FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College women's volleyball team dropped its home finale on Senior Night to visiting Alvernia 3-1 in Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth play. 

Set Scores

• The Golden Wolves won 27-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20. 

Inside the Box Score

• Caitlin Ambruster matched her season-high with 20 kills and added 22 digs. 
• Jackie Malitzki dished out 38 assists and had four kills on seven attacks without an error. 
• Robyn Reus notched a team-high 25 digs. 
• Shane Simms had four blocks, one more than each Walissa Jaque and Ambruster. 

Alvernia 27, Hood 25

• Neither team led by more than four points before AU used a 6-1 run to take a 20-15 lead on a kill by Olivia Frutiger. 
• The Blazers scored nine of the next 12 points and had a match-point, going ahead 24-23. After Alvernia tied the score, Simms had a kill for a 25-24 lead. Allie Evangelista had a kill to tie the score again and back-to-back attack error by Hood ended the set. 

Alvernia 25, Hood 22

• Consecutive kills by Carrington Ray and a block by Ray and Simms gave Hood a 7-4 lead. Rachel Sipling and Elizabeth Gillespie had two kills apiece during a 9-0 that followed by Alvernia as the Blazers trailed 13-7. 
• The Blazers twice pulled within a single point late in the set on hitting errors by the Golden Wolves that made the score 21-20 and 23-22. Hood again went cold late in the set with a pair of attack errors to end the set. 

Hood 25, Alvernia 21

• The Blazers quickly rushed out to a 10-4 lead. The Golden Wolves regrouped an pulled within a point five times before tying the score at 16-16. 
• Hood briefly trailed 18-17 but kills by Ainslee Barger and Ambruster were followed by a block from Simms and Ambruster to give the Blazers a 20-18 edge. 
• After Alvernia scored to again chip Hood's margin to one, back-to-back kills by Malitzki and an ace from Katie Amaguana gave the Blazers breathing room. 

Alvernia 25, Hood 20

• A five-point run for Hood gave the Blazers a 7-4 lead on an Ambruster kill. 
• The Golden Wolves responded immediately with a 5-0 run of their own as the teams battled back and forth in a set that featured 18 ties or lead changes. 
• A solo block by Ambruster tied the set for the 11th time at 20-20 but it proved to be the final point of the match for Hood. 

Analysis

• Hood's 99 digs were its second-most this season, trailing 117 in a match against Lycoming. 
• The hitting numbers were virtually even, with the Blazers holding a .099-to-.094 advantage in percentage. 

For the Opponent

• Sipling had 16 kills for the Golden Wolves. Evangelista had nine kills and hit .471. 
• Frutiger had 31 digs, while Abigail McGinley added 22. 

Notes

• In a pre-match ceremony, the Blazers honored their five seniors: Samantha Baker, Jaque, Reus, Taylor Schaefer and Simms. 

Up Next
Hood closes out the regular season on Saturday, October 30 with a tri-match at Shenandoah with Ferrum.