WEST HAVEN, Conn. — Mercyhurst (7-14, 3-6 NEC) lost the match to New Haven (10-13, 6-3 NEC) 3-1 on Thursday, with set scores of 25-22, 22-25, 17-25 and 26-28. The Lakers finished with 52 kills and hit .240, but New Haven held a 10-4 advantage in service aces and a 69.0-63.0 edge in points.
The Lakers answered a 22-22 tie by scoring the final three points, with
Roslyn Guerra putting down all three kills to finish a 25-22 first-set win. Earlier, the Lakers fell behind 5-0 before turning
Anna Logan's service turn into a 5-5 tie, getting two
Madison Miner kills, a
Julia Shepherd kill and a block by
Ava Carney and Miner during the push. The set stayed tight through the middle, with the Lakers moving ahead 12-11 on Guerra's kill and an
Alyssa Krause ace before New Haven later went back in front 18-16. Mercyhurst responded with kills from Miner and
Payton Melin to even the set, then used a Miner kill, Miner service ace and a New Haven error to build a 22-19 lead before closing after New Haven tied it again.
The Lakers pushed New Haven into a late back-and-forth second set, rallying from a 19-17 deficit to take a 20-19 lead on a Carney kill,
Roslyn Guerra's block on a Lauren MacKellar attack and a New Haven attack error. Earlier, Carney opened the set with a kill from Krause, and the Lakers built an 8-5 edge behind kills from
Anna Logan, Miner, Melin and Guerra. New Haven answered with a run to move in front 10-9, but the Lakers continued to trade points through the middle of the set as Miner, Logan and Guerra kept the score tight. After Mercyhurst went ahead 20-19, New Haven scored three straight points, and although Guerra and Shepherd added late kills to keep the Lakers within one at 23-22, New Haven closed the set 25-22.
The Lakers spent the third set chasing after New Haven moved ahead 13-4, with their early scoring coming on opponent errors and a
Mia Mattingly kill from
Mya Comer. The Lakers found small responses from the service line, including Krause serving during a New Haven setting error and a Carney kill that made it 14-8. After falling behind 18-9, Miner put down a kill and
Sydney Forcht followed with a service ace as the Lakers cut the margin to 18-12. The Lakers made their strongest late push from 21-13 to 21-17 behind a Logan kill, a
Sarah Barnum-Mattingly block and a Guerra kill, but New Haven won the final four points to take the set 25-17.
The Lakers built a 22-17 lead in the fourth set before New Haven came back to take the set 28-26. Earlier, the Lakers fell behind 7-3 but worked back with kills from Carney, Miner and Guerra, plus a Comer service ace. Down 14-12, the Lakers tied the set on kills by Mattingly and Melin, then moved ahead 16-14 with help from a Mattingly-Melin block. Guerra added kills that pushed Mercyhurst to 18-15, 19-16 and 20-17, and a Carney-
Erin Robbins block helped extend the lead before New Haven rallied to tie the set at 23-23. The Lakers reached set point at 24-23 and later answered with a Miner kill to tie it at 25-25, but New Haven scored the final two points after a 26-26 tie to finish the set.
Guerra led the Lakers with 16 kills and 17.5 points while hitting .419 and adding two blocks. Miner recorded 11 kills, 11 digs, one service ace and one block assist. Carney finished with nine kills on a .538 hitting percentage and added three block assists. Krause posted 23 assists, six digs and one service ace.
The Lakers return to the court when they play New Haven on Friday, Oct. 30. Coverage is set to begin at 1 p.m.
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