SCORE: Wheaton 3 - Babson 1 (25-14, 21-25, 25-23, 25-17)

RECORDS: Wheaton (15-7, 4-3 NEWMAC) – Babson (16-4, 5-2 NEWMAC)

LOCATION: Norton, Mass. (Emerson Gymnasium)  

THE RUNDOWN:  

• Wheaton took four sets to hand the visiting Babson their first road loss of the season this evening at Emerson Gymnasium . 
• The Lyons held advantages in kills (45-36) and digs (60-51) over the course of four sets. 
• Wheaton cruised to an easy, 25-14 set one victory after a delivering a devastating 7-0 run to gain a 24-13 lead.
• Babson climbed back into the contest however to take the second set, 25-21, before eventually falling the final two sets, 25-23 and 25-17. 
• Junior Claire Cansler led all players on the court with eleven kills, while Julia Palomba and Cathryn MacGregor trailed closely behind with ten each. 
• Defensively, Babson's Abby Beecher set a contest-high 20 digs. Stephanie Martin, Palomba and MacGregor recorded 17, 16 and 14 digs, respectively. 
• Becca Houghton handed out a total 35 assists in addition to a pair of assists and six kills. 
• The win marks the sixth straight for the Lyons.

THE BASICS:

• Attacking percentage: Wheaton .131 - Babson .146
• Service aces: Wheaton 14 - Babson 4
• Digs: Wheaton 60 - Babson 51
• Block solos: Wheaton 1 - Babson 0
• Block assists: Wheaton 10 - Babson 14

UP NEXT: Wheaton will host a tri-match vs. Western New England University and UMass.-Dartmouth on Saturday, October 14 at 11:00 a.m. VIDEO / LIVE STATS