UMass-Lowell downed the Knights, 3-1,  in Massachusetts on Friday night in the first of three games for Queens College in the 2010 NE10/ECC Volleyball Challenge.

The scores of the games were 25-22, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20.

QC held a 21-20 lead in game one on a UML attack error but surrendered five of the last six points in dropping a 25-22 decision. Lowell used runs of 5-0, 6-0 and 4-0 in taking game two, 25-19 before QC rallied from a 21-16 deficit in the third game to win, 25-23. In the decisive fourth game, UML turned a 11-9 edge into a 22-12 advantage on their way to a 25-20 win and a  three games to one victory over the Knights.

Lisa Marie Papenthin had nine kills and 15 digs while Latoya Edward had eight kills and 19 digs and Jovana Pavlovic added eight kills and 15 digs for QC.

Photo Credit: Brain Ballweg