Nighthawks Fall To Eagles in Semifinals, 3-1

Nashua, NH – Backed by a match high 15 kills from sophomore Chelsey Crawford (Westfield, Mass.) and an eight-kill performance from sophomore Emily Travis (Somerset, Mass.), the top seeded Daniel Webster College women’s volleyball team stormed back to defeat fourth-seeded Newbury College, 3-1 and earn a return trip to the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s volleyball tournament championship Friday night.

The Eagles (18-6) will meet second-seeded Lesley University (18-9), 3-0 winners over third-seeded Southern Vermont College in the night’s second semifinal matchup.

The championship will serve up on Saturday afternoon beginning at 2:00 p.m.

IN THE OPENER, the Eagles stormed back from a 25-21 set one loss in a rematch of last year’s tourney finalists. The Eagles answered with wins of 25-18, 25-10 and 25-22 to advance and continued to set a new program record for victories in a season.

Crawford hit .294 overall (15-5-34) and Travis sizzled with a .412 clip (8-1-17) while sophomore Samantha Hill (Hudson, N.H.) chipped in with seven kills and Jennifer Finneran (Barnstead, N.H.) added six kills and three total blocks.

Junior setter Caitlyn DePierro (Billerica, Mass.) dished off 15 assists and pulled in 10 digs while junior libero Amanda Wilson (Merrimack, N.H.) added 10 digs in the back row.

Jessy Touron (Brockton, Mass.) led the Nighthawks (11-17) with 11 kills and added seven digs, while Tricia Corriveau (Coventry, R.I.) added eight kills and a match high 21 digs.

Stephanie Williams (Medford, Mass.) chipped in with six kills and setter Regina Sibilia (Agawam, Mass.) dished out 24 assists.

- Story provided by: Ken Belbin, Sports Information Director - Daniel Webster College

- Game photo by: Samantha Yanofsky