Women's volleyball sweeps Eastern Nazarene 3-0 at home

Box Score

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott women’s volleyball team improved to 2-0 in CCC play with a straight set, 3-0 (25-15, 25-10, 25-14) win over Eastern Nazarene on Wednesday evening.  The Gulls improved to 7-9 overall while the Lions dropped to 7-8 (1-2 CCC).

Endicott used a strong setting performance by senior captain Sarah Allshouse (Berthoud, Colo.) and a trio of attacker with nine kills each to take down Eastern Nazarene.  Senior Elyse Barbour (Greenville, R.I.), junior Falyn Torelli (Pelham, N.Y.) and freshman Alexandra Gearin (Los Angeles, Calif.) all tied for a match-high nine kills. 

Barbour and Torelli registered only one error each, part of an efficient offensive night for the Gulls who sported a .300 hit percentage against the Lions. 

Eastern Nazarene’s setter, freshman Birdina Tuiava (Colorado Springs, Colo.) had 11 assists and seven digs to lead her team.  She also tied Kaitlyn Yoder (Smithsburg, Md.) and Kortney Jenkins (Bunker Hill, W. Va.) with a team-high three kills. 

Defensively for the Lions, freshman libero Kori Sorensen (Quincy, Mass.) matched Tuiava with seven digs while fellow freshman Gina Anderson (Barrington, R.I.) chipped in with six digs. 

For the Gulls, Allshouse led the Blue and Green with 10 digs while libero Ashley Norley (Sudbury, Mass.) added nine digs to Endicott’s defensive efforts. 

Endicott also saw Callie Dolan (Westford, Mass.) and Hannah Dahlgren (Queensbury, N.Y.) contribute with four and three kills, respectively. 

Endicott hosts CCC rival Western New England on Saturday, October 1^st at 1:00 pm in MacDonald Gymnasium while Eastern Nazarene welcomes Wentworth for a 1:00 pm conference match on the same day.