ST. MARY'S CITY, Md.- The Hood College women's volleyball team traveled to St. Mary's City for a tri-match on Saturday to face the Seahawks of St. Mary's College of Maryland, and the Wildcats of Randolph College. The Blazers fell to the Seahawks 3-0 and fell to the Wildcats 3-0.
Set Scores
Seahawks won 25-20, 25-12, 25-16.
Wildcats won 25-14, 25-13, 25-13.
Inside the Box Score
Mary LeBlanc (Suffolk, Va/Stonebridge) and Cam Madden (Carlisle, Pa./Big Spring) led the team in kills with 10.
Maria Ricketts (Adamstown, Md./New Life Christian) tallied 13 assist on the day.
Janiyah Thornton (Waldorf, Md./Southern Maryland Christian Academy) made three blocks.
How it Happened – St. Mary's College of Maryland
To start set one, neither team was able to find a clear edge over each other as the score was at 6-6. After an error by the Seahawks and an
Isabelle Garrett (Fluvanna, Va./Fluvanna) service ace, the Blazers found themselves up by two. The Blazers went on a run and now led 12-8. St. Mary's College found some momentum and went on a run to now take the lead 13-12.
Anna Huber (Bel Air, Md./Greater Grace Christian Academy) found
Sami Betley (Bel Air, Md./Mercy) to knot the score at 13 a piece, and the Blazers added two more points to the board to go up 15-13. Another run by the Seahawks found them now with a 21-15 lead. Hood fought to stay in contention with St. Mary's as they found themselves down 24-20, but a kill by Maya Mauro ended the set with a 25-20 win.
The Blazers found themselves in an early 4-0 hole. Hood battled back into it and after a
Maria Ricketts (Adamstown, Md./New Life Christian) kill, Hood was down 6-4. The Blazers had an uphill battle as the Seahawks didn't take their foot of the gas and now went up 11-5.
Madison Powell (Midlothian, Va./Manchester) gave Hood some momentum after a kill set up by Huber, the score now sat at 12-9, still in favor of the Seahawks. St. Mary's went on a run midway through the set and was up by 10. The Seahawks never looked back and finished with 25-12 win in set two.
The Seahawks came out hot to start set three, and went up 8-2. Ricketts would set up
Cam Madden (Carlisle, Pa./Big Spring) for a kill to stop the bleeding. Madden stayed hot and followed that kill up with a service ace, as the score was now 8-3. As Hood searched for answers and looked to win a set, St. Mary's took advantage and went up 14-7. The Seahawks led by 11, as the score was 18-7. Hood chipped away at St. Mary's lead, following yet another kill by Madden as it was now 21-14. Unfortunately, the Blazers were unable to fight their way back into it as the Seahawks would win set three 25-16.
How it Happened - Randolph College
Early into the set, the score was 6-6 after two kills by Mary LeBlanc (Suffolk, Va/Stonebridge) and Sami Betley (Bel Air, Md./Mercy). The Wildcats found some juice and went up 17-8 over the Blazers. Hood had a run of their own and the score was 17-13. The Blazers scored one more time, but the Wildcats finished set one off with a 25-14 win.
The Blazers battled early into set two with the Wildcats as Randolph College held an early 5-3. Lead. Randolph College went up 13-4 over Hood. The Blazers cut the lead to eight as the score was 16-8. A run by the Wildcats had them in the lead 20 to 9. An error by Randolph College, and
Janiyah Thornton (Waldorf, Md./Southern Maryland Christian Academy) kill would have the score set at 20-11. The runs by the Wildcats in set two is what allowed them to shut the door on the Blazers 25-13.
Set three had the Blazers jump out to a 3-0 lead after a Sami Foxie-Fields (Upper Marlboro, Md./South County) service ace. Shortly after, Foxie-Fields set up
Mary LeBlanc (Suffolk, Va/Stonebridge) to now have Hood led 5-2. Midway through the set, Randolph College went on a run and took the advantage over Hood 14 to 5. Hood responded back with three points of their own as the score was now sat 14-8. The Wildcats rode the wave of momentum and went on another run to now lead 19-8 over the Blazers.
Grace Tamburin (Wheeling, WV./Wheeling Park) gave the Blazers a well needed point after a kill set up by
Jaylin Anderson (Poolesville, Md./Poolesville). Despite the deficit, the Blazers continued to fight, but the Wildcats would not be deterred and won set three 25-13.
Up Next
The Blazers travel to face off against conference foe Widener University, on Wednesday, September 23, at 7 PM
