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St. Mary's City, Md. - Outside hitters
Katie Ewing (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) and
Claire Kodan (Olney, Md./Sherwood) combined for 38
kills in helping the St. Mary's College of Maryland volleyball
squad close out the regular season on a high note with a pair of
3-0 victories over Rutgers University-Newark and Cabrini College
Saturday on Senior Day.
With the two wins today, fifth-year head coach Morris
Davis recorded his 100th and 101st career wins since
Davis took over the reins of the Seahawk
volleyball program in 2004. His career mark now stands a
101-61 for a .623 win-loss percentage.
As a team, the Seahawks (26-6) registered a total of 22 service
aces, including 15 in the sweep of Rutgers-Newark (3-28).
St. Mary's posted set scores of 25-8, 25-3, 25-14 in its
three-set victory over Rutgers-Newark. Ewing
led the way with 10 kills and no errors in 12 attempts for an
impressive .833 hitting percentage. Junior setter
Jenn Feldmann (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial)
dished out a match-high 17 assists and had eight digs, while
sophomore outside hitter Katie Obal (Olney,
Md./Sherwood) served up a career-best seven aces.
The Seahawks followed up their performance against
Rutgers-Newark with a sweep of Cabrini (18-12) by virtue of the
following set scores: 25-11, 25-19, 25-19.
Ewing and Kodan both had 11 kills
each to lead the group, while junior outside hitter Sarah
Gregorini (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) added 10.
Kodan also led the defense with nine digs.
Feldmann served four aces against the
Cavaliers, while senior Becca Tursell (Ellicott
City, Md./Glenelg) had three. Tursell also chipped in six
kills, five digs and two block assists.
The game also marked the final regular-season home game for
Tursell, Megan Graydon
(West Friendship, Md./Glenelg), and Jackie
Reid (Poolesville, Md./Poolesville). In the past
four seasons, the senior class is 95-42 overall, which includes an
18-12 conference record. The Seahawks made back-to-back
appearances in the Capital Athletic Conference semifinals in 2006
and 2007 and will be making another one this season. In 2007,
St. Mary's advanced for the first time ever to the CAC Championship
game and set a school record with 30 wins in a season.
As the No. 2 seed in the 2008 Capital Athletic Conference
Volleyball Tournament which begins November 4, St. Mary's drew a
first round bye and will host a semifinal round game on Thursday,
November 6 at 7:00 in the Athletics & Recreation Center
Arena. The Seahawks will face the winner of No. 6 seed York
(Pa.) University at No. 3 seed Stevenson University.
