Chicago State Women’s Volleyball Captures NEC Opener Against Stonehill Friday

CHICAGO — The Chicago State women’s volleyball team defeated Stonehill 3-2 on Friday (October 2) to open Northeast Conference play as the Cougars won 25-21, 26-24, 11-25, 23-25, 16-14. CSU finished with an 18-6 blocking advantage in the five-set win. The Cougars opened the first set with the first three points, getting a Nina Mitchell kill from Nayella George and a Camryn McCollum kill from Kristine Bakhad after a Stonehill attack error. Stonehill worked back to tie it at 8-8 on consecutive Samantha Loyd kills, and the teams traded points through the middle of the set until Annabelle Svenson’s kill…