SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts- The American International College volleyball team took the court in second day of the AIC Yellow Jacket Invite. The Yellow Jackets went 1-1 on the day dropping a match to Edinboro before beating Southern New Hampshire.

FAST FACTS:
FINAL SCORE:Edinboro 3, AIC 0 (17-25, 19-25, 19-25)
RECORDS:AIC moved to 6-5, Edinboro moves to 9-1.
FINAL SCORE:AIC 3, SNHU 1 (25-16, 26-24, 28-26, 25-16)
RECORDS:AIC improves to 7-5, SNHU falls to 2-4.
LOCATION: Butova Gym, Springfield, Massachusetts.

STAT LEADERS:
Game 1
AIC:
Diva Rivas-Reyes: Seven kills, five digs
Victoria Perini: Six kills
Annie Boele: Six kills, six digs
Dolores Kopren: 19 assist, 13 digs
Mercy Rivera: 20 digs

Edinboro:
Challen Litwiler: 11 kills, 14 digs
Cierah Jackson: Eight kills
Sydney Trathen: 21 assist, 12 digs
Molly Breir: 14 digs


Game 2
AIC:
Jana Potic: 14 kills,
Annie Boele: 14 kills, 21 digs
Dolores Kopren: 45 assist, 11 digs, three block assist
Mercy Rivera: 23 digs


SNHU:
Marisa Coronis: 15 kills, 12 digs
Priscila Castro: 12 kills, 18 digs
Jessica Dillon 25 assist, 11 digs
Joanne Coffey: 15 assist


HOW IT HAPPENED:
GAME ONE:

• The two teams battled back and forth in the first set. The Fighting Scots used a 4-1 run to take the 13-10 lead. They also used a late 5-0 run to take the first set 25-17.
• AIC started to rally early in the first set taking the 6-2 lead. Edinboro took their first lead of the set at 11-10 before taking the set 25-19.
• The Fighting Scots took an early 4-1 lead in the third set. AIC got their first lead of the set at 14-13, but couldn't keep the lead as the Fighting Scots took the third set 25-19.
  
  GAME TWO:

• The Yellow Jackets and Penmen battled in the first set. The changing moment came when AIC was up 18-15. The Yellow Jackets went on a 7-1 run to take the first set 25-16.
• Trailing 8-7, the Yellow Jackets went on a quick four point run to take the 11-8 run in the second set. The Penmen then rallied back to take the 14-13 lead before jumping out to the 20-15 lead. Down 24-23, the Yellow Jackets forced the game to go past 25. The Penmen ended up taking the set 26-24.
• Down 8-5, AIC went on an 8-1 run and took the lead in the third set, 13-9.
• The Penmen chipped away at their deficit and took a 24-23 lead. They had three chances to win the third set, but the Yellow Jackets tied it at 26 before taking the game 28-26.
• SNHU started to run out of steam in the fourth set as AIC took the 8-1 lead. AIC never lost the lead as they took the set 25-16 and the match 3-1.

GAME NOTES:

• Rivas-Reyes moved into seventh place in all-time kills with 816. She is currently chasing Taila de Souza who has 857.
• Rivera is now just 224 digs away from becoming the career leader in digs in program history.

NEXT UP:

• The Yellow Jackets travel to Stonehill on Tuesday, September 19^th at 7 p.m.

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