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Worcester, MA - Manhattan fell in three sets to Brown on day one of the Holy Cross Invitational.

The Bears won by scores of 26-24, 25-17 and 25-10 in moving to 2-0 while the Jaspers fall to 0-5.

In the opening set, Brown opened up a 17-12 lead before Manhattan roared back with an 12-6 run in taking a 24-23 lead while forcing a Bear timeout. In the spurt, freshman Erin Hoener (St. Louis, MO / Incarnate Word)  led the rally with an ace, block and kill. Unfortunately, Brown responded with three-straight points in picking up the 26-24 victory.

The Bears registered a wire-to-wire 25-17 win in the second set before claiming a 25-10 victory in the third and final set.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
* Junior Sandra Lozanova (Pernik, Bulgaria / Fresno State) registered all four of her team-leading kills in the third set while also adding eight digs.

* Senior Mary Donnelly (Temecula, CA / Chaparral) and junior Olyvia Chaltas (Temecula, CA / Great Oak) matched Lozanova with a team-best kills.

* Junior Alyssa Rehrer (Lorton, VA / South County) registered a team-high 12 digs while classmate Zoe Lindsey (McHenry, IL / McHenry CC) added 11 assists.

* Hoener had three aces.

UP NEXT
Manhattan continues play in the Holy Cross Invitational against Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday, September 2 at 3:30 pm before concluding play against Holy Cross at 6:00 pm.