BOSTON – The RIT Women's Volleyball team lost, 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-12) to Amherst on the first day of action at the UMass-Boston Invitational, Friday.
RIT LEADERS
KILLS:
Anna Wasula 13,
Layla Parker 5
DIGS: Parker 12,
Isabelle Swain 10
ASSISTS:
Isabel Leon 19
SERVICE ACES: Swain 4
- RIT scored the first six points of the match and later led by as many as seven, 13-6. Amherst bounced back with five of the next six points to pull back within three, 14-11, before the Tigers scored three straight to rebuild a 17-11 lead. The Mammoths tied the game, 18-18, with a 7-1 surge and later scored six-unanswered points to earn the comeback win.
- Tied, 3-3, early in the second, RIT used a 10-4 run, including three kills by first-year Layla Parker, to take a 13-7 lead. The Tigers later led by six on three occasions, including 22-16, but Amherst finished the set with nine-straight points for a 2-0 lead.
- The Mammoths never trailed in the third game, breaking an early 3-3 tied with a 7-1 surge for a 10-4 lead. RIT answered with back-to-back points, but Amherst used an 8-2 run to take a decisive 18-8 edge it would not relinquish.
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action in Boston on Saturday (Sept. 12), facing the host Beacons at 11:00 a.m. before taking on Plattsburgh at 4:00 p.m.
