Volleyball has tough time on the road

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Horanzy has accumulated 222.5 points and 201 kills this season. Courtesy of HartfordHawks.com

Horanzy has accumulated 222.5 points and 201 kills this season. Courtesy of HartfordHawks.com

 

This weekend the University of Hartford volleyball team, while on the road, added two losses to their record.

On Friday night, the Hawks dropped a 3-0 decision to the Binghamton Bearcats.

The opening set began with the Bearcats scoring and holding the lead until Hawks Horanzy and Louis broke tied it up with back-to-back kills.

The set saw six deadlocks between the teams before Binghamton took the set at a score of 25-19.

The second set started with a tie at five-all but after a Binghamton error, ace from senior Dionna Kirton, and a kill from junior Maya Louis, Hartford took the lead at 8-5.

It was a constant battle to the finish after Binghamton scored six points to tie and surpass the Hawks from their 13-10 lead.

But after the Hawks regained control at 20-18 off a timeout from Binghamton, they closed out the back and forth battle at 25-23.

Binghamton would continue this momentum into the next set and take the victory, 25-9.

At the top of the Hartford offense was Kirton alongside Louis, each with eight kills apiece.

Also adding to the Hartford attack with six kills was Lindsay Anderson, and having three kills of their own, were Jackie Tamburri, Sareeta Nethersole and Corinne Horanzy.

Hartford finished the match with 31 kills and 24 errors in 105 attempts giving them a hitting average of .067 for the match.

Leading the Hawks defensively was libero Paola Llerandi with 13 kills.

Tamburri finished with 10 total kills, earning her 15 double-double of the season and also had 24 total assists.

Tamburri is now 293 assists away from achieving the highest career assists.

On Sunday the Hawks were in action at the University of Albany in their final road match of the regular season; the Hawks falling in four matches to the Albany Great Danes.

Offensively, leading the Hartford Hawks and completing her 10 double-double of the season.

Nethersole finished the match with 14 kills and 14 digs while also adding seven assists.

Other hitters included Kirton, who was also in double digits with 10 kills, Hornazy with seven kills, and Louis added five of her own.

As a team the Hawks peaked in the opening set with 17 total kills, but finished with a team hitting average of .056 with 49 kills and 38 errors in 198 total attacks.

Tamburri finished with another double-double with 36 assists and 24 digs, only two lower than her career best but her season high so far.

Also part of the defensive effort, Llerandi finished with her rookie season best of 22 digs, while Corinne Horanzy added 15 digs as well.

The Hawks had seven total blocks in the match, lead by Louis.

Louis had three block assists and two by herself.

Albany would take the first set,  25-20.

In the second set it was a battle from the very beginning until the Great Danes took a 17-13 lead over the Hawks.

But Hartford quickly battled back to 17-17.

There would continue to be six more ties (13 total in the set) until the Great Danes took the set at 26-24.

The next set proved to be just as much of a battle as the last but off a kill from Lindsay Anderson, Hartford took the win of 25-22.

In the final set, Albany would take the win and the match at 25-14.

This gave Hartford an overall record of 10-18 and 4-8 for the American East Conference.

The Hartford Hawks return home to host their final two matches against Stony Brook Friday night at 7 p.m. and UMBC Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Reich Family Pavilion.

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