Women's Volleyball 9/13/2016 12:00:00 AM

Seahawk Volleyball Sweeps Gallaudet

Box Score

For Immediate Release · By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu

St. Mary's City, Md. – A balanced attack helped the St. Mary's College of Maryland volleyball team collect its third 3-0 win of the season by sweeping Gallaudet University (25-19, 25-20, 25-18) in non-conference action Tuesday night.

St. Mary's (Md.) 3, Gallaudet 0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-18)

How It Happened

St. Mary's controlled the tempo in the opening set from the first serve and led by as many as six throughout the game. Sophomore outside hitter Meghan Kelley (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) notched the final two points of the set with a kill and a service ace.
The second set featured seven tied scores and four lead changes. Gallaudet owned a 15-13 lead before the Seahawks closed out the game on a 12-5 run as senior outside hitter Alli Graf (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) and sophomore middle blocker Hannah Krauss (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) each tallied three kills.
There were five tied scores early on but St. Mary's never trailed in the set. The Seahawks broke a 6-6 draw with a 14-4 run for their biggest lead of the match at 20-10. A Gallaudet service error ended the match.

For The Seahawks (7-3)

A. Graf (10 digs, match-best 9 kills, 2 service aces); Krauss (8 kills); Mimi Graf (match-high 25 assists, 13 digs); Marissa Dangler (18 digs, 2 assists); Carissa Hill (10 digs, career-best 63 kills, 3 assists).
St. Mary's posted a .138 hitting percentage, tallied eight service aces, and notched 2.0 team blocks.

For Gallaudet (1-7)

Darriyan Thomas (18 digs, match-best 9 kills); Adele Daniels (8 kills, 7 digs, 2 service aces); Jasmine Jeter (22 assists, 4 digs); Raelyn Fuechtmann (match-best 21 digs).
The Bison attacked at a .043 clip with four service aces and 6.0 team blocks.

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