Women's volleyball moves to 3-0 in CCC after win over WNE

Box Score

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 4^th 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.