University of Rhode Island

Rhode Island Starters
Lalli, Houchens, Abuto, Rolle, Jonick. Keaney, Henry (L)

George Washington Starters 
Clarke, Markworth, Rodriguez, Cogan, Samuel, Assasie, Connole (L), Zeng (L)   

How it Happened
Despite three competitive sets, Rhode Island lost its sixth straight match and was swept for the second straight day, falling to George Washington 30-28, 28-26, 25-21 Sunday afternoon.

Rhode Island (6-20, 1-13 A10) had four set points in the first set, but could not close it out. Then, in the second set, the Rams fought off three set points for GW (13-13, 8-6 A10), but they could not even the match. The visiting Revolutionaries held the lead throughout the third set and were able to complete the sweep.

Set 1 - George Washington 30, Rhode Island 28
Trailing 21-14, Rhode Island staged a furious comeback and tied the match at 23-23 on a Cara Richter kill. Her second straight kill gave Rhody its first set point, but a Cayla Coogan killed evened the score. Havyn Rolle - who had six kills in the set - gave URI set point at 25-24, but Coogan again kept her team alive with a kill. Grace Keaney and Chloe Abuto teamed up for a block of Coogan to give URI a third set point at 26-25, but a service error once again tied the score. An Emily Sawyer kill put URI up 28-27, but another service error followed by back-to-back kills from Nicanora Clarke helped GW pull out the set.

Set 2 - George Washington 28, Rhode Island 26
Havyn Rolle have Rhode Island a 23-19 lead with a service ace, and the Rams appeared to be on the verge of tying the match. However, a 5-0 run by George Washington gave the guests set point at 24-23. A service error knotted the score, but the Revolutionaries got set point at 25-24 and 26-25, both times courtesy of kills from Riley Samuel. Rhody fought back to tie the match both times. However, at 26-26, GW got a kill from Nicanora Clarke followed by a kill from Yazmyn Billings to end the set.

Set 3 - George Washington 25, Rhode Island 21
A 6-2 start to the third set was the difference, as George Washington never trailed in the final set. Rhody managed to tie the score at 13-13, but GW pulled back in front with a 4-0 run. From there, the lead never got below two points, and Simone Assasie closed out the match with a kill at 24-21.

Inside the Box Score

• Rhode Island had a well-balanced attack, as Cara Richter provided 12 kills, while Havyn Rolle and Emily Sawyer had 11 each.
• The trio combined for 34 of Rhode Island's 44 kills.
• Rolle also had a team-high six blocks.
• Ema Stermenska had 18 assists and five digs.
• Dakota Henry led the team with 17 digs to go with six assists.
• Jahan Lalli had 16 assists and four digs.
• The Rams had 11 blocks as a team, giving them 208.5 for the season.
• It is the fourth consecutive year Rhody has topped 200 blocks.

Up Next
Rhode Island travels to Dayton for matches on Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7. The Friday match begins at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.