LANCASTER, Pa. - Franklin & Marshall totaled 42 kills and a .306 hitting percentage in posting a 25-17, 25-16, 25-12 victory over the McDaniel College volleyball team Wednesday night inside the Mayser Center.
The Green Terror (8-5, 0-2 CC) were held to 24 kills and a .111 hitting percentage while the Diplomats also totaled 12 service aces.
Junior
Christiana Alapa led McDaniel with five kills and two digs while junior
Kaylee Comstock finished with a team-high 13 assists, five digs, and one kill. Junior
Stephanie Buttons recorded a team-best 11 digs and added two assists. Senior
Abigayle Bowley had two kills and three block assists.
After McDaniel jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first set, Franklin & Marshall (9-6, 2-0 CC) answered with six-straight points to take a four-point lead. Kills from sophomore
Kaitlyn Saidat and first-year
Hayden Haynes trimmed the Green Terror deficit to 11-7, but the Diplomats kept the visitors from getting any closer in taking a 25-17 win.
McDaniel's main push in the second set came after Franklin & Marshall took a 14-8 lead as Haynes and Comstock each put away kills around a block by first-year
Annika Cortez to pull the Green Terror within two, 14-12. The Diplomats answered with the next six points and led 20-12 before closing out the set, 25-16.
Franklin & Marshall scored seven-straight points in the third to take a 22-9 lead and never looked back.
McDaniel returns home for the first time since Sept. 22 on Saturday with a 1 p.m. match against Haverford inside the Gill Center.
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