Ainslee Barger
Eastern University Athletics
0
Hood Hood 2-8,0-2 MAC Commonwealth
3
Winner Eastern East 17-1,4-0 MAC Commonwealth
Hood Hood
2-8,0-2 MAC Commonwealth
0
Final
3
Eastern East
17-1,4-0 MAC Commonwealth
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Hood Hood 17 10 22 (0)
Eastern East 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Geoff Goyne, assistant director of athletics

Women's volleyball stymied at Eastern

ST. DAVIDS, Pa. - The Hood College women's volleyball team fell at Eastern 3-0 in a Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth match. 

Set Scores
  • The Eagles won 25-17, 25-10, 25-22. 
Inside the Box Score Eastern 25, Hood 17
  • Kills by Barger, Emma Elizondo and Shane Simms allowed the Blazers to open the match with a quick 3-1 lead. 
  • Hood fell behind 7-5 before two kills from Ray helped the Blazers go up 8-7. 
  • After the Eagles tied the score, Elizondo added a kill for a 9-8 lead. An attack error by Hood tied the set and a kill from Logan Martin put Eastern back in front.
  • From there the two teams traded points, creating six ties, the last of which made it 15-15. 
  • Bridgette Kelly had three kills, including the first two, in a 10-2 run that ended the set for Eastern. 
Eastern 25, Hood 10
  • Martin had the final three kills of a 10-0 run that opened the second set for the Eagles. 
  • Later in the set, Eastern had a six-point run to take its biggest lead at 22-6. 
Eastern 25, Hood 22
  • Eastern jumped ahead 5-1 before the Blazers took advantage of four errors to tie the set at 6-6. 
  • After Eastern scored the next four points, Hood closed the deficit to 12-10 before a 6-2 run gave the Eagles some breathing room. 
  • Three straight errors by Eastern, followed an ace by Malitzki and a kill by Ambruster brought Hood back within 18-17. 
  • The Blazers later trailed 23-19 but a kill by Ray, an ace by Simms and an error made it a one-point margin. After a Hood error set up match point, Grace Will had a kill to secure the win. 
Analysis
  • Eastern committed just 10 attack errors the entire evening to finish with a .366 hitting percentage, compared to .052 for Hood. 
  • The Eagles' service game held an 8-4 advantage in aces over the Blazers. 
For the Opponent
  •  Martin had a match-high 12 kills. 
  • Elle Jiron-Bujanda dished out 30 assists. 
  • Kelsey Bradshaw had four service aces, while Will added 13 digs. 
Notes
  • Hood slipped to 2-8 overall and 0-3 in the MAC Commonwealth. 
  • Eastern, who is receiving votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association rankings, jumped to 16-1 and 3-0. 
Up Next
The Blazers head to Penn State Harrisburg on Thursday, September 30. 
 
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