University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
2-3
Boston College
3-2
Huskies Fall in Five to Boston College
9/6/2019 9:48:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
STORRS, Conn. – The UConn volleyball team got a pair of double double efforts from sophomore Caylee Parker (Windsor, Ontario) and freshman Jasmine Davis (Redondo Beach, Calif.) but fell short of a comeback win, losing in five sets to Boston College Friday night at Gampel Pavilion in the UConn Challege.
The Huskies fall to 2-3 on the year while BC moves to 3-2 after a pair of wins today, beating Central Connecticut earlier in the day. The three-day tournament wraps up on Saturday as the Eagles will face Iona at 11 am and the Huskies battle state-rival CCSU at 2 pm.
UConn took the opening set, 25-19 but BC answered with a 25-16 and 25-13 wins in the second and third. The Huskies came out blazing in the fourth set, trailing just once (1-0) on the way to a convincing 25-15 win to force the deciding fifth set. In the final frame, tied up at 5-5, BC took control with a 4-0 run on the way to closing out the set and match by outscoring the Huskies 10-3 for a 15-8 win.
UConn's Parker posted her second-straight double double of the tournament, finishing with 12 kills and 13 digs. Davis had her first double double of her career, posting 14 kills with 12 digs in the loss.
The junior tandem of Genna Florig (Portland, Ore.) and Isabelle Peterson (Gardnerville, Nev.) led the Husky block efforts defensively. Florig had a pair of solo blocks and eight block assists to go with five kills while Peterson had eight block assists and seven kills on the night.
Freshman Aset Baker-Falealili (Compton, Calif.) pitched in 16 digs.
For BC, Jewel Strawberry led the Eagles with 17 kills and 16 digs while Jill Strockis had 10 kills and 16 digs.
