WPI 3, Clark 2
Box Score
Boston, MA --- Becca Holmberg (Madison, CT) and
Kate Woodman (Fairfield,
CT) posted double-doubles to help WPI win its
first NEWMAC match since 2005 with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over
visiting Clark on Tuesday evening. The Crimson and Gray won
by games scores of 30-22, 22-30, 30-22, 22-30 and 15-8.
The Engineers are now 6-12 overall and 1-3 in conference play
while Clark is 4-9 on the season and 0-4 in NEWMAC action.
Holmberg paced WPI with 19 kills and 16 digs while Woodman
tallied 14 kills and 13 digs. Nikki Croteau
(Wilbraham, MA) registered 52 assists and 11 digs for the Engineers
while Christina Grant (Mansfield, MA) contributed
13 kills and three blocks and Becca Mattern
(Rockville, CT) added 11 kills with just two errors in 21 attempts
(.429 hitting percentage).
Sarah Hunsucker (Orinda, CA) led Clark with a
game-best 20 kills while Emily Visone (West
Hampstead, NY) totaled a game-high 28 digs. Karleen
Porcena (Roxbury, MA) chipped in with 12 kills on the
night for the Cougars.
Both teams return to the court with road matches on
Thursday. WPI travels to Bay Path for a 7:30pm match-up while
Clark is at Newbury for a match beginning at 7pm.
Story written by WPI Athletics Intern - Steven M.
Miller Jr.
