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Highlights
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. – The Merrimack College women's volleyball program celebrated Senior Day on Saturday afternoon, honoring the four-year careers of captains
Mary Kate McCarroll (Harrison, Ohio) and
Christina Nye (Plaistow, N.H.). In the match that followed, the visiting American International Yellow Jackets knocked off the Warriors in three sets from Hammel Court.
The Basics
Score: AIC 3,
Merrimack 0 (25-20, 26-24, 25-14
)
Records: Merrimack (4-24, 1-13 NE10) | AIC (21-9, 12-2 NE10)
Location: Hammel Court | North Andover, Mass.
Set Breakdown
- Set 1: Merrimack hung with the defending regional champs early on. Facing a 12-9 deficit, Merrimack went on a 4-0 run to take a one-point lead. Freshman Karina Anderson (Newbury Park, Calif.) accounted for a kill and a block during the run. The team's traded points from there before AIC took a 21-17 lead, forcing a Warriors' timeout. The Navy and Gold pulled within three, 22-19, but that was as close as they would get with the Yellow Jackets prevailing, 25-20
- Set 2: A combo block for McCarroll and junior Sofia Basauri (Beaverton, Ore.) put the Warriors in front, 7-5. Kills from McCarroll, Marr and freshman Catherine Flaherty (North Andover, Mass.) allowed the Warriors to maintain their lead through the midway point of the set. With the score at 19-15, AIC used a stretch of five unanswered points to go up one, 20-19. The Yellow Jackets won their first set point at 24-23, but a kill from Basauri extended the frame. The visitors won the next two, however, to take a 2-0 lead
- Set 3: The visitors played their best in the third set. Flaherty notched a point to bring Merrimack within two, 12-10, only to see the Yellow Jackets win eight straight points. McCarroll notched two more kills over the final set of her career, but AIC prevailed, 25-14, to win in three
Team Leaders (MC // AIC)
Notes and Notables
- Fittingly, the seniors starred during their final career home match. McCarroll led the Warriors with eight kills and 11 points. She also registered a season high by leading all players with four total blocks
- On the season, McCarroll led Merrimack in kills (197), kills per set (2.16), attacks (672), service aces (41) and aces per set (0.45) as well as total blocks (34.0) and blocks per frame (0.37)
- She currently ranks among the top-three in the Northeast-10 Conference in aces per set, while her 41 total marked the most for a Warrior in seven years
- Nye posted a team-high 15 digs from her libero position. She posted a team best with 15 performances with double-figure digs
- On the year, the Plaistow native led the Navy and Gold with 322 digs and 3.54 digs per frame
