Springfield, Mass. – November 11, 2025 – The third-seeded Springfield College women's volleyball team advanced to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship Tournament semifinal round following tonight's sweep over sixth-seeded Emerson College in the conference quarterfinals in Blake Arena.
Springfield, which improved to 23-6 overall, defeated Emerson (14-15) by set scores of 25-18, 25-21, 25-13 and will take on second-seeded Babson College at MIT in Cambridge on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 pm.
Emily Keaveney (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) played her best match of the season as she hit .529 with ten kills and just one error to go along with seven digs and three aces. The middle duo of
Aubrey Hughes (Liberty Hill, Texas) and
Jodi Saelua (Mililani, Hawaii) combined for 17 of Springfield's 41 kills and nine total blocks, while
Ahunna James (Plainville, Mass.) added seven kills, two aces, four blocks and ten digs and
Tori Colosimo (Fairport, N.Y.) registered 31 assists, 12 digs, two blocks and two aces. As a team, Springfield hit .333 on the night and held Emerson to a hitting percentage of .082.
Emerson held a 14-13 edge in the first before a kill from James ignited a 5-1 run for Springfield that also featured a block from Saelua and
Alexa Bonato (Orange, Conn.). The Lions climbed back within one at 18-17, but a swing by Keaveney sparked Springfield's offense as the Pride scored seven of the first set's final eight points to win it 25-18. The set-ending run featured two kills from Hughes and was capped on an ace by Colosimo.
Springfield scored the first four points of the second as back-to-back swings by Hughes opened the stanza. Emerson was able to eventually tie the score at 13 and following a string of six straight points by the Lions, the visitors took a 20-17 lead. Springfield answered as two errors and a kill from Saelua knotted the score at 20 before five straight points that featured kills from Saelua and
Aurissa Boardman (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and an ace from James secured the second 25-21.
The third set was all Springfield as the Pride raced out to an 8-3 lead following a block from Saelua and James. An ace from James made it 12-4 and Springfield eventually led by 12 at 21-9 after a string of kills from Hughes and Keaveney. Two swings from Boardman including the final one on the night gave Springfield a 25-13 win in the third and pushed the Pride into the semifinal round once again.
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