BOSTON, MASS.- William & Mary volleyball dropped a three-set match to Northeastern in Boston on Monday evening. The loss dropped the Tribe to 6-15 on the season, 2-8 in conference play. Julia Brown was a bright spot for The Green and Gold. The junior recorded six kills with a .333 hitting percentage and added four blocks. The Tribe will return home Wednesday to begin their final home stand of the year. 
 
How It Happened
Early in the first set, the Tribe went on a five-point run highlighted by kills from Claire Farrell and Lauren Merrill, and a block from Merrill and Kaitlyn Ferguson to give the Green and Gold a 7-5 lead. After a point from the Huskies, William & Mary would take six of the next seven points behind a pair of Julia Brown kills to open a 13-7 edge. Northeastern rallied to tie the game 15-15 and later use a 4-0 run to jump to a 19-16 lead. The Huskies would not trail again coasting to a 25-22 win despite the Tribe receiving four kills from both Julia Brown and Claire Farrell. 
 
Two kills from Lauren Merrill and one from Kate Dedrick helped the Tribe to an early 4-3 edge in set two, but Northeastern would be bolstered by a 4-0 scoring run to take a 9-6 advantage. After the Huskies opened up a 13-8 lead, the Tribe would rally to cut the advantage to one just moments before a block from Julia Brown would tie the game at 14-14. Northeastern would respond pushing the score to 20-16 on their way to a 25-19 second set win. 
 
The teams traded points early in the third stanza as the Tribe and Huskies played to a 5-5 tie. Five straight points would help Northeastern to an 11-6 lead and later a 3-0 run would give the Huskies a 23-13 cushion. The Huskies would benefit from a pair of aces and a .486 hitting percentage in a 25-15 third set win. 
 
Inside the Numbers
Despite losing the opening set, the Tribe had a stronger first set hitting .167 to Northeastern's .125. Lauren Merrill was the Tribe's top offensive weapon with eight kills as fellow sophomore Claire Farrell added seven. William & Mary out blocked the Huskies 8-2 with Julia Brown leading the way with four send-backs. Gabi Ganley led the Tribe with 10 digs in the match. It is the fourth time in five matches that the freshman has hit the double-digit mark. Autumn Brenner was just two digs shy of a double-double as she produced 25 assists and tallied eight digs. 
 
Up Next
Wednesday kicks off a three-match home stand for the Green and Gold, the season's final three matches at Kaplan Arena. The Tribe will face Elon on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. and host Charleston on Friday evening. The home schedule will come to a close on Sunday when W&M celebrates senior Autumn Brenner before facing UNCW at 1:00 p.m.