By Erika Carrubba
The Northeastern volleyball team came from behind twice to sweep the Stony Brook University Seawolves and University of Maryland Baltimore County Retrievers this weekend, to improve to 4-1 in the America East conference and 13-8 overall.
On Friday the Huskies beat the Seawolves in four games after dropping the first game, 30-28. The second game also had NU trailing by as many as six points at 21-15 before they went on a 7-0 run to take the lead behind the serving of freshman Bree Peterson. Senior Karrin Moore and freshman Kira Batura had a pair of kills to win it for the Huskies, 32-30.
“This game we got mad and played as a team. When we play together our talent really shows,” said senior libero Ashley Adamczyk, who recorded a school record 38 digs in the match.
Both games three and four had the Huskies with early leads and a rally from Stony Brook before outside hitters Whitney Turner and Batura combined for 24 kills, to win the games 30-27 and 30-26.
“We got sucked into their game early but late in the second game we started playing our [game], mixing shots and controlling offense,” said coach Ken Nichols.
Saturday night the team hosted UMBC and again dropped the first game 30-27. They rebounded in game two, rolling past the Retrievers 30-14, led by Moore and Turner with five kills a piece. Despite seven kills from Batura, who was on her way to recording her ninth double-double of the year with 19 kills and 28 digs, the Dogs fell in the third game 30-22.
Senior Shannon Brooker turned it up in the fourth game with six of her seven blocks, tying her career high; however, a Nichols yellow card spurred a 6-0 Retrievers run to clinch the game 30-22.
“I was upset at a previous call, then the ref rushed us and Bree [Peterson] wasn’t in position. That’s how girls get hurt and she is still nursing a bad ankle. I hate to get a card but sometimes it in necessary and it helped,” Nichols said.
The Huskies were able to squeak past 15-13 in the final game. Adamczyk recorded a match high 30 digs to extend a 30 match double-digit dig streak.
The Huskies hit the road this weekend to face the University of Maine and the University of New Hampshire in two America East Conference matches.
