FREDERICK, Md.--Junior Lindsey Nagy registered a team-high 15
kills and tallied nine digs to lead the Hood College volleyball
team to an important Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference match
over Trinity University, 3-0 (30-20, 30-28, 30-13), Wednesday
evening at Gambrill Gymnasium.
The Blazers improve to 3-11 overall, 2-4 in the AWCC, and remain
in fourth place in the conference standings while the Tigers remain
winless on the season at 0-14 overall, 0-4 in the league.
Hood used outstanding serving to maintain the upperhand in game
one. The Blazers aced the Tigers 10 times in the first stanza and
went on to take the set 30-21.
In game two, the Blazers were forced to play catch-up for the
majority of the set, trailing by as many as nine points (19-10)
before mounting a tremendous comeback. Trailing 26-19, the Blazers
inched their way back into it, taking advantage of several Tiger
miscues. The Blazers used four kills by Nagy to turn a 27-25
deficit into a 29-27 edge which gave the Blazers their first
game-point of the set. After a Hood hitting error gave the side out
to Trinity, the Tigers served the next ball into the net to lock up
the game for Hood, 30-28.
The Blazers cruised in game three, racing out to a 17-2 lead and
went on to close out the match in decisive fashion, 30-13.
Freshman Ashley Burns totaled six kills and five service aces
while senior Starr McDavid also served up five aces and added 10
digs. Junior Jamie Bussey led the defense with 15 digs.
The Blazers return to action Saturday when they travel to
Washington, D.C., for a tri-match with Trinity and Salem. The
rematch between the Tigers and Blazers gets underway at 11 a.m.
