Lyons open season with 1-2 mark at Wheaton Invitational

In Progress - 3rd	1	2	3	4	5	T
Plymouth St. (1-2)	25	25	25			3
Wheaton (Mass.) (1-2)	21	18	19			0

Plymouth St.	Wheaton (Mass.)
K: 2 Players (#2, #10 - 7) B: 3 Players (#4, #15, #19 - 1) D: 2 Players (#5, #11 - 6) SA: Casey Stoodley - 6	K: Taylor Matook - 5 B: N/A D: Deirdre Wilson - 8 SA: 3 Players (#17, #21, #25 - 2)

TEAM STATISTICS	Plymouth St.	Wheaton (Mass.)
Hitting %	.344	.162
Blocks	1.5	0.0
Digs	24	28
Aces	17	7

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In Progress - 5th	1	2	3	4	5	T
Emerson (0-1)	25	25	20	24	10	2
Wheaton (Mass.) (1-0)	22	22	25	26	15	3

Emerson	Wheaton (Mass.)
K: Kat Westbrook - 15 B: Briana Velez - 1 D: Jamie Morgan - 17 SA: Brandy Eggermann - 6	K: Deirdre Wilson - 21 B: 2 Players (#4, #9 - 5) D: Deirdre Wilson - 25 SA: Arieanne Creighton - 4

TEAM STATISTICS	Emerson	Wheaton (Mass.)
Hitting %	.164	.222
Blocks	1.0	10.5
Digs	58	56
Aces	13	12

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In Progress - 4th	1	2	3	4	5	T
Western New Eng. (2-0)	25	25	25	25		3
Wheaton (Mass.) (1-1)	16	27	21	21		1

Western New Eng.	Wheaton (Mass.)
K: Maureen Pollet - 13 B: Tyler Singh - 4 D: 2 Players (#3, #14 - 16) SA: Grace Kucharski - 5	K: Deirdre Wilson - 12 B: Kendall Jacobs - 3 D: Deirdre Wilson - 21 SA: 2 Players (#8, #17 - 2)

TEAM STATISTICS	Western New Eng.	Wheaton (Mass.)
Hitting %	.168	.140
Blocks	5.0	2.5
Digs	70	59
Aces	16	7

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NORTON, Mass.- The Wheaton College women's volleyball team opened its own invitational with a comeback victory over Emerson College before dropping its next two matches against Western New England University and Plymouth State University on Saturday in Emerson Gymnasium. 

After falling behind 2-0 to Emerson, the Lyons won the next three sets to defeat the Lions, 3-2 (22-25, 22-25, 25-20, 26-24, 15-10).  Wheaten then fell to Western New England, 3-1 (16-25, 27-25, 21-25, 21-25) and Plymouth State, 3-0 (21-25, 18-25, 19-25).

Against the Golden Bears, freshman Deirdre Wilson (Aptos, Calif./Aptos) recorded a double-double of 12 kills and 21 digs.  Classmate Arieanne Creighton (Brookline, N.H./Hollis Brookline) turned in nine kills, while senior Rachel Vergara (Needham, Mass./Needham) and freshman Kendall Jacobs (San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch) each had six.

First-year Robyn D'Agostino (Three Bridges, N.J./Hunterdon Central Regional) notched 13 digs, and freshman setters Page Gustofson (South Lake Tahoe, Calif./South Tahoe) and Jackie Kochiss (Milford, Conn./Jonathan Law) handed out 16 assists apiece.  Jacobs led the Blue and White with three blocks.

In the night's final match versus Plymouth State, freshman Taylor Matook (Exeter, R.I./Exeter-West Greenwich) and Wilson led Wheaton's attack with five and four kills, respectively.  Gustofson and Kochiss were credited with 10 and nine assists, respectively, Wilson added a team-best eight digs, while three other Lyons chipped in with four digs apiece.

Wheaton remains at home on Tuesday for a non-conference match against Rhode Island College at 7:00 p.m.