Salem State Upsets Women's Volleyball, 3-1, In MASCAC Quarterfinal

Worcester, MA --- Salem State freshman Emily Peay (Lebanon, CT) impressed with 18 kills and a blistering .318 attack percentage to help lead the fifth-seeded Vikings to a 3-1 triumph over #4 Worcester State in the quarterfinal round of the MASCAC Women's Volleyball Tournament this evening.

Salem State (6-16), who is making their first tournament appearance since the 2002 season, advances to the semifinal round to take on top-seed and host Framingham State on Saturday at 11 AM.

The Vikings fell to Bridgewater State, 3-0, in the championship during their run as the second-seed and also defeated the Lancers in the semifinals by the same score.

Worcester State's season comes to an end at 12-15 overall.

In four closely contested sets, the Vikings took the first two 29-27 and 25-21 before the Blue and Gold won the third, 25-17. Salem State came from behind to win the match in the fourth, 27-25.

Junior Jazmin Santos (Lawrence, MA) was also solid for the Vikings with a game-best 19 kills and 18 digs while senior Brittany Roscoe (Lowell, MA) put up a match-high 32 digs.

Senior MacKenzie Carpenter (Peabody, MA) also notched a double-double with 38 assists and 22 digs as junior Nicole Roscoe (Lowell, MA) added 21 digs.

Brittany Roscoe and Peay combined for 7.5 of the teams 11 blocks in the triumph.  

Senior Becky Lebel (Millbury, MA) and sophomore Alyssa Jasper (Rockland, MA) both shared team-high honors with 14 kills apiece while Lebel chipped in with 12 digs for WSU. Junior Megan Brown (Dartmouth, MA) registered 8 kills and 13 digs and second-year Amanda Lewis (Poughkeepsie, NY) dished out 40 assists.

Junior Emily Cox (N. Andover, MA) did a little bit of everything with eight kills, nine digs and a pair of assists. Cox also logged three of the squads eight aces in the setback.

The Lancers eclipsed the team record for the most assists in a single season with 845 helpers.