St. Mary's City, Md. – Senior outside hitter Jenn Rindone (Crofton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) and first-year middle blocker Mandy Goodspeed (Columbia, Md./Atholton) guided the St. Mary's College of Maryland volleyball team to a 3-1 (20-25, 25-14, 25-21, 25-14) victory over the University of Mary Washington in Capital Athletic Conference action Tuesday night.

Rindone led a strong defensive effort with a season-best 23 digs while Goodspeed tallied match-highs of 10 kills, a .381 attack percentage and 5.0 total blocks (two solo).

Mary Washington (5-7, 1-2 CAC) claimed a 25-20 win in the first set after overcoming a 7-3 deficit with a 12-7 run to stake their first lead of the game.  Junior hitter Kaitlynn Wickersham (Midlothian, Va./Manchester) and sophomore outside hitter Kayla Crawford (Richmond, Va./Powhatan) paced UMW in the set win with five kills each.  As a team, Mary Washington hit .520 for the set.

St. Mary's (11-5, 2-1 CAC) gathered its bearings and dominated the second set as Goodspeed knocked down a kill off an assist by first-year setter Grace Chao (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) to break a 9-9 draw and spark a 12-1 run, giving the Seahawks a 22-10 advantage en route to a 25-14 victory.

The two teams were neck-and-neck in the third set as the game featured 13 tied scores and five lead changes.  Crawford knotted the set at 15-all and helped the Eagles to a 4-0 run for an 18-15 lead, forcing St. Mary's to call a timeout.  Two UMW errors and two kills by senior right-side hitter Shelby Mullennix (California, Md./Leonardtown) returned the lead to the Seahawks at 21-20.

After an Eagle kill made it 21-21, the hosts closed it out on a 4-0 run as a kill by first-year middle blocker Autumn Fisher (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) sealed the 25-21 win.

St. Mary's cruised in the fourth and final set, breaking open a 4-4 draw with a 15-7 run to post a 19-11 margin before heading to a 25-14 triumph for the match.

Rindone was one kill shy of a double-double with nine kills on the night.  Senior setter Dani Thorne (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams) registered her fifth double-double of the season on 20 digs and 18 assists.  Junior libero Bianca Livioco (Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg) contributed 14 digs while senior outside hitter Cecilia Blanc (Gaithersburg, Md./Poolesville) added a dozen digs and eight kills.

Chao notched her first career double-double on 16 assists and 11 digs.

First-year setter Courtney Guengerich (Herndon, Va./Herndon) paced the Eagles with 15 assists and 11 digs while junior defensive specialist Christine Tran (Oakton, Va./Oakton) picked up 33 digs.

The Seahawks will return to action next Wednesday, October 10 as St. Mary's travels to Arlington, Va. to take on Marymount (Va.) University in league action at 7:00 pm.

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