Women's Volleyball 



Oct 8, 2009

Roger Williams Deals Volleyball its First Non-Conference Loss


Becca Holmberg

Roger Williams 3, WPI 1

Box Score           

Worcester MA --- Rebekah Dion (Old Saybrook, CT) tallied eight kills and six blocks to propel visiting Roger Williams to a 3-1 victory over WPI in non-conference volleyball action on Thursday evening.  With the 25-16, 25-13, 16-25, 25-14 victory, the Hawks improve to 12-8 while the Engineers dip to 17-5.

The Hawks were paced by a balanced offense. Junior Brittany Sullivan (Nashua, NH)
recorded 10 kills while Kristina Dolan (Glenmont, NY) contributed eight.  Jill Hurd
(Sunapee, NH) added 20 digs while freshman Emily Lebowitz (Coventry, CT) collected
31 assists in only three games.

Bailey Sarber (Westerly, RI) and Becca Holmberg (Madison, CT) amassed nine and seven
kills respectively for WPI, who was defeated for the first time in 18 non-conference contests this fall.  Kim Woodward (Clifton Park, NY) and Alex Rangel (Weston, FL) combined for 17 assists for the hosts while Joan Porambo (Jim Thorpe, PA) accounted for 26 digs and Sarber totaled 18 digs to go along with three blocks. Elyssa Dorenfeld (Reading, MA) distinguished herself with four kills and four digs for the Engineers.

After a weekend off, WPI returns to action on Tuesday with a 7pm home conference
match with NEWMAC co-leader MIT.  Roger Williams participates Saturday in the Rhode
Island Division III championships versus Rhode Island College, Salve Regina and
Johnson & Wales.


Story by Genna Farley - WPI Athletics