JERSEY CITY, N.J.- The Peacocks fall against Sacred Heart in four sets (25-21, 23-25, 14-25, 24-26).
Saint Peter's recorded 51 kills and 46 assists as
Victoria Pruvost put up 13 points as she helped keep the Peacocks in the match.
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET ONE-
The first set started with a kill from Sacred Heart, followed by Saint Peter's very own
Julia Whaley answering back with her first kill of the game.
SHU and the Peacocks would continue to find an answer for one another, with
Ioanna Ververaki helping to keep SPU in the match with an ace and an assist to
Elina Arsov.
SHU began to pull away as they put up a kill; in addition to the Peacocks having three attack errors going into the media timeout, SPU responded with a kill from
Karolina T. Rodriguez Mendez and another kill from Arsov.
With the set sitting at 16-19 in SHU's favor, the Peacocks looked to spark a comeback after Mendez getting her second kill of the set.
Saint Peter's would come back as SHU struggled to find an answer for Pruvost and Whaley as they piled on the points and put the Peacocks up by two at 23-21.
Sacred Heart tried to bounce back, but Mendez and Arsov denied them with a block, ending the set at 25-21.
SET TWO-
SHU came out of the second set swinging as they opened the board with a five-point run, with
Valeria Pagan Munoz putting a stop to it with a kill, followed by Pruvost getting another kill to add to her line.
The Peacocks would start another comeback that was started by a kill from Munoz, leading to them taking the lead following an attack error going into the media timeout.
As Saint Peter's held onto a one-point lead at 15-14 coming out of the timeout, a service error would tie the match at 15-15.
SPU extended their lead with a kill from Purvost, and as SHU struggled to get the ball over they would get an attack and a service error to push the Peacocks up at 21-18.
Sacred Heart came with a 5-2 run to close out the set at 25-23 as they tied the series at 1-1.
SET THREE-
The third set was all SHU as the Peacocks struggled to get back into the set early, as Indria T. Benitez Dumeng tried to pull SPU back into the game, as the Peacocks were only able to put up 14 points throughout the set, with Sacred Heart taking it 25-14.
SET FOUR-
SHU tried to push the momentum from the third set into the fourth as they were able to get three on the board before Whaley interrupted their run with a kill.
As Sacred Heart continued to extend their lead, Pruvost, Munoz, and Arsov tried to bring the Peacocks back into the set till they were tied at 22-22, with SHU taking the lead back with a kill.
The Peacocks and SHU would trade leads, with neither team wanting to give an inch till two attack errors in Sacred Heart's favor pushed them ahead and took the set at 26-24 with a 3-1 set lead.
UP NEXT-
The Peacocks are back at home as Fairfield comes into town on Saturday, Nov 7th at 1 p.m.
