College Volleyball Sweeps
Several College Women's Volleyball Teams Secure Dominant Sweeps In Recent Weekend Matchups
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Several college women’s volleyball teams recorded sweeps in recent matches. Tufts beat WPI 3-0 behind a balanced attack, while College of Saint Mary also swept Mount Marty as Azaria Green led all hitters with 15 kills. Saint Mary’s swept Dominican in its annual Red Glasses Game, with Caroline Carens contributing 11 kills, and Mary Washington defeated St. Mary’s College of Maryland in three sets after rallying from early deficits. Top-ranked UW-Oshkosh went 2-1 at an invitational, sweeping St. Catherine and Northwestern before losing a five-set match to No. 7 Juniata; Samantha Perlberg became the program’s rally-scoring-era career kills leader during the weekend.
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Tufts hit .419 on first-ball attacks and recorded 47 kills, its most in a three-set match this season; WPI nevertheless won the blocking battle, eight blocks to Tufts’ five.
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College of Saint Mary’s win came after losses to nationally rated Concordia and Midland. The Flames hit .295, and Azaria Green closed the close second set with consecutive kills after Mount Marty had cut the lead to 23-21.
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Saint Mary’s annual Red Glasses Game raised awareness for 5-year-old Audrey Louise Jandernoa. After the match, Caroline Carens credited her teammates: “I cannot do it at all without my back row and our setters.”
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Mary Washington overturned a 13-6 first-set deficit with an 8-0 run, then scored four of the final five points to take the set 27-25. In the third, the Eagles answered a St. Mary’s rally with a 4-0 run to pull away.
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UW-Oshkosh coach Jon Ellmann gave the team’s tournament performance a “Solid B,” saying it still needed greater consistency. Against Juniata, Oshkosh came back from two sets down to force a fifth, where the Eagles opened with an 8-2 run.
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