Hood College

FREDERICK, MD- The Hood College women's volleyball team faced off against the Green Terror of McDaniel College but was unable to escape with a win, falling 3-0 on Thursday night.
 
Set Scores

McDaniel won 25-11, 25-12, 25-15.
 
Inside The Box Score

Janiyah Thornton (Waldorf, Md./Southern Maryland Christian Academy) led the team in kills with a total of five.
Maria Ricketts (Adamstown, Md./New Life Christian) led the team in assists with six.
Cam Madden (Carlisle, Pa./Big Spring) led the team in digs with eight.
 
How it Happened

The Blazers started off the night rocky, going down 4-0 before scoring their first point of the night on a service error 4-1. First kill for the Blazers on the night was made by Emerson O'Connor (Woodbridge, Va./Forest Park) assisted by Maria Ricketts (Adamstown, Md./New Life Christian). The Blazers started to pick up momentum, scoring four points, two of which were service aces by Ricketts and Katie Goddard (Keedysville, Md/Boonsboro) in a row to make the score 9-6. The Green Terror then went on a run offensively to win the first set 25-11.
 
Set two followed the same path as set one, as the Blazers saw themselves fall to 10-4 before calling a timeout to regroup. The timeout, however, didn't help the Blazers come back from down falling to McDaniel in the second set 25-12.
 
At the start of the third set the Blazers seemed to get in stride by exchanging points where Isabelle Garrett (Fluvanna, Va./Fluvanna) managed to score two kills back-to-back on McDaniel making the score 5-5.  The Blazers were able to pull ahead of McDaniel 7-5 with a service ace from O'Connor and a kill scored from Thornton. The Blazers time in the lead was unfortunately cut short, and they found themselves down four points in the latter half of the third set 17-13. The Blazers couldn't stop McDaniel's offensive onslaught where they were able to take the set 25-15.
 
For the Opponent

Annika Cortez led the team in kills with seven, scoring 12 total points.
Kaylee Comstock tallied 16 assists on the day.
 
Analysis

The Blazers had a slight advantage in total attacks 72-67.
 
Notes

The Blazers fall to 0-2 on the season.
McDaniel starts their season off 1-0.
 
Up Next

The women's squad will host their first tri-match of the season on Saturday, September 5, with Notre Dame of Maryland University and Shenandoah University. First match of the day will start at 11AM against Notre Dame of Maryland and then will take on Shenandoah following the middle match at 3PM.