WEST HAVEN, Conn –  After a week off the Chargers return to their home in Charger Gymnasium looking to pick up their first home win of the year and honor their six seniors for the teams Senior Day. In a matchup the Chargers have dominated lifetime and apart of two double headers students and fans filled the seats to watch the Chargers take on the Dolphins of Le Moyne in a conference matchup. 

Series History

Ahead of the 19 match between the two NE10 conference opponents, New Haven has dominated the series leading the all time series 18-1with the Chargers winning last year over the Dolphins on the road in New. The Dolphins lone win in the series came two years ago at Charger Gymnasium as the Chargers look to avenge the lone blemish in the series history. 

Scouting the Chargers Seniors

Before the game New Haven honored its six seniors, Sydney Aber (Blaine, Minn./Blaine), Emily Barry (Freeport, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy), Itzel Cruz (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Notre Dame), Julia Guarniere (Milford, N.H./Milford), Emma Lazerson (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) and Sammie Paguia (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge). All six represented the blue and gold both on and off the court winning multiple individual awards from the conference along with earning academic awards through the conference and the University. After four years of hours of practices, film and road trips, the seniors depart the team leaving their legacy behind for the underclassmen to look on going forward. 

Following the senior day festivities the Chargers and Dolphins took to the court with both teams splitting the first four points of the match. Emily Barry (Freeport, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) changed the tempo when she answered with back to back kills to give the Chargers the lead and a lead the blue and gold never looked back from. After Le Moyne earned a point, New Haven put up four straight with three kills from Amihan Johnson (Tacoma, Wash./Fife High School) and another kill from Barry. The Chargers put together two more streaks of four points to take the first set by a commanding score of 25-13 going up 1-0 over the Dolphins. Down 11-9 in the set the Chargers charged back with Macy Brown (Cadillac, Mich./Cadillac) serving, as Brown registered a pair of service aces and Avery Moore (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville Community High School) picked up a kill to take the lead for the Chargers and turn the tide of the second set. The lead the blue and gold created during the streak would be the difference maker after a late surge by the dolphins in the set was shut down when Emily Barry (Freeport, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) slammed the door with a kill to take the set 25-21 and go up 2-0 in the match. The third set opened up quickly with Macy Brown (Cadillac, Mich./Cadillac) and Emily Barry (Freeport, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) both picking up kills to take the early lead 2-0. The blue and gold then rattled off streaks of four, three and another four to go up 18-10. Down the stretch head coach Christa Cooper got her seniors in to close out the match as Sammie Paguia (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) registered three assists to end the set with her final one to Kylie Reynolds-Martin (San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Mitty) to seal the set and match 25-16 and win the match 3-0. Emily Barry (Freeport, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) led all scorers with 15 kills and was one of three Chargers who had double diget kills as Macy Brown (Cadillac, Mich./Cadillac) had 14, and Amihan Johnson (Tacoma, Wash./Fife High School) had 11. Sophia Leon-Tabor (Fort Myers, Fla./Fort Myers) added 44 assists to her total and Sammie Paguia (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) added three assists to close out the third set.

Up Next

With the win the Chargers improve to 8-7 and begin a revenge tour road trip beginning with a rematch of the NE-10 Championship game as the team travels to Springfield to take on the preseason number ones and defending champs American International College on Tuesday Oct. 4 before returning to Connecticut and taking on rivals Southern Connecticut State on Oct. 8. All post-game coverage, stats and stories for both games will be available at NewHavenChargers.com.