WEST HAVEN, Conn. — The Chicago State women's volleyball team lost to New Haven 3-0 in Northeast Conference play on Friday (November 13).
The Cougars took the first two points on New Haven attack errors and tied the opening set at 3-3 on a
Nayella George kill, but New Haven moved ahead 8-3 with two kills by Marley Alefaio, a Camryn Harris ace and a block involving Josie Foster and Lauren MacKellar.
Nina Mitchell stopped that stretch with a kill for Chicago State, but MacKellar answered with a kill and served four aces during a run that pushed New Haven's lead to 15-4.
Rayon Thigpen and Mitchell added kills for CSU in the middle of the set, and George later put down a kill to make it 18-8, but New Haven kept the margin with points from Quinn Yenshaw, Foster, Zaira Kearns and Kira Lynch. The Cougars got late points on a Graci Littlejohn block and a New Haven attack error before Alefaio's kill closed the set for New Haven, 25-11.
CSU faced an early 4-1 deficit after Lauren MacKellar's kill and consecutive Mirella Rederer aces, and New Haven later held a 10-7 edge on a Zaira Kearns kill. The Cougars came back behind Mitchell, who had kills to make it 10-8 and 11-11, and George put Chicago State ahead 12-11 before blocks involving Mitchell, Littlejohn,
Jenesis Perrin and Thigpen helped push the visitors in front 18-16. New Haven responded with four straight points to move ahead 20-18, and after the Cougars got within 22-21, a service error, a Camryn Harris ace and a Marley Alefaio kill closed the set for New Haven, 25-21.
New Haven put CSU in an early 7-0 hole in the third set, getting kills from Kira Lynch, Lauren MacKellar and Marley Alefaio, a block by Lynch and Alefaio, and a Mirella Rederer service ace. The Cougars got kills from Littlejohn, George and Mitchell while working back onto the scoreboard, but New Haven continued to build the margin to 20-6 behind two more MacKellar kills and another Rederer ace. CSU scored four straight to reach 20-10 on a Mitchell kill, two George kills from
Reece Mazzier and a block by Thigpen and
Camryn McCollum, but New Haven answered with the final five points, including two Camryn Harris aces, to take the set 25-10.
New Haven improves to 11-16 overall and 7-6 in NEC play while The Cougars are now 1-24 overall and 1-12 in NEC play.
Up Next
The Chicago State volleyball team travels to West Haven, CT, to face University of New Haven on Saturday, Nov. 14, at noon CT.
