KEENE, N.H. 11/03/09 - The #4 seed Keene State College women's volleyball team was upset by #5 seed Rhode Island College 3-2 (17-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 15-11) Tuesday night at Spaulding Gymnasium. The Anchormen (18-18) will advance to the LEC Semifinals, where they will travel to #1 seed UMass-Boston on Friday night.

The Owls (18-17) jumped out to a 25-17 win in game one behind sophomore Bridget O'Bryant's (Merrimack, N.H.) six kills on 11 attempts for a .455 hitting percentage. Senior setter Jordan Pokryfki's (Wasilla, Alaska) put up 13 assists to pace the Owls attack.

In game two, RIC would answer as freshman setter Jessica Ho (Providence, R.I.) would put up ten assists and freshman middle blocker Kalyn Archer (Warwick, R.I.) had three kills to total six on the match.

In game three Ho's service ace nodded the score at 23 but Keene State would take a 2-1 lead on a kill from sophomore middle blocker Ellyse Davis (Londonderry, N.H.). The Owls were paced again by Pokryfki with 14 assists and eight kills from O'Bryant.

The Owls looked to close out the Anchormen in game four jumping out to a 16-12 lead on a service ace from senior libero Abby Rosen (Hebron, Conn.). RIC would fight back with five kills from junior April Oberhelman (Woonsocket, R.I.) and junior outside hitter Tess Heidel (Warwick, R.I.) would serve out the last four points to force a fifth and deciding game.

RIC took control of game five, hopping out to a 10-4 lead before KSC head coach Bob Weiner was forced to call a timeout. The Owls came out firing, as Davis would smash five straight kills to make it 10-9. The Anchorman bounced back and Heidel's block sealed the deal for RIC and the 3-2 road victory over Keene State.

O'Bryant's 23 kills was a career-high, and one off the school record for kills in a match held by her sister Brittany O'Bryant on September 19^th, 2006 against Colby Sawyer. Davis was right behind her with 19 kills, while Pokryfki put up 53 assists and 12 digs in the losing effort. Rosen had a game-high 25 digs.

RIC was led by Breanna Boyer's (West Greenwich, R.I.) 18 kills and Ho's 56 assists. Oberhelman and Sharon Corriveau (Coventry, R.I.) had 12 and 11 kills respectively in the win.