THE BASICS:

RESULT: Hartford 3, UMass Lowell 2 (28-30, 25-22, 20-25, 25-20, 16-14)
LOCATION: Costello Athletic Center (Lowell, Mass.)
RECORDS: Hartford (5-13, 2-3 America East), UML (5-13, 0-5)

THE LEAD:
Four players finished with double-digit kills, as the Hartford volleyball team rallied from behind for the second-straight match, defeating UMass Lowell 3-2 on Friday.
 
Abby Nash matched her career high with 19 kills for the second-straight match, while Katy Henchy added 15 and Brittany Braun and Paulina Modestow had 10 apiece. Megan Anderson delivered a career-best 46 assists, while Jenna Bridges logged eight blocks, two solo. Montrashay Worley led four players in double digits with 16 digs, being joined by Anderson (13), Modestow (10) and Nash (10).
 
Lade Adeniyi and Katherine Claybaugh led the way for the River Hawks with 14 kills apiece, while Madi Bell added 10. Lindsey Visvardis led all players with 25 digs in a losing effort.
 
SET-BY-SET
• The first set was a tremendous battle, with the teams gaining 16 ties. The Hawks held the first momentum swing, opening a 9-6 lead with Bridges at the serve, but UML chipped away and finally knotted things up at 14. The River Hawks used a rally of their own to open a 20-17 lead and the teams traded points to 22-19, but the visitors rallied to tie it up at 23. From there, the squads traded blows to a 28-all score, but UML got the final tally, taking a 30-28 first stanza.
• The second was tilted more in the Hawks' direction, with Hartford opening a 7-5 lead after a Modestow ace. Hartford pushed the lead to 12-9 following a Henchy kill, and eventually moved the advantage to 17-14. The River Hawks delivered four-straight points to regain the lead, but Hartford came right back with four of its own, and upped the advantage to 23-19 on a Henchy kill, en route to a 25-22 victory.
• UML opened an early edge in the third, taking a 15-11 lead, but the Hawks came roaring back to earn four straight with Megan Scherer at the serve to knot things up at 15. The River Hawks regained a 19-18 lead, then pulled away en route to a 25-20 triumph.
• In the fourth, the teams started even, with the Hawks earning the first momentum swing, as an Anderson kill put the visitors up 16-12. UMass Lowell chipped away at the deficit, cutting it to 18-16, but the Hawks rolled off four straight to take a 22-16 lead and sailed to a 25-20 triumph.
• The home squad took momentum early in the fifth, opening a 4-1 lead, but the Hawks came right back with three straight to knot things up at 4-all. UML was able to garner a 7-5 lead, but with Bridges at the serve, the Hawks notched five in a row, two on Braun kills, to garner a 10-7 lead. The River Hawks remained undeterred, though, coming right back to knot things up at 10, and eventually had match point, up 14-13. But Henchy came through with a kill to make it 14-all, then a kill by Nash and a Bridges block sent the Hawks out victorious.
 
UP NEXT:
The Hawks head to Granite State to face New Hampshire on Saturday afternoon. First serve is slated for 4 p.m. in Lundholm Gymnasium.