WESTMINSTER, Md. - Senior
Abigayle Bowley totaled seven blocks to lead the McDaniel College volleyball team in a three-set loss to Haverford inside the Gill Center Saturday, 25-22, 25-16, 25-20.
The Green Terror (8-6, 1-2 CC) dropped their fourth match in the last five at home after starting the season with three-straight wins.
Both teams committed 16 attack errors, but Haverford totaled 46 kills and hit .291 while totaling 41 digs and six service aces.
Junior
Christiana Alapa had seven kills for McDaniel and added two block assists while first-year
Hayden Haynes also had seven kills and a .263 hitting percentage. Junior
Cassy Poteet finished with 16 assists and four digs.
The Green Terror held a 20-16 lead in the first set following a kill by sophomore
Mariya Carson. However, Haverford (11-3, 2-1 CC) scored six of the next seven points to take a 22-21 advantage before scoring the final three with two kills and a service ace.
McDaniel climbed out of a 7-3 deficit in the second set, using two combined blocks from Bowley and Alapa before a kill by sophomore
Kaitlyn Saidat tied it at 10-10. Haverford answered with the next four points and the Green Terror pulled back within three at 19-16 on a kill by Alapa, but Haverford scored the final six points to take a 2-0 lead.
The third set featured seven ties and four lead changes and the Green Terror trailed by just one, 19-18, following a kill by Haynes. The Fords scored the next five points, including three on McDaniel errors, before sealing the set and the match on a Green Terror service error.
McDaniel begins a three-match road trip on Wednesday when they travel to Washington College for a 7 p.m. conference match with the Shorewomen.
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