Volleyball Sees Season-Opening Seven-Macth Win Streak End At Adelphi
Purple Knights Head To AIC Classic At 7-1 Overall
Garden City, N.Y.-The Bridgeport women's volleyball team continued a busy week of action that will see the Purple Knights play six matches in five days this week on Long Island on Wednesday evening, and UB saw its season-opening, seven-match winning streak come to end at the hands of the host Adelphi University Panthers, as AU posted a straight sets win by identical 25-20 scores. With the victory Adelphi ups its season mark to 4-1.
Senior Amanda Hennemann (Nova Petropolis, Brazil) led the Bridgeport offense with 10 kills, and sophomore setter Carly Killorin (Centennial, Colo.) directed the Purple Knights with 27 assists.
On defense, sophomore Breanna Jones (Littleton, Colo.) led the team in digs with 16, and junior Klein Johnson (San Antonio, Texas) added 13.
Up next, the UB volleyball team will travel to Springfield, Massachusetts and the American International College Hall of Fame Classic and Friday and Saturday. Bridgeport opens play on Friday at 11:00 a.m. versus Assumption.