NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – New Haven Volleyball suffered a 3-2 setback on Friday night at the hands of the CCSU Blue Devils.
Despite having a higher hitting percentage, New Haven dropped the first of the back-to-back matches to its rival.
The Blue & Gold were once again led by
Lauren MacKellar (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Northville) with 12 kills. She was followed by
Kole Fluckiger (Chadler, AZ) (eight) and
Kassadi Avent (Woolwich, NJ) (seven).
Doing the majority of the set up work was
Juli De Acharan (Sevilla, Spain/IES Nestor Almendros). De Acharan, who set a career-high in the match, finished with 36 helpers.
All of MacKellar, De Acharan, Avent,
Payton Malinoski (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township), and
Josie Foster (Kurwongbah, Australia) finished the match with one service ace.
New Haven finishes its 2025 season on Saturday, Nov. 8 at CCSU. First serve for the finale is set for 5:00 p.m.