FLUSHING, N.Y. – On Tuesday night, the Queens College volleyball team (3-16 overall, 2-7 ECC) gave it their all but fell to the University of Bridgeport Purple Knights (13-8 overall, 6-2 ECC) in East Coast Conference action at Fitzgerald Gymnasium. 
 
Freshman Christina Franco (Lynbrook, N.Y.) and sophomore Alexis Deodat (Riverview, FL) combined for 15 kills but were unable to force a deciding fifth set as they fell to the set scores of 8-25, 26-24, 17-25. 12-25.
 
How it Happened 

• Both sides exchanged points in the early going as Queens kept the score close trailing by two (9-7) but with the Bridgeport hitting over .300% in the first set, the Purple Knights were able to pull away. 
• An 8-0 run by the Purple Knights combined with the Knights hitting -.292%, the home side would go down 25-8 in the first set. 
• The second set saw the score tied six times but the home side capitalized on 13 errors to take the second set from Bridgeport. 
• Leading 8-7, the Knights went on a 7-1 run to take their biggest lead (15-8) of the evening to force a Purple Knights timeout.
• But the visitors would not go down without forcing Queens to dig deep as they looked to the tie match.
• With the second tied 24-24, Franco would put the Knights one point away from tying the match before sophomore Leila Hadjeb (Queens, N.Y) served an ace to seal the 26-24 second set win to tie the match 1-1. 
• With the third set tied 3-3, Bridgeport used a 6-0 run to force a Queens timeout. 
• but the visitors' offense would prove to be too much as Amanda Keller and Amanda Hennemann combined for 11 kills as the visitors took the third set 25-17 to take a 2-1 lead. 
• Tied 5-5, Bridgeport would once again use another big run to pull away as they took an 11-6 lead forcing a Queens timeout. 
• Still within striking distance of forcing a deciding set, the Knights were undone by attacking errors as the Purple Knights took the match 3-1 with a 25-12 fourth set victory. 

By the Numbers

• Despite the four-set loss, Queen ended a streak of seven straight sweeps by winning by the second set over Bridgeport since the Knights swept the visitors at home back on October 27, 2016. 
• Franco fell short of a double-double as the Lynbrook native tallied nine kills on team-high 34 attempts and combined team-high 17 digs. 
• Deodat and freshman Anjeline Arnakis (Bayside, N.Y.) combined for 11 kills and three blocks. 
• Hadjeb tallied a team-high three service aces, while sophomore Jordan Warthen (Baldwin, N.Y.) notched 23 assists and seven digs on the night. 

UP NEXT: Queens returns to the road to conclude October in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. against the Mavericks of Mercy College (10-12 overall, 5-2 ECC) at Victory Hall Gym. First serve set for 7:00 p.m.
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