Boxscore
Larissa Adomat posted 10 kills as the Northeastern volleyball team came away with a 3-0 (30-20, 30-23, 30-24) sweep of UNC-Wilmington on Friday, Oct. 21 at Solomon Court. Ashley Reeves and Brandie Genibrel added nine kills each for the Huskies, who improved their record to 10-11 (7-5 Colonial Athletic Association). The Seahawks fell to 3-17 (0-12 CAA) in losing their 16th match in a row.
Early on in the contest, the two teams played even, with UNC-Wilmington taking a late 19-18 lead. But the Huskies roared back after that, running off seven straight points with Lauren DeTurk at the serve to take a 25-19 edge. The Seahawks got one point on a block by Christa Fulenwider, but NU rallied for the final five points, the last of which came on an ace by Whitney Turner.
Game two saw the Seahawks fight back. With the two teams tied at 12, Wilmington rallied for five straight points, two on Felicity Ribalkin kills, to take a 17-12 lead. Then NU regained the momentum by rolling off eight consecutive points of its own. With Northeastern holding on to a 24-22 lead late, the home squad took over once again, this time with six out of seven points, two on Adomat kills, to take the game 30-23.
In game three, the Huskies took an 8-7 lead and never trailed again in a 30-24 victory. The Huskies held a 27-17 lead late in the game, but the visitors showed no signs of going away quietly. UNC-Wilmington rallied to make the score 27-22, only to see NU bounce back with back-to-back points, as the Huskies went on to win the match with a 30-24 decision.
NU hit .190 for the match to Wilmington's .135, but Adomat was the star of the evening, hitting a resounding .562. NU got 21 assists from Ivana Pavlisin, and 16 digs from Kira Batura. Batura has now registered double-digit digs in 26 consecutive matches. Lauren DeTurk posted four aces for the Huskies.
The Seahawks got 10 kills from Kristin Maier and nine from Ribalkin in the match, while Kate Bennett, Dorinda Petrisko and Ribalkin all tallied double-digit digs. Fulenwider made four blocks, two solo, in the match.
NU heads back to Solomon Court Saturday night to host CAA foe Georgia State. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
