Women's volleyball moves to 3-0 in CCC after win over WNE
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BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott women’s
volleyball team got an 11-kill performance by freshman outside
hitter Alexandra Gearin (Los Angeles, Calif.) in a straight-set,
3-0 victory over CCC rival Western New England to improve to 8-9
overall and 3-0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-22) in conference play.
Following the loss, Western New England dropped to 6-8 (1-2
CCC). Endicott next faces non-conference opponent
Colby-Sawyer on Tuesday, October 4th at 7:00 pm in
MacDonald Gymnasium while Western New England hosts Wentworth on
the same day at the same time in league action.
Gearin used a .333 hit percentage with only four errors to lead
the Endicott attack. The first-year player also recorded four
service aces, seven digs and a block assist in the match.
Senior right side Elyse Barbour (Greenville, R.I.) complemented
Gearin’s offensive effort with seven kills with only one
error.
Endicott’s setter Sarah Allshouse (Berthoud, Colo.) was
effective with 28 assists and chipped in with seven digs, two
kills, and an assisted block.
Endicott’s defense was anchored by junior libero Ashley
Norley (Sudbury, Mass.) who had a match-high 17 digs with
Allshouse, Gearin, and Falyn Torelli (Pelham, N.Y.) each recording
seven digs apiece.
The Golden Bears saw two of their players tally a team-high seven
kills as sophomore middle hitter Tyler Singh (Dumont, N.J.) and
freshman outside hitter Kasey Cameron (Reading, Mass.) led the
Western New England attack. The Golden Bears rotated three
setters into their lineup with junior Heather Mears (Amherst,
Mass.) leading with 11 assists.
Defensive for Western New England, Singh was a force at the net
with six assisted blocks with Mears, Inna Sergeychik (West
Springfield, Mass.) and Cameron all contributing to the blocking
game. Libero Grace Kucharski (Avon, Conn.) had a team-high 12
digs.
In the first set, Endicott stormed out to an 8-1 advantage before
forcing a Golden Bears timeout. The Gulls maintained their
lead for much of the set until a six-point rally by Western New
England with the score at 23-19 gave the visitors the
momentum. Endicott, however, closed out the set with a
Western New England attack error and a Torelli kill to win set one
25-19.
Set two saw the Blue and Green once again get a sizeable lead
early on as Endicott led 13-3 at one point. The Gulls would
not allow the Golden Bears back into this set as they used
five-point serving rally by Gearin to solidify the set win at
25-12.
The final set was a back-and-forth battle between two squads early
on with Western New England holding 10-8 lead. Endicott
rebounded to win four straight points to take the lead. The
Gulls would not give up the lead, going up by as much as nine
points at match-point 24-15. Western New England, however,
earned seven straight points including six with senior Julie
Jackson (Princess Anne, Md.) on service who had two aces.
Endicott would take the final point of the set at 24-22 to win the
match.