Notre Dame, Ind. - The Albion Women's Volleyball Team improves to 14-2 (2-0) with a 3-2 (25-21, 25-15, 18-25, 15-25, 15-7) over the Belles of St.Mary's. The Brits return to action on Friday October 9th and Saturday October 10th as they travel to compete in the Big Blue Showdown hosted by Millikin where they will take on Nebraska Wesleyan (10/9 8 PM), DePauw (10/10 1PM), and Millikin (10/10 3 PM).
Carly Frank led the Brits with 13 kills, while
Bri Whitfield and
Cameron Smith each added 11.
Paige Williamson would lead the Brits with 20 digs, with
Ava Wilcox and
Joelle Boeskool adding double digit digs as well.
Margaret Jones would lead the team with two blocks and would add in two aces as well. Whitfield would lead the team with three aces. Boeskool and
Molly Edmunds would both record 20+ assists with Edmunds having 26 and Boeskool having 23.
Set 1 | Albion 25 St. Mary's 21
The set would start with both teams looking to gain the advantage. The teams would see six ties before the game would be tied 7-7. The Brits would then go on a 5-1 run to take a 12-8 lead after three errors by the Belles and a block by Frank and Jones. The Belles would respond with a 8-1 run of their own to regain the lead 16-13. The Brits would continue to fight and kills by Smith ad Whitfield would tie the game at 18. The Brits would finish the game with five of their seven points coming from kills by Whitfield, Jones and Frank, with Frank having the set sealing kill to win the opener 25-21. The Brits would hit a .222 in the opening set,
Set 2 | Albion 25 St. Mary's 15
Set 2 would again start back and forth with there being five ties before the teams would tie 8-8. The Belles would look to take the lead following a kill, however the Brits would go on an 8-0 run powered by two aces from Whitfield and kills from Jones and Smith to take a 16-9 lead. The Belles would find open floor to snap the run, however a kill by Frank and an ace by Jones would help the Brits have a nine point, 19-10 lead on the Belles. The Belles would go on a 5-2 run to bring the game back within six 21-15, however the Brits would finish the set off with a 4-0 run with Jones having the set sealing kill to win 25-21. The Brits would hit an impressive .407 in set 2 with just two hitting errors in the set.
Set 3 | Albion 18 St. Mary's 25
With the win just one set away the Belles would rally to force extra sets. The Belles would open the set off with a 7-3 lead. The Brits would respond with a 3-0 run to bring the game within one, 6-7. Both teams would go back and forth with before the Belles would take a three point lead, 11-8. The Brits would battle to tie the set at 11. The set would see two more ties before the Belles would take a 16-13 lead. The Brits would try and get their offense going with a kill by
Emma Pagliarella, however the Belles were determined to take at least 1 set off the Brits. The Belles would finish the set on an 8-3 run to take their first set 18-25.
Set 4 | Albion 15 St. Mary's 25
The beginning of the set would continue to be a battle with there being four ties to bring the set to 5-5. The Belles would go on a 9-2 run off seven errors by the Brits to take a 7-14 lead. The Brits would look to set their offense going, however the Belles were on a roll and determined to force a fifth set to attempt the reverse sweep. The Belles would finish the set with nine kills in the last 11 points to take the set 15-25. The Brits would hit a .000 marking just the fourth set of the season that the Brits hit 0 or negative.
Set 5 | Albion 15 St. Mary's 7
With the match on the line, both teams were going to fight for this final set. The Belles would get the first two points, however the Brits were determined to win this final set. They would respond with a 6-0 run, with three kills and a block by Frank and Jones. Following a Whitfield ace, the Belles would find a gap in the Brits defense to end the run. Both teams would battle trading off points before back to back kills by the Brits would give the Brits a 10-5 lead. The Brits would finish the set off with a 5-2 run with Frank having the match sealing kill to take the set 15-7. The Brits would bounce back and hit a .429 in the final set to secure the victory.
News and Notes
- With seven aces, this is the seventh time the Brits have had seven aces, the third most on the year
- With seven reception errors, that is tied for the second most this season
- With 60 kills by the Belles, that is the most by an opponent this season
- Joelle Boeskool recorded her first double-double of the season with 10 digs and 23 assists
- Both marks are season highs
- Cameron Smith recorded a season high 11 kills and a season high hitting percentage of .391
- This is her first 10+ kill match of the year
- Bri Whitfield recorded her third 10+ kill match with 11
- She also ties her season high of three aces
- Molly Edmunds recorded her sixth straight 20+ assist match
- She has had 14 20+ assist matches this season
- Carly Frank ties her season high with three blocks
- She also recorded her 11th match of the season with 10+ kills
- Margaret Jones tied her season high of two aces
- Ava Wilcox recorded her second straight 11 dig match
- She has had double digit digs in 10 matches this season
- Carson Howard recorded an assist for the third time this season
Up Next
The Brits wrap up non-conference play as they travel to the Big Blue Showdown to take on Nebraska Wesleyan on Friday October 9th and DePauw and Millikin on Saturday October 10th.
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