BROOKLYN, N.Y. — LIU women's volleyball took Northeast Conference-leading Sacred Heart to five sets on Friday night.
Ultimately, the Sharks fell in a thriller, 25-16, 22-25, 25-22, 17-25 and 15-11.
Both teams traded punches in the closing set, but the Pioneers narrowly prevailed.
Rumur Rouille, the conference leader in blocks, had a career night on the defensive end.
The junior middle blocker had a total of nine blocks, breaking her previous best of seven.
The second set came down to the wire with the dagger coming on an
Anastasia Scott kill to increase the lead to two before LIU eventually won the set.
Scott finished with 24 kills on the evening.
Karolina Nova paced the offense with 15 kills.
LIU is back in action tomorrow at home vs. CCSU at 5 p.m.