Women's Volleyball Tripped Up by Saint Anselm, 3-1

Women's Volleyball Tripped Up by Saint Anselm, 3-1

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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The Merrimack College women's volleyball team narrowly missed out on forcing on fifth set on Tuesday night against league-leading Saint Anselm, but the visitors closed our the Northeast-10 Conference match in four sets from Hammel Court

The Basics
 Score: Saint Anselm 3, Merrimack 1 ( 25-15 | 20-25 | 25-23 | 25-22 )
Records: Merrimack (4-22, 2-9 NE-10) | Saint Anselm  (19-4 , 9-1 NE-10)
Location: Hammel Court | North Andover, Mass.

How It Happened

  • 1st set – The Hawks got off to a strong start, hitting .375 as a team during the opener. Merrimack was within two points, 10-8, following a kill from Catherine Flaherty (North Andover, Mass.), but Saint Anselm embarked on a 8-1 run from there to take an 18-9 advantage. A kill from team-leader Amanda Williams closed the set, 25-15
  • 2nd set – As they have done the past three matches, the Warriors evened things up in the second set. Four kills from senior Jennifer Cain (Melrose, Mass.), junior Mary Kate McCarroll (Harrison, Ohio) and sophomore Katelynn Marr (Franklin, Mass.) contributed to a 5-1 run midway through the frame that build Merrimack's lead to six, 19-13. On the Warriors second opportunity at a set point, McCarroll clinched the game with a kill, 25-20
  • 3rd set – It appeared the Navy and Gold would carry that momentum into a third-set win, as the Warriors won 10 of the first 15 points capped off by a point from Juliette McCall (Torrance, Calif.). The Hawks, however, won straight unanswered points and 14 of the next 18 to take control of the set. Merrimack did not go quietly, going on a 7-1 run to take the lead back, 21-20. Cain totaled a pair of kills and senior Tara Stuhr (Huntington Beach, Calif.) added a service ace during that stretch. Saint Anselm rallied to win five of the last seven points to pull ahead, 25-23
  • 4th set – Another back-and-forth frame ensued in the fourth. On one of Stuhr's five kills on the night, the Warriors took a 10-9 advantage. Back-to-back kills from Merrimack's senior setter pushed the Navy and Gold's lead to three, 17-14, and prompted a Hawks timeout. Out of the stoppage, the visitors won seven of nine points to surge ahead, 21-19. Kills from McCall and Marr tied the set at 22-all, but the Hawks ended the night on a 3-0 spurt to claim the match

Inside The Numbers

  • Cain continued to play her best volleyball of the year as the regular season nears its conclusion. The two-year captain posted her third double-double in the last four matches with 13 kills and 14 digs
  • Saint Anselm powered its way to victory thanks to a .272 team hitting percentage. Madison Sollows, who entered the week as one of the NE-10's most consistent hitters, posted a match-high 18 kills on 27 attacks with just two errors for a .593 attack rate
  • Marr appeared in three of Tuesday's four sets, striking a season-high eight kills to the court on 23 total attacks, which also marked the most this year for the second-year outside hitter
  • MILESTONE WATCH: With her fourth straight match with at least 36 assists, Stuhr moved within 31 helpers of becoming the second player in program history to reach 4,000 career assists. The fourth-year starting setter has 3,969 career assists with three matches remaining

Up Next
 Merrimack travels to Le Moyne on Friday night for a 5 p.m. tilt against the Dolphins in Syracuse, N.Y.     

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