NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — The Chicago State women's volleyball team lost to Central Conn. St.  3-0 on Friday (Oct. 16), falling 18-25, 11-25, 17-25. 

After Central Conn. St. moved in front 6-3, CSU scored four straight points, using a Central Conn. St. service error, a Central Conn. St. attack error, a Kristine Bakhad kill and a block by Jenesis Perrin and Graci Littlejohn to go ahead 7-6. Central Conn. St. answered with the next three points to lead 9-7, and after CSU stayed within 12-10, the home team scored five straight, including a Breanna Ginley kill and an Annabelle Denomme ace, to make it 17-10. Rayon Thigpen stopped that stretch with a kill, but Central Conn. St. pushed the margin to 20-11 before Chicago State worked back to 23-18 behind late kills from Nina Mitchell, Perrin and Bakhad. Central Conn. St. closed the set with kills by Cullen Winter and Madison Fulgencio for a 25-18 win.

The Cougars answered an early 2-0 deficit with kills by Camryn McCollum and Nayella George, then tied the set again at 4-4 on George's block of Madison Fulgencio. Central Conn. St. moved back in front with an Olivia Keckler kill and an Annabelle Denomme ace for a 7-4 lead, and later built the margin to 15-8 behind Cullen Winter's kills and a Meg Berkland ace. After Nina Mitchell's kill made it 15-9, Central Conn. St. scored four straight points, including a Breanna Ginley kill and a block by Keckler and Ginley, to go ahead 19-9. Central Conn. St. added five straight points to reach 24-10, and after McCollum fought off set point with a kill, Keckler closed the set at 25-11.

Central Conn. St. scored the first three points on kills by Breanna Ginley and Madison Fulgencio, but CSU tied the set at 3-3 after a service error and consecutive aces by Eliza Covrig. Central Conn. St. moved back ahead 13-7 with a stretch that included kills by Hanley Schmidt and Ginley, then led 15-8 before Chicago State scored four straight, including a Perrin-McCollum block, another Covrig ace and a McCollum kill to get within 15-12. McCollum and George added kills to keep the Cougars within 17-14, but Central Conn. St. answered with kills from Cullen Winter, Olivia Keckler, Schmidt and Anja Milosevic to reach 21-15. After a service error made it 21-16, Central Conn. St. got a Schmidt kill and back-to-back Milosevic aces to reach 24-16, and Madison Fulgencio's kill finished the set at 25-17.

Central Conn. St. improves to 3-15 overall and 1-4 in NEC play while Chicago State Chicago State is noww 1-16 overall and 1-4 in NEC play.

Up Next
These two teams meet up again tomorrow Saturday, Oct. 17 for a match starting at noon CT.