NIAGARA FALLS, NY — The Merrimack College women's volleyball team fell to the Niagara Purple Eagles Friday night 3-1 by scores of 25-20, 25-16, 11-25, 25-21.

The Warriors two game win streak came to a halt on Friday night at the hands of the Purple Eagles. Niagara would come out to take the first two sets of the match before the Warriors would show out in the third in dominant fashion. Freshman outside hitter Tami Afolalu was the key piece for the Warriors tonight, once again setting a new season and career high with 18 kills on the outing. Junior opposite Maiella Blandin and sophomore opposite Jocelyn Hammerstrand combined for 15 kills on the night. Niagara would go on to take set 4 and close out the match.

The Warriors return to the court tomorrow where they will head to Buffalo to take on Canisius with first serve set for 2 pm, with the game streaming live on gogriffs.com.