Eastern Volleyball comes from behind to defeat Newington in five sets

Posted By: Jack Krampitz October 2, 2022

On Friday night, things were not looking very good for the Bristol Eastern volleyball team, as they dropped two consecutive sets to Newington and were facing their second defeat of the year. But as the Lancers have done so often in the past, they settled down and raised their level of play, ultimately winning the final three sets and pulling out a well-deserved victory at the Newington gymnasium.

The scores in sets were:

Set 1: 20-25 Newington
Set 2: 21-25 Newington
Set 3: 25-23 BE
Set 4: 25-12 BE
Set 5: 16-14 BE

Alyssa Valentine was all over the floor for the Lancers, collecting 34 assists, 6 digs, and 2 kills. Lauren Bender smoked 23 kills at the net, and added 3 assists and 14 digs. Adrianna Reay served up 3 aces to go along with 12 kills and 8 digs. And Lilli Lowe chipped in with 2 aces, 5 kills, 2 blocks, and 6 digs.

Newington was led by Omayra Batista with 21 digs, Alyssa Dugas with 3 aces, 33 assists, and 13 digs, and Sophia Chrowstowski with 4 aces and 9 kills. Brooke Poulin added 7 kills and 1 assist.

Eastern now has a record of 8-1, and the Lancers host Bristol Central Monday at 6:00.
Newington’s record drops to 4-4.

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