After winning their semifinal matches on Thursday night, Westfield State and Worcester State are set to meet in the 2022 MASCAC Volleyball Championship on Saturday, November 5.

#2 Westfield State 3, #3 MCLA 0   Box Score

WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Westfield State women's volleyball team defeated MCLA in straight sets (25-17, 25-21, 25-15) in the semifinals of the MASCAC tournament on Thursday, Nov. 3, punching their ticket to Saturday's championship match.

The third seeded Trailblazers finish the season with a 16-8 overall mark and 5-2 in conference.

Julia Bartiet (Cheshire, Conn./ Cheshire) and Shawna Crowley (Billerica, Mass./ Billerica) each registered 10 kills to pace the Owls' offense. The duo also impressed defensively, Bartiet had two block assists and one solo, Crowley picked up 10 digs in the win.

MCLA was led by Anais Badio's (Las Vegas, Nev./ Community College HS West) match-high 11 kills and Shannon O'Brien's (Unionville, Conn./ Farmington Senior) 17 assists. Four Trailblazers picked up double-digit digs in the setback, Ellie Walter-Goodspeed (Auburn, Wash./ Auburn Riverside) had a game-high 22, Chloie Garber (Eagle River, Alaska/ Eagle River) grabbed 15, Elizabeth Brown (Lee, Mass./ Lee) had 12 and O'Brien finished with 10.

The Owls controlled play throughout the first set and held a 21-12 advantage in the second before the Trailblazers went on a 9-1 run to close the margin to one, 22-21. An attack error for MCLA and kills by Bridgette McAndrews (Longmeadow, Mass./ Longmeadow) and Sarah Bingham (Reno, Nev./ Wooster) sealed the second set win. MCLA took their only lead of the match early in the third set, 2-0, but a pair of Ashley Crowley (Billerica, Mass./ Billerica) kills gave the Owls a lead they would not relinquish.

Ashley Crowley finished with nine kills and a season-high 15 digs, Allie Hill (St. Clair Shores, Mich./ Lakeview) added 13 digs, the setting duo of Julia Dangel-Garcia (Ashland, Mass./ Ashland) and Morgan Dority (Walpole, Mass./ Walpole) connected on 16 and 15 assists respectively.

Westfield State will host fourth seeded Worcester State at noon on Saturday, Nov. 5 for the MASCAC championship. The Lancers upended top seeded Framingham State in five sets to earn their championship appearance. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA national tournament.

#4 Worcester State 3, #1 Framingham State 2   Box Score

Framingham, Mass. - The top seeded Framingham State University volleyball team suffered a heartbreaking 3-2 loss this evening to fourth seed Worcester State University in one semifinal of the 2022 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Volleyball Tournament at Logan Gymnasium.    

THE BASICS: 

- Scores:  Worcester State 3, Framingham State 2 (13-25, 25-16, 25-21, 19-25, 15-8) 

- Records:  Framingham State (17-12), Worcester State (9-21)  

- Location:  Logan Gymnasium – Framingham, Mass.       

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

• The Rams jumped out to a 10-4 lead in the first before extending the advantage to 17-7. The Rams took the frame 25-13. 
• The two teams traded points to open the second set before the Rams grabbed the lead 11-8. Worcester State battled back tying the frame 14-14 before rattling off six straight taking the lead for good securing the set 25-16. 
• The Lancers took third set 25-21 before the Rams tied the match taking the fourth 25-19. The Lancers jumped out to a 4-2 lead in the fifth and led 10-5 on a kill from Camryn Burgio and never looked back securing the upset victory over the Rams. 
• The Rams were led by 16 kills and three digs from Hailey Sanders, while Anna Szymanski finished the match with eight kills and 18 digs. 
• Isabel Henwood chipped in with five kills, 14 assists and nine digs, while Malia Shields finished the match with 22 digs. 
• The Lancers were led by 14 kills and 18 digs from Burgio, while Angela Colonis added seven kills, 15 assists and 15 digs. 
• Casandra Millea chipped in with 17 digs, while Megan Bardis added 17 assists.   

UP NEXT: 

With the victory, the Lancers advance to face Westfield State in the MASCAC Tournament Finals which will be played on Saturday afternoon in Westfield. 

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