BOSTON, Mass. – The Towson University volleyball team faced off against the Northeastern Huskies on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers (22-5, 15-2 CAA) swept the Huskies (11-12, 9-8 CAA) 27-25, 25-21, 25-19.
Victoria Barrett led all players with 16 kills and five digs, while
Nina Cajic added ten kills and six digs.
Irbe Lazda had nine kills on .400 hitting percentage with four kills and four digs.
Key Stats vs Northeastern:
- The Tigers held Northeastern to a .117 hitting percentage.
- Towson finished with nine blocks compared to four for the Huskies.
- The Tigers had 15 kills or more in each set.
- Towson accumulated a .272 hitting percentage.
How It Happened vs Northeastern:
- The Huskies jumped out to a 5-3 lead, but the Tigers countered with a 4-1 run led by Victoria Barrett's two kills to have a 7-6 edge.
- Northeastern scored the next five points to take a four-point advantage.
- Towson cut the deficit to three, then went on 4-0 run to regain a one-point lead, which forced Northeastern to take a timeout.
- The Huskies took the lead back, but the Tigers responded with a 5-1 run to have a 20-17 advantage.
- The teams went back and forth, before Northeastern tied the score at 22 after a 3-1 run.
- The teams continued to trade points with the Tigers reaching set point two times before a Nina Cajic kill and double block by Aayinde Smith and Irbe Lazda sealed the first set 27-25 for Towson.
- The Huskies opened the second set with a 3-1 run, then Towson countered with a 7-1 run to have an 8-4 edge.
- Northeastern cut the deficit to one after three consecutive points, but the Tigers responded with three straight points themselves.
- Towson grew its lead to four, then the Huskies went on a 4-1 run to cut the lead down to one.
- The teams traded two kills each before the Tigers scored three consecutive points to have a 20-16 lead.
- The Huskies tied the scoreline at 20 after four straight points.
- Towson closed out the second set on a 5-1 run to win the set 25-21, getting four kills from three different Tigers.
- The third set started with both teams exchanging points until the Tigers went on a 7-2 run to take an 11-7 advantage.
- The Huskies trailed 14-13 after scoring six of the following nine points.
- Towson pulled away with a 7-1 run to have a 21-14 lead, getting three kills from Lazda.
- The teams exchanged points with each other all the way to the end with the Tigers winning the third set 25-19.
Inside the Numbers vs Northeastern:
- Towson improved to 11-2 on the road, winning its last nine matches.
- Sarah Jordan had 38 assists, six digs, four kills and one ace today.
- Sydney Stewart totaled double-digit digs for the ninth consecutive match finishing with 18 today.
- Aayinde Smith led the Tigers with six total blocks to have 115 total blocks on the season.
Up Next:
- The Tigers will rematch Northeastern tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the final day of CAA action on FloVolleyball.
