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Hosting Bridgewater State University and UMass Dartmouth today in their Homecoming tri-match in the Bennett Athletic Center, the Fighting Scots split on the day with a 3-2 win over BSU in their first outing and a 3-0 loss to UMD in match two to move to 11-8 overall on the season.

After the Bears opened the match with a narrow 27-25 win behind 13 team kills, the Scots rebounded in game two with a two-point win of their own (25-23) to bring the game back to even at 1-1. Bridgewater then responded immediately for the go-ahead in game three, downing Gordon by a four-point margin (25-21) with another 12 kills in the frame.

From there, however, the Scots pulled ahead, stamping a convincing 25-18 victory in the fourth set before tallying seven kills in the deciding fifth set en route to the 15-7 win.

Gordon's Lauren Kranyak (Jr./Locust Grove, Va.) paced the win with a team-high 19 kills and six digs, while teammate Joy Kimmel (So./Madison, Conn.) recorded 42 assists and nine digs and Keri Hustus (Sr./Eastford, Conn.) notched 12 digs and five service aces.

Danielle Dean (Jr./Gilford, N.H.) led the effort for the Bears with 19 digs and 10 kills, while Melanie Appleman (Jr./Hyannis, Mass.) added 24 assists, nine kills to the day and Michelle Atkins (Jr./Chelsea, Mass.) chipped in 10 kills.

In match two of the day against UMass Dartmouth, Gordon was unable to carry over winning momentum from the previous match, as the Corsairs completed the three-game sweep (25-15, 25-19, 28-26) to hand the Scots their eighth loss of the season.

After UMD cruised through the opening two games, the Scots looked to be in good shape for mounting a comeback with a 24-15 lead in the third frame. Determined the close out the match in straight-sets, though, the Corsairs sailed back with an impressive come-from-behind to capture the two-point decision and overall match win. 

Kranyak once again led the effort for Gordon with 14 digs and 12 kills, while Kimmel and Hustus tallied 30 assists and 16 digs, respectively, and Faith Gerdes (So./Wall Lake, Iowa) blocked five in the outing.

UMD's Brianna Perry (Fr./New Bedford, Mass.) had 10 kills and seven digs, Eliza Bowes (Fr./West Yarmouth, Mass.) had 13 kills, and Jessica Goncalves (Sr./New Bedford, Mass.) had 28 assists to improve the Corsairs to 17-3 on the year.

The Scots return to the court on Tuesday, Oct. 9 as they host Massachusetts Maritime in non-conference action at 7 p.m. Bridgewater State looks to get back on the winning track on the same day at 6 p.m. as they travel to Framingham State., while UMD hosts UMass Boston on the same night at 7 p.m.