Women's Volleyball Sweeps CAC Game With Hood
STEVENSON, Md. - With a 25-4, 25-11, 25-9 sweep of Hood Thursday night at the Student Union Gymnasium, the Stevenson University women's volleyball moved into sole possession of third place in the CAC after Mary Washington fell in straight sets at St. Mary's (Md.).
The Mustangs (17-2, 2-1 CAC), who needed just 59 minutes to pick up the victory, were led by junior Danielle Helwig (Ellicott City/Howard) who had a team-high six kills along with eight digs. In addition, the team also won 24 points behind Helwig's serve, including 11 of the final 12 in set one.
Freshman Alexa Carney (Towson/Towson) and sophomore Alex Mercer (Eldersburg/Liberty) each totaled five kills while Carney also added eight digs. Playing libero in the final two sets, junior Jen Schissler (Sykesville/Liberty) led Stevenson with a game-high 10 digs with senior Julie Olson (Spofford, N.H./Keene) adding seven.
Coming off a thumb injury, junior Brittany Umetin (Havre de Grace/Mt. Zion) totaled two kills, 15 assists and three digs before freshman Amy Rudolph (Northeast/Rising Sun) had five assists and three digs as the team's primary setter in set three.
The Mustangs hit .253 as a team, committing just seven errors in 79 attempts, compared to minus-.122 for the Blazers.
Hood (0-10, 0-4 CAC) had 21 attack errors against only 11 kills and were also limited by eight receiving errors and eight ball-handling errors. Katie Worthington and Leah Garland led the Blazers with three kills each.
Stevenson will have the next five days to prepare for next Wednesday's showdown with Mary Washington while the Eagles will travel to Washington (Md.) on Saturday. Game time next Wednesday is at 7:00 p.m.
