Women’s Volleyball Secures Five Set Home Victory

NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. — The Merrimack College Women’s volleyball team secured their first NEC win with a thrilling victory over Saint Francis (PA). 

The Basics

Score: Merrimack 3, Saint Francis(PA) 2

Records: Merrimack (2-10,1-0), Saint Francis(PA) (5-7, 0-1)

How It Happened

WOW. The only way to describe this match is WOW. Up and down affair that saw a little bit of everything throughout. The first set started with Merrimack taking an early 5-1 lead before the Red Flash struck back. A 5-0 run gave SFU the 8-7 lead before the teams went point for point for the remainder of the set. The Red Flash was up 23-18 late in the set before a ferocious fury of points rained down from Merrimack. The Warriors would tie things up at 24 and it would take everything out of Saint Francis to come away with a 28-26 set 1 win. 

The second set was headlined by a forceful run from the Warriors that saw them trailing at first but then quickly out to a 11-5 lead and a stranglehold of the 2nd set. However, SFU fought back into this one making it a game and putting the Warriors on their heels as they tied it at 13 before Merrimack put together a strong finish and won set 2, 25-20. 

The third set commenced with a SFU 5-1 lead that quickly turned into a tie game at 5 after Merrimack capitalized on a handful of errors. Back and forth the two teams went until MC put together a 4-0 run late which saw them take over this set and end up with a 25-21 win to put them up 2 sets to 1. 

The fourth set of the game was all Saint…