CHESTERTOWN, Md. - Washington College totaled 42 kills and a .260 hitting percentage in posting a 25-22, 25-12, 25-18 victory over the McDaniel College volleyball team Wednesday night inside Penny J. Fall Gymnasium.
The Green Terror (8-7, 1-3 CC) were led by sophomore
Mariya Carson who had six kills, two digs, and two block assists. Junior
Stephanie Buttons collected a team-high 13 digs and junior
Cassy Poteet had 11 assists.
The Shorewomen (11-6, 2-2 CC) also had 42 digs while adding 13 service aces.
The Green Terror erased a 7-4 deficit in the first set, with first-year
Arrian Spratt leading a four-point run that included a kill by first-year
Annika Cortez, two block assists, and an ace by Spratt to put the visitors ahead, 9-7.
Washington later moved back in front, but the Green Terror answered to tie the set at 19-19 on an ace by junior
Kaylee Comstock. However, the Shorewomen scored six of the final nine points to edge out the victory, including two on service errors and one by ace.
Washington jumped out to an 11-6 lead in the second and scored six consecutive points to stretch it to 17-6. The Shorewomen had 17 kills in the set compared to just four for McDaniel.
Trailing 15-11 in the third set, the Green Terror got blocks from Carson, sophomore
Kaitlyn Saidat, junior
Christiana Alapa, and senior
Renita Bankole-Gibson as well as kill by Carson to tie the set at 15-15. Bankole-Gibson had a kill to make it 16-16 and another to pull the Green Terror within one at 18-17, but Washington scored four straight points and seven of the last eight to seal the match.
McDaniel takes a break from conference play on Saturday when it heads to York (PA) for a tri-match hosted by the Spartans with King's (PA). The first match gets underway at 11 a.m. between the Green Terror and Spartans.
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