BROOKLYN -- Pratt Institute (13-2) broke a 1-1 tie by coming from behind in Game 3 and controlling the fourth set from the early stages in the Cannoneers 3-1 win over visiting York College (4-15) Thursday night at the Pratt ARC.
Middle hitter Hannah Calderwood (Clinton, WA/South Whidby) led all players with 14 kills and a .345 attack percentage, adding 13 digs and a pair of solo blocks for a double-double. Charlotte Burch (Lawrence, KS/Bishop Seabury) added eight kills and a team-best 14 digs, and in her first start as a Cannoneer, sophomore Beryl Perron-Feller (Bayside, NY/LaGuardia Arts) chipped in with eight digs in just one set of play.
With the opening set tied at 9-9, back-to-back Burch kills sparked a 11-3 run that put Pratt comfortably ahead 20-12. York rallied for four straight points thanks to consecutive Canneers attack errors, but Pratt held on for the 25-17 win.
It was the Cardinals that rallied in the second set when, after a Calderwood ace found the home team on top 12-7, a 10-3 run featuring a pair of Shauncia McClendon (Creedmor, NC/August Martin) kills gave York a 17-15 lead. Still on top by two at 23-21, a Tiandra Jones (Brooklyn, NY/Lewis D. Brandeis) ace and a Pratt attack error lifted the Cardinals to a 25-22 win.
The visitors carried their momentum into the third set, taking an 11-8 lead when McClendon and NaaDira Patrick (Kingstown, St. Vincent/Lee) combined to send back a Calderwood attack. Three straight Cardinals errors and a Calderwood kill started an 8-3 run that put Pratt on top for good, as back-to-back Diana Lezama (Bethesda, MD/Hotchkiss) aces closed the door on a 25-21 win.
After scoring 17 of the final 27 points of Game 3, following an early 5-5 tie, the fourth set was all Pratt. The Cannoneers ran away with nine of the last 12 points in Game 4, with Burch, Lezama and sophomore Joan Wyeth (Ivoryton, CT/Valley) throwing over kills in a late-game stretch that sent Pratt to a 25-13 Game 4 win and the team's 13th win in 15 tries in 2014.
For York, Alliston Li (Brooklyn, NY/Hunter Science) led all players with 17 digs, and Patrick paced the team with 12 kills and a .269 attack percentage. McClendon, meanwhile, turned around a match-best four solo blocks.
For Pratt, junior Alli Houghton (Allentown, PA/Emmaus) handed out a match-high 29 set assists to go along with nine digs, and Abby Nagy (Ann Arbor, MI/Pioneer) added 12 digs.
The Cannoneers return to the court in non-conference play on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at the College of Mount Saint Vincent.
