Volleyball

Saint Joseph's Falls to Spalding, 3-0

Saint Joseph's Falls to Spalding, 3-0

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
K: Hanna Webster - 6
B: Hanna Webster - 5
D: Victoria Briones - 11
SA: 2 Players (#12, #26) - 1
Spalding
K: Jayda Branch - 12
B: Abigail Ratts - 4
D: Brianna Terpening - 14
SA: Jayda Branch - 4

Team Stats

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Spalding

Hitting %

.039
.084

Blocks

9.0
4.0

Digs

42
54

Aces

2
13
full stats
Posted: Sep 03, 2022

GORHAM, Maine – Spalding University (Ky.) (1-2) defeated Saint Joseph's College (1-2), 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-18) in a non-conference women's volleyball match played at the University of Southern Maine on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The opening set was close with three lead swings early, but Spalding posted a 5-0 run midway through the frame to secure an 18-12 cushion and – with the help of seven aces in the first set alone - the Golden Eagles cruised to the 25-17 win.

Spalding jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the second set and held an 18-11 lead after Abigail Ratts blocked an SJC kill attempt. The Monks fought back into contention with a 6-2 run, which was capped by a Hanna Webster (Alvin, Texas) service ace to make it a 20-17 score, but Spalding closed out the set by netting five of the following six points.

With the help of three Spalding attack errors, St. Joe's opened with a 4-0 run in the third set. The score was tied, 8-8, later in the frame but the Golden Eagles took the lead for good – as it played out – when Kaylee Baker posted a kill. Spalding later turned a one-point (13-12) lead into a six-point advantage with five unanswered points, a string that included a pair of Jayda Branch kills and went on to claim a 25-18 set win and 3-0 match triumph.

LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:

  • Webster led the Monks with six kills and added five total blocks for 11 total points
  • Sophomore Maggie Sylvester (Barrington, N.H.) tallied five kills and nine digs
  • Senior Amanda Darby (Shrewsbury, Mass.) added 10 assists
  • Freshman Victoria Briones (El Paso, Texas) posted a team-high 11 digs
  • First-year Nadia Sixto (Chattanooga, Tenn.) contributed three kills and three block assists

LEADERS – SPALDING:

  • Branch posted a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs and added four aces and three block assists for 17.5 total points
  • Ella Clark delivered 23 assists, three aces, and eight digs
  • Baker produced eight kills and Ratts added six kills and four total blocks

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

Today's match was the first-ever between the Monks and Golden Eagles.

NEXT!

The Monks will play at Colby College on Tuesday at 7:30 PM.

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

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