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St. Mary's City, Md. - A balanced Seahawk
attack helped the St. Mary's College of Maryland volleyball team
pick up its 12th consecutive victory with a 3-0 (25-18,
25-14, 25-19) sweep of the University of Mary Washington in Capital
Athletic Conference action Thursday night.
Senior middle blocker Becca Tursell (Ellicott
City, Md./Glenelg) and outside hitters Sarah
Gregorini (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial), and
Katie Obal (Olney, Md./Sherwood) each tallied six
kills to pace the Seahawks (13-1, 3-0 CAC) to an undefeated mark in
conference play. Tursell also finished with
four total blocks (2 solo, 2 assists).
St. Mary's opened up with a 3-0 run in the first set before a
4-1 Eagle run tied up the set. After that point, Mary
Washington (9-7, 2-2 CAC) stayed within two points before a 9-5
spurt sparked the Seahawks to pull away for the 25-18 win.
Gregorini paced the Hawks with three kills, while
Obal and Tursell each had two.
In the second set, Gregorini,
Obal, and junior outside hitter Katie
Ewing (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) each notched two
kills in leading SMCM to the 25-14 victory. The closest Mary
Washington came in this game was 4-3 following a kill by senior
outside hitter Kelley Hueber (Grapevine,
Texas/Grapevine).
The final set was the closest of the three as the Eagles clawed
their way out of a 17-10 deficit to pull within 21-19 behind the
efforts of junior outside hitter Anne Lutkenhaus
(Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman) who registered three kills.
However, back-to-back kills from Tursell and
Ewing set up match point which was won following a
block solo by Tursell.
Setters Jenn Feldmann (Ellicott City,
Md./Centennial) and Megan Graydon (West
Friendship, Md./Glenelg) combined for 24 assists, while sophomore
outside hitter Claire Kodan (Olney, Md./Sherwood)
registered a match-high 12 digs.
The Eagles were led in the loss by Lutkenhaus'
10 kills, while freshman setter Katie Shiflett
(Weyers Cave, Va./Fort Defiance) put up a match-best 16
assists. Junior libero Lindsey Scott
(Altavista, Va./Altavista) paced the squad with eight digs.
St. Mary's will be back in action tomorrow when the Seahawks
commence competition at the two-day Mizuno Blue Jay Classic hosted
by Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa. SMCM will kick
off the tournament against Widener University at 2:30 followed by a
match-up with Lycoming College at 4:30.
