Messiah Mess 16-6,3-2 MAC Commonwealth

Hood Hood 7-15,1-4 MAC Commonwealth

Messiah Mess

16-6,3-2 MAC Commonwealth

Final

Oct. 18, 2023

Hood Hood

7-15,1-4 MAC Commonwealth

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Messiah Mess	25	23	25	25	(3)
Hood Hood	17	25	8	17	(1)

Summary
Box Score

Sami Betley

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/18/2023 10:52:00 PM | Joel White, Graduate Assistant

Women's Volleyball falls to Messiah

FREDERICK, Md. - After tying the match at a set apiece, the Hood College women's volleyball team could not find another gap in Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth opponent Messiah's defense, as the Blazers fell 3-1.

Set Scores

The Falcons won 25-17, 23-25, 25-8, 25-17.

Inside the Box Score

Ann Ofoegbu (Falling Waters, W.Va./Spring Mills) led the Blazers with nine kills, as well as five aces on the night.

Jackie Malitzki (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) finished with 17 assists in the match.

Ashley Donald (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro) had a team-leading nine digs.

MacKenzi Wright (Hagerstown, Md./South Hagerstown), Anna Daley (Erie, Pa./Harborcreek), and Donald all finished the evening with two blocks.

How it Happened

Some back-and-forth play in the first set saw Messiah take a 10-8 lead, but the Falcons would proceed to go on a 12-3 run to take a commanding lead they would not relinquish.

The Blazers started off the second set with a 9-4 run with help from three kills and an ace from Ofoegbu. After back-to-back kills from Wright boosted the Blazers to a 21-14 lead, the Falcons would go on a seven-point run to tie the game at 21 apiece.
However, the Blazers would regain their composure and take the set with two kills in a row from Ofoegbu.

After Wright and Logan Burge (Urbana, Md./Urbana) each got a kill to tie the third set 2-2, Messiah would take the next 14 points to take control of the set before finishing it with a kill from Mackenzie Freight.

Messiah would start the fourth set with a 6-0 run and kept a consistent lead throughout the set, but Hood would not go down easily, mounting an 8-4 run late to make it 22-17, but the Falcons would score the next three points to finish the match.

For the Opponent

Sarah Hart finished with 12 kills for the Falcons.

Emma Swartz led Messiah with 25 assists.

Caitlin Lielbriedis was credited with 17 digs.

Malina Beiderman served up six aces for Messiah.

Notes

Hood falls to 7-15 overall, 1-4 in conference, while Messiah improves to 16-6 overall, 3-2 in conference.

Up Next

The Blazers compete in a tri-match against Bridgewater College and Penn State-Berks Saturday, October 21 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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