Lancers Pick Up Another Important MASCAC Victory In 5-Set Thriller

Worcester, MA- Coming off a 3-0 sweep of conference rivals Fitchburg State over the weekend, the Worcester State Lancers took a trip to take on Bridgewater State in another conference matchup as they looked to keep themselves perfect in MASCAC play.

Final Score : Worcester State: 3    Bridgewater State: 2

Recap:

The Lancers started off the game slowly and fell behind on the scoreboard after the first set of play, 25-20. Worcester rallied to take the lead 2 sets to 1, winning the games 25-20, and 25-17 respectively. In the fourth game of play, Bridgewater State would not go away on their home court by winning the fourth game 25-19, to send the match to a fifth and final set to decide the outcome.

In the fifth set, Lancers came out firing and secured a conference victory with a final score of 15-8. 

Sophomore Cassidy D'Esposito (Medford,NY) led Worcester State with 11 kills, while graduate student Camryn Burgio (Quincy,Mass) had a team-leading 30 digs, and junior Angela Colonis (Waterford,CT) along with junior Megan Bardis (Rutland,Mass) were tied for the team lead in assists with 14 apiece.

Worcester State improves to (8-11,3-0) and will take a trip to Dean College for a double match Saturday this weekend with the first match set for an 11am non-conference matchup.