Women's Volleyball Drops Two in Maine

THE BASICS 
Match 1: Saint Joseph's College, 3 – Emmanuel College, 2 (25-18, 25-15, 19-25, 23-25, 15-9)
Match 2: UMaine Fort Kent, 3 – Emmanuel College, 1 (25-11, 25-20, 23-25, 25-10)

Records: 
Emmanuel College Saints (5-8, 1-3 GNAC)
Saint Joseph's College Monks (5-9, 2-0 GNAC)
UMaine Fort Kent Bengals (3-6 overall)

Location: Alfond Center – Standish, Maine

Date: Saturday, October 2, 2021

THE LEAD – The Emmanuel College women's volleyball team showed resiliency in two matches this morning but ultimately fell to both Saint Joseph's College (ME), 3-2 and UMaine Fort Kent, 3-1, in a tri-match hosted by the Monks. The Saints fell behind 0-2 in both contests and were able to extend each match before ultimately falling on the road.

MATCH ONE: Saint Joseph's College, 3 – Emmanuel, 2 (25-18, 25-15, 19-25, 23-25, 15-9)

Saint Joseph's College controlled the action in the first and second sets, posting 25-18 and 25-15 wins in what looked to be the start of quick finish but the Saints had other plans with an impressive 25-19 third set showing. EC battled in the fourth set, coming from behind to post a 25-23 win to force a deciding fifth set.

In the final frame, Emmanuel took a 6-4 lead early in the action to force the Monks to call a timeout and out of the break, the hosts closed the match on an impressive 11-3 run to prevail, 3-2.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (Match 1)

• Senior Anna Caristi (North Attleboro, Mass.) shared the match-high in kills with 11 while sophomore Seana Phillips (Middleboro, Mass.) and junior Kerry Shea (Tewksbury, Mass.) each finished with five kills.
• Junior Tatiana Correia (Peabody, Mass.) registered a match-high 14 digs.
• SJM was paced by an 11-kill outing by Jordan Ingoldsby.

MATCH TWO: UMaine Fort Kent, 3 – Emmanuel College, 1 (25-11, 25-20, 23-25, 25-10)

The Bengals dominated the opening set, cruising to a 25-11 win before the Saints began to show some life in the second frame in a 25-20 score. EC used that momentum to post a 25-23 victory in the third set in come-from-behind fashion but they could not keep the comeback alive as UMFK coasted in the final frame, 25-10.

The Bengals held the Saints to just a .029 hitting percentage on the match and served up 18 aces to continue the side-out action.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (Match 2)

• Junior Isabella Miller (Blackstone, Mass.) collected a team-high 11 kills and was one dig shy of a double-double with nine.
• Junior setter Rachel Coleman (Peabody, Mass.) dished out a match-high 20 assists adding 12 digs while junior Julia Daggett (Hinesburg, Vt.) collected a team-high 15 digs.
• Abigail Thompson led the Bengals with 15 kills while Halle Ham was a force defensively with a match-high 26 digs.

UP NEXT

• The Saints are off until Thursday, October 7 when they play host to Salem State University in non-conference action scheduled for a 7:00 PM start.