NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Trailblazers lost in four sets (21-25, 25-22, 13-25, 23-25) to the Salem State Vikings on Thursday evening. The Trailblazers lost the match in four sets 3-1 . The Trailblazers now fall to 8-16, 1-5 and the Vikings improve to 4-14, 2-3.

 

The Vikings came out of the locker room hot, winning the first set 25-21 behind and offense perfermance from Emily Peay, who had 3 kills on 5 attempts.

 

A Kendra Hobbs block ended set two in a high-energy 25-22 victory for the Trailblazers.

 

Sets three and four went to the visiting Vikings.

 

Brittany Kish had 30 assists and 11 digs on the evening while teammate Kelley Bryant led the team with 19 digs.

 

For the visiting Vikings, Mackenzie Carpenter had 29 assists.

 

The Trailblazers will be back in action when they travel to Curry College on Saturday for a service time of noon. The Vikings will play Eastern Nazarene College on Saturday at 11 a.m.