The UConn women’s volleyball squad beat the Fairfield Stags on Saturday and won against the Northeastern Huskies on Sunday to bring their record to 8-1.
On Saturday, UConn won the first two sets 25-19 and 25-23, with Emma Werkmeister making the kill to win set one and Grace Maria getting the kill to win set two.
Then, Fairfield evened the score at 2-2 after winning set three 25-16 and set four 25-21. Werkmeister committed an attack error to end set three, and Fairfield’s Mamie Krubally made the kill to win set four.
The game then went into a fifth set. In order to win, a team would need to get 15 points.
After the Stags tied the fifth set 6-6, UConn went on a run to take the final set 15-9 and win over Fairfield.
Werkmeister led UConn with 18 kills and Audrey Rome was not far behind with 14.
On Sunday, UConn beat Northeastern in three sets with scores of 25-21, 25-22 and 25-21.
The first two sets were won with blocks by Maria and Jordyn Hughes. Set three was won with a kill by Jess Perry.
Svenja Rodenbusch and Werkmeister led Northeastern and UConn in kills with nine each, while McKenna Brand led all players in digs with 12.
UConn had the top two points leaders, with Werkmeister’s 12.5 points and Maria’s 11.5 points.
UConn’s will next face Brown on Sept. 19, Marist on Sept. 20 and Sacred Heart on Sept. 21.