Women's Volleyball 9/14/2018 12:00:00 AM

Seahawk Volleyball Picks Up a Pair of Sweeps

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

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

Frederick, Md. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland volleyball team posted two 3-0 wins Friday afternoon on the first day of the Seahawk/Blazer Invitational at Hood College. St. Mary's (5-4) swept both Alvernia University (1-6) and New Jersey City University (2-4).

Set Scores

St. Mary's defeated Alvernia, 25-18, 25-18, 25-16.
The Seahawks beat New Jersey City, 25-19, 25-9, 25-22.

St. Mary's 3, Alvernia 0

First-year outside hitter Taylor Wigglesworth (Gambrills, Md./Arundel) paced the Seahawks in the win with nine kills while senior outside hitter Meghan Kelley (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) added eight.
Senior setter Mia Griffiths (La Plata, Md./La Plata) collected a season-best 30 assists while first-year outside hitter Julia Sledz (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) matched a season-high four aces for the third time.
Defensively, senior captain Marissa Dangler (Smithsburg, Md./Smithsburg) registered her fifth double-digit dig match with 17 while sophomore Ellyse Sutliff (Warrenton, Va./Kettle Run) contributed a season-best four block assists.
St. Mary's hit over .200 for the match for the second time this season while serving up nine aces.
Olivia Frutiger paced the Golden Wolves of Alvernia with eight kills and nine digs.

St. Mary's 3, New Jersey City 0

Kelley led St. Mary's in the win with 11 kills while Sutliff notched nine.
Griffiths just missed a double-double with 28 assists and eight digs while junior defensive specialist Emily Benedict (Gaithersburg, Md./Poolesville) tallied a season-best six aces.
Sophomore Katie Agate (Leonardtown, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) put up a season-high 4.0 total blocks on one block solo and season-best three block assists.
The Seahawks hit a season-high .266 for the match with a season second-best 14 aces.
St. Mary's jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the first set before the Gothic Knights responded with an 8-0 run to post a 10-6 advantage on a Seahawk attacking error. A Sutliff kill broke a 16-16 tie and sparked a 9-3 run for the 25-19 win.
The Seahawks opened up the second set with a 6-0 run and never looked back in rolling to a 25-9 win and a 2-0 lead in the match.
In the third set, St. Mary's began with a 4-0 run before building a 9-4 advantage on a kill by senior captain Hannah Krauss (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park). The Gothic Knights turned that deficit into a 14-11 lead behind a Seahawk attacking error. Three straight kills by Kelley helped SMCM regain control and a 20-18 margin. NJCU stayed close by a Wigglesworth kill and a Gothic Knight attacking error wrapped up the win for St. Mary's.
Amber O'Donnell paced NJCU with nine kills and 11 digs.

Notes

These were the Seahawks' second and third 3-0 wins of the season while improving to 4-1 in neutral site contests.
Their two-match win streak matches their longest of the season for the second time.

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