How it Happened
Third-seeded Rhode Island (20-9) got off to it's worst start of the season, falling 25-10 in the opening set. The Rams found themselves down 10-5, but scored four of the next five points to make it a 11-9 game. However the Billikens (22-9) closed things out on a tear, outscoring Rhody 14-1 the rest of the way to take the early advantage in the match.

URI regrouped and jumped out to 5-1 lead in the second set and remained on top until the midway point, where the Billikens scored eight in a row to pull ahead 21-15. The Rams managed just two kills the rest and went into the break down 2-0.

Much like the second set, the third started out as a back-and-forth battle which was knotted up at 10-10. Similar to both previous sets, Saint Louis was too much for Rhody to handle down the stretch, closing things out with a 15-7 push to run away with with the 3-0 victory.

Inside the Box Score

• As a team, Rhode Island posted its worst hitting percentage of the season, finishing with just 25 kills on 94 swings (.043).
• Saint Louis combined for eight blocks to Rhody's two.
• The Billikens also converted on 73 percent of their sideout opportunities, including 14 of 17 in the third set.
• Junior Audrey Castro accounted for 11 of URI's kills while also adding seven digs and a pair of blocks.
• Senior Franki Darnold played in just one set - the first - missing the remainder of the match with an injury.
• Darnold, and fellow seniors Lizzy Scanlon and Cate Seman leave the program as Rhode Island's most successful senior class in 15 years as the trio has collected 64 wins over the last four years. Rhody's last graduating class to record 60+ wins was the class of 2000, which finished with 66.
• Darnold ends her career ranked third all-time with 1,356 kills. She also finishes 17th in digs (814), 26th in service aces (77) and 36th in blocks (110).
• Scanlon wraps up her four years in Kingston ranked seventh all-time in digs, (1,057) and 17th in sets played (386).
• Seman finishes 20th in digs (787), 23rd in service aces (80), 24th in total blocks (165), 38th in assists (79) and 41st kills (504).