match and the 25-19 win. 

UP NEXT
Smith enters non-conference action on Wednesday, October 10 at Western New England at 7:00 p.m. 

(Recap courtesy to Emerson Athletics)

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