Eastern volleyball loses to Southington as brutal schedule takes a toll

Volleyball

Posted By: Jack Krampitz October 21, 2022

For the second consecutive night, Bristol Eastern faced a top-5 ranked state power on Thursday, and the Lancers gave it a great effort, but could not pull off the upset against Southington. Eastern went point for point in the first set, as neither team could pull away from the other. In the end, Southington escaped one set point and then served out two points in a row to capture a 26-24 victory.

After the first set, the Blue Knights were in control and had little trouble winning sets two and three.

The Set scores:

Set 1: 24-26
Set 2: 16-25
Set 3: 17-25

Southington was led Cami Wessels with 18 kills and Emma Pfanzelt with 7 aces and 7 digs.

Lauren Bender paced Eastern with 10 kills and 9 digs. Adrianna Reay kicked in with 7 kills, 8 digs, and a block. Alyssa Valentine had an ace, a kill, 15 assists, and 3 digs for the Lancers.

BE’s record is now 10-6, and they travel across town on Monday to face the Rams of Bristol Central.

Southington’s record improves to 13-2.

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