University of Rhode Island

Rhode Island Starters
Johnson, Abuto, Rolle, Stermenska, Richter, Sawyer, Henry (L)

Fordham Starters 
Kuyn, Woodruff, Hilderied, Ianuale, Micunovic, Franzen, Ozaslan (L), Del Angel (L)   

How it Happened
Dakota Johnson had a milestone night, reaching 1,000 career kills for Rhode Island. She became the 11th player in program history to achieve the mark, and by the end of the night she ranked 10th in URI history with 1,009 digs.

Despite her achievement, URI fell in four sets at Fordham Wednesday night. The home team took the first two sets and eventually won 25-20, 25-17, 17-25, 25-18. Rhody (6-18, 1-11 A10) lost its fourth straight match.

Set One - Fordham 25, Rhode Island 20
Rhode Island's offense struggled to get on track, committing 10 attack errors and recording a negative attack percentage. Five straight points ended in attack errors as URI fell behind 9-2. Fordham pushed its lead to as many as 12 points as it coasted in the opening set.

Set Two - Fordham 25, Rhode Island 17
Both sides had the offense clicking in the second set. Fordham - led by four kills from Bridget woodruff - had 11 kills with just one error. Rhody had more kills (13) but also more errors (4). Rhody opened with a 5-2 lead, but a 7-0 run put Fordham up 9-5. URI got within 9-7, but from there Fordham steadily increased its lead.

Set Three - Rhode Island 25, Fordham 17
Cara Richter and KJ Johson combined for seven kills and URI converted 12 of 17 sideout chances to keep the match alive.

Set Four - Fordham 25, Rhode Island 17
Rhode Island hit negative 0.29 with nine kills and 10 errors in the final set. Fordham had 12 kills and just four errors as it controlled the tempo and rolled to the win

Inside the Box Score

• Dakota Henry became the first Rhode Island player to reach 1,000 digs since Ella Ratzloff finished her Rhody career with 1,517 in 2021.
• Ratzloff is URI's career record holder.
• Ema Stermenska recorded a double-double with 20 assists and 12 digs.
• She also topped 1,800 career assists, between her time at Southern Illinois and URI. She had 1234 in two seasons with SIU and has 576 so far with Rhody.
• Havyn Rolle led the offense with 11 kills, while Cara Richter added 10.

Up Next
Rhode Island hosts George Washington for two matches this weekend. The teams play Saturday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. and again Sunday, Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. The Sunday match will stream on ESPN+.