THE BASICS:

- Score: Adelphi 3, Assumption 1 (22-25, 25-13, 25-20, 25-13)

- Record: Adelphi (7-7, 3-0 NE10), Assumption (3-10, 1-3 NE10)

- Location: Garden City, N.Y. (CRS)

- The Lead: Assumption took the opening set on the road against Adelphi, but the Panthers stormed back to take the final three and come away with a 3-1 victory on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

- Trailing 5-4, Assumption went on a 10-1 run to grab a 14-6 advantage in the opening set. The team extended its lead to 16-7 on a Kiki Romanik (San Rafael, Calif. / Sir Francis Drake) kill, though Adelphi managed to close the gap to 21-20. Mary Campbell (Plainville, Mass. / Bishop Feehan) ended the run with a kill and Assumption went on to the 25-22 win.

- The second set was even through 16 points, following a Waylin Walls Parker (Beecher, Ill. / Beecher) kill. Olivia Burke (Salem, N.H. / Salem) then gave the Hounds a 9-8 lead on a kill. However, the Panthers responded with seven consecutive points and finished with eight of the final nine points of the set for a 25-13 win.

- Assumption fell behind 11-8 in the third and then trailed 17-14. The team was unable to get any closer as Adelphi took the set 25-20. In the final set, the Hounds kept it close early before a late Panther run allowed them to secure a 25-13 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Assumption hit .142 in the contest with 40 kills and 47 digs while Adelphi had 56 kills, hit .361 and recorded 60 digs.

- Kellie Smith (Richland, Mich. / Gull Lake) posted a double-double of 13 digs and 11 kills while Burke hit .273 with 11 kills. Campbell added eight kills, two aces and a pair of blocks. Maria Chrisom (Dover, N.H. / Saint Thomas Aquinas) chipped in 12 digs and four assists.

- McKenna Clawson had 16 kills and ten digs while Katie Barry posted 46 assists and ten digs. Victoria Cast added 13 kills.

UP NEXT:

- Assumption returns to action on Tuesday when the team hosts Southern Connecticut State at 6 pm.

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