Women's Volleyball 10/8/2017 12:00:00 AM

Seahawk Volleyball Falls Short to Eastern Mennonite

Box Score

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

St. Mary's City, Md. – Senior outside hitter Brigid Morris (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson) tallied a career-best 19 kills but the St. Mary's College of Maryland volleyball team dropped a 3-1 decision to Eastern Mennonite University in non-conference action Sunday afternoon.

St. Mary's 1, Eastern Mennonite 3 (16-25, 25-21, 20-25, 24-26)

How It Happened

Eastern Mennonite broke a 3-3 draw in the first set with a 5-0 push and built a nine-point advantage three times in rolling to a 25-16 win for a 1-0 lead.
The Seahawks evened up the match with a 25-21 victory in the second using a 6-2 run to undo a 9-9 tie. Morris and junior outside hitter Grace Seifert (Cambridge, Md./Salisbury Christian) each notched four kills to pace St. Mary's in the win.
The Royals only trailed twice in the third set before establishing a 17-10 lead and grabbing a 2-1 margin in the match.
St. Mary's jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the fourth before EMU closed the gap and the set went on to witness 10 tied scores.
The Seahawks maintained the lead throughout the fourth with Morris giving the hosts a 24-23 advantage with her 19th kill of the match. However, three straight EMU points on two kills by Janna Williams and a service ace by Carly Gingerich sealed the win for the Royals.

Other Top Performers for St. Mary's (3-15)

Mia Griffifths – 48 assists, 10 digs, 3 kills
Marissa Dangler – 28 digs, 4 assists
Megan Fitzpatrick – 11 digs, 2 service aces
The Seahawks finished the match with four aces and 7.0 team blocks.

For Eastern Mennonite (7-13)

Williams – 13 kills, 3 digs
Jasmine Johnson – 24 assists, 8 digs, 2 aces
Skyler Johnson – 29 digs, 3 aces
Maria Yoder – 9 kills, 6 digs, 5.0 total blocks, 3 assists, 3 block assists, 2 solo blocks
The Royals registered 10 service aces and 9.0 team blocks.

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