How It Happened
Rhode Island (14-6, 4-3) opened on a tear, claiming nine of the first 10 points to put the first set out of reach early on.

After falling 25-16 in the opening set, Fordham (8-16, 2-5) scored the first point of the second to take its first lead of the night. From there, Rhody reeled off six straight points and more than doubled its lead when an ace by Callan Kinnan made it 20-9. The Rams closed out the set on a 5-3 run to grab the 25-12 victory and head into the break up two sets to none.

The third set was much closer as neither team led by more than four points. With URI up 22-20, a pair of Rhody errors and a Fordham ace put the visiting Rams ahead 23-22. Fordham eventually won the set on a Rhode Island service error.

Fordham rode the momentum into the fourth and led 7-5 before a 5-0 Rhody push gave URI a 10-7 advantage. The Rams remained on top the rest of the way, winning the set 25-18 and claiming the match at 3-1.

Inside the Box Scores

• As a team, Rhode Island hit .388 on the night, compared to Fordham's .157 performance. 
• URI also held the advantage in sideout scoring, converting on 75 percent (54-72) of its chances while Fordham was just 52-of-97 (53%).
• Senior Franki Darnold led all players with 18 kills on the night, opposite a season-low two attack errors for a .444 hitting percentage. She also added 12 digs for her fifth double-double of the season.
• Juniors Audrey Castro (16) and Layne Self (10) totaled double-digit kills as well. Castro also recorded 12 digs to match Darnold with five double-doubles while Self added four block assists and a pair of assists.
• Junior Callan Kinnan ended the night with 49 assists, seven kills, four digs, three aces and four blocks. Sophomore Marie Gillcrist also had four blocks, to go along with six kills, three digs and an assist.
• Senior Lizzy Scanlon registered seven digs. She now needs just 10 more to become the ninth player in program history to reach 1,000 for her career.

Stat of the Night 
3,014 - Junior setter Callan Kinnan recorded the 3,000th assist of her career Saturday and now has 3,014. She is just the third player in program history to reach 3,000 assists. Only Jessica Salmans (5,897) and Christy Sandefur (3,515) have more than Kinnan. Salmans and Sandefur both played during the sideout era of scoring.

What's Next 
The Rams return to action next weekend when they hit the road for a pair of matches at George Washington (Friday) and George Mason (Saturday).