FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College women's volleyball team fell by identical 3-1 final scores to both Elizabethtown and Lycoming in a tri-match at BB&T Arena. 

Set Scores

• The Blue Jays defeated the Blazers 25-18, 25-12, 22-25, 25-13. 
• The Warriors picked up the win against Hood 27-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-23. 

Inside the Box Scores

• MacKenzi Wright had 21 kills against Lycoming, the most for a Blazer this year. For the day, she totaled 31 kills and hit .303 (31-8-76). 
• Jackie Malitzki's 48 assists against the Warriors tied the fourth-best single-match total at Hood and are the most since 2016. She finished the tri-match with 77 assists. 
• Robyn Reus tallied a career-high 30 digs against Lycoming and 44 total for the afternoon. 
• Caitlin Ambruster had double-digit kills in both matches, including 18 against the Warriors. 
• Walissa Jaque led Hood with five blocks against Lycoming. 

Elizabethtown 3, Hood 1

• The Blazers struggled with their hitting for much of the morning's first match. 
• Hood trailed 13-9 in the first set before a kill from Shane Simms and three-straight by Ambruster fueled a five-point run to give the Blazers a one-point lead. 
• The Blue Jays' halted Hood's run with a Bryanna Miller kills that started an 8-0 run for Elizabethtown. Miller added another kill in the run and Katie Scaggs and Shelly Yohe teamed up for a pair of blocks before three-straight errors from the Blazers made the score 21-14 in favor of the Blue Jays. 
• In the second set, a kill by Ambruster pulled Hood within 12-8 after an opening 11-4 run by Elizabethtown. 
• An ensuing Hood error gave the Blue Jays the serve and Miller started a string of 11 straight points with the first of three aces in the run as Elizabethtown built a 23-8 advantage. 
• The Blue Jays carried the momentum into the third set, claiming a 14-9 early led. Hood responded with seven-straight points, going up 16-14. Hood briefly relinquished the lead after back-to-back kills by Gianna Krinock that made it 22-21. 
• Kills by Ambruster and Wright, coupled with two errors by the Blue Jays gave Hood the third-set victory. 
• In the fourth-set, Hood trailed 17-12 before an 8-1 run from Elizabethtown sealed the match. 
• Miller had a solid, all-around performance with 13 kills, hitting .355, and 14 digs. 
• Kambrie Hepler finished with six aces. 

Lycoming 3, Hood 1

• Career-best efforts from Wright, Malitzki and Reus were not enough in a hotly contested match where no set was decided by more than three points. 
• The first set featured 12 ties and lead changes. Hood held several four-point leads, the most for either side, the last coming on a kill by Simms to make it 21-17. 
• Ainslee Barger made it 24-21 with a kill but Lycoming fought off three set-points in a row behind two kills by Arianna Santos and a bad set from Hood. After Ambruster's kill made it 25-24, the Warriors scored the next three points to take the set. 
• The two teams traded runs to open the second set. Wright had two kills and Samantha Baker served a pair of aces during a 10-1 run for the Blazers to start the set. 
• The Warriors answered with a 9-2 run that pulled them within 12-10. Hood maintained the lead, leading by as many as five at 18-13 before claiming the set 25-22. 
• Hood attempted a comeback in the third set, trailing 24-19. Wright and Malitzki teamed up to score four straight points via two kills and two aces to make it 24-23. Elizabeth Kelson halted the run with a kill give Lycoming a 2-1 lead. 
• The Blazers again needed a late surge in the fourth set after falling behind 20-12. Back-to-back kills by Ambruster and consecutive aces by Emma Elizondo opened an 11-3 run that tied the set at 23-23. Kills by Ava Cooms and Kelson finished the set and the match. 
• Kelson hit .419 in the match with 15 kills against just two errors. Ali Koval added 40 digs and Gabriela Coss finished with 10 aces. 

Up Next
Hood returns to Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth action at York (Pa.) on October 20.