FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College women's volleyball team fell in straight sets to visiting Notre Dame (Md.) in non-conference action. 

Set Scores

• The Gators eked past the Blazers 25-23, 25-22, 25-23. 

Inside the Box Score

• Carrington Ray led a trio of players with double digit kills for Hood, finishing with 11. Emma Elizondo and Caitlin Ambruster added 10 apiece. Ray hit .346 for the night with just two errors in 26 attempts. 
• Jackie Malitzki had 30 assists and 19 digs. Elizondo matched her 19 digs for the team-high. 
• Katie Amaguana added 13 digs, while Ambruster finished with 11. 
• Elizondo served up three aces. 

Set 1: Notre Dame (Md.) 25, Hood 23

• Hood used a three-point spurt midway through the first set to pull within one at 11-10. MacKenzi Wright had a kill for the Blazers in the mini-run with the other points coming from miscues by the Gators. 
• Jada Stewart got Notre Dame back on track with a service ace to start a 7-0 surge to put Hood behind 18-10.
• The Blazers went on a 12-5 run that featured three kills and an ace from Ambruster to make it 23-22. A block by Gabbi Taganas and Anna Gamble halted Hood's momentum and the teams traded errors, allowing the Gators to go ahead 1-0. 

Set 2: Notre Dame (Md.) 25, Hood 22

• After a kill by Ray tied the set for the seventh time to make it 19-19, a bad set gave Hood a 20-19 lead.
• The Blazers went cold with four errors and two kills over the remainder of the set as Notre Dame used a kill by Stewart to close it out for a 2-0 lead. 

Set 3: Notre Dame (Md.) 25, Hood 23

• The two teams traded runs to start the third set. Two kills by Elizondo and one by Ray put the Blazers on top 3-0, before the Gators scored the next five points. 
• Hood reeled off the next six points behind the service of Elizondo, who posted two aces as the Blazers went ahead 9-5. 
• There were five ties throughout the middle of the set before Hood used back-to-back kills, one each by Ambruster and Elizondo, to make it 22-18. 
• Ciarra Bockstie had a kill and back-to-back blocks to swing the momentum back to the Gators, who finished out the match with a 7-1 run. 

Analysis

• Hood had 36 kills, compared to 27 for Notre Dame (Md.). 
• The Gators were slightly more efficient, holding a .073-to-.072 edge in hitting. 
• The Blazers had a 36-21 lead in assists and tallied 76 digs, six more than Notre Dame. 

For the Opponent

• Emma Mueller and Bockstie had seven kills apiece. 
• Bockstie added three blocks, while Angel Carino led all players with 23 digs. 

Notes

• Hood dropped to 1-4, while the Gators moved to 2-4. 

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The Blazers host Goucher on Thursday, September 16 at 7 p.m.