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Huskies Conclude 2021 With Tri-Match Split
Grant honored in Senior Day ceremony before game two
GORHAM, ME – The University of Southern Maine women’s volleyball 2021 season ended on Saturday with a home tri-match. The Huskies were defeated in five sets in the Little East Conference opener by Western Connecticut State University and then wrapped up the year with a dominant 3-0 sweep of non-conference foe Curry College on Senior Day.
When and Where: Saturday, October 30, 2021 – University of Southern Maine – Warren G. Hill Gymnasium
Game Box One Score: WestConn 3, Huskies 2 (16-25, 25-21, 25-20, 12-25, 8-15)
Game One History: This was the 24th meeting between the two programs. WestConn leads the series 24-0.
The Records: Southern Maine: 12-15, 2-6 LEC; WestConn: 17-7, 5-3 LEC
Game One Standout Huskies: freshman outside hitter Alizia Lagando (Huron, OH): 18 kills, 12 digs, four total blocks, double-double; senior setter Sophie Lindsay (Sierra Madre, CA): career-high 41 assists, eight digs, one kill.
Game One Standout WestConn athlete: Ali Brochu: game-high 20 kills, .515 hitting percentage, three total blocks, one dig.
How It Happened, Game One:
-Trailing 12-9 in the second set down 1-0 in the match, the Huskies put together eight
consecutive points part of an 11-1 scoring stretch to lead 20-13. WestConn cut their deficit down to two, 22-20 off a Husky attack error. An Ali Brochu block kept it a two-score set, but back-to-back mistakes by the guests gave USM a 25-21 second set victory.
-In the third set, the Huskies took a 17-13 edge midway through action getting a Lagando kill and ace with a sophomore outside hitter Brianna Delloiacono (Moodus, CT) kill directed from Lindsay. Taylor Rohan did her best to get her team closer as her mash assisted by Rory McMaster dropped the deficit to 19-17. A block by freshman middle blocker Sarah Haggerty (Lisbon, ME) and Lagando coupled with a rare Brochu attack error put the Huskies in the driver’s seat.
-WestConn had control from the start of the fourth set to the finish opening up a 12 point lead 21-9 lead before winning by 13, 25-12. Delloiacono got the Huskies started on the right foot with a kill on the left side then a McMaster ball handling error put USM in front 2-0 in the deciding set. From that point on, WestConn went on an 8-2 scoring binge to lead 8-3. A Lindsay skip set kill and a bad WCSU set pulled the navy and gold within four, however, WestConn outproduced the Huskies the rest of the way.
Inside The Box Score, Game One:
-The double-double for Lagando was her 11th of the season. She was one kill shy of matching her career-high while her four total blocks were a personal-best.
-Lindsay established a new career-high with 41 assists bettering her previous mark of 39 set at Eastern Nazarene on September 4, 2019.
-Sophomore Sierra Castonguay (Nottingham, NH) achieved double-digit digs (16) for the 16th time this season.
Game Two Box Score: Huskies 3, Colonels 0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-13)
Game Two History: This was the sixth meeting between the two programs. The series is tied 3-3.
The Records: Southern Maine: 13-15; Curry: 11-16
Game Two Standout Huskies: Brianna Delloiacono: game-high 13 kills, .545 hitting percentage, two digs; senior right side Kim Grant (Saco, ME): seven kills, .294 hitting percentage, three total blocks, two digs; Sophie Lindsay: four kills, .375 hitting percentage, 31 assists, three aces, three digs.
Game Two Standout Colonel: Lexi Pereira: 12 kills, seven digs, one block, one ace.
How It Happened, Game Two:
-With the opening set leveled at 10-10 USM put together a 9-3 spurt to lead 19-13 after a successful Lindsay skip set. A Husky service error pulled Curry within five 20-15, but USM notched four straight with one of Lindsay’s three aces being the key point. Amanda Wood and Lexi Pereira dropped their teams' deficit to seven then a Lauren Guzman ace made it a six point set as the Huskies hung on.
-A Castonguay ace made it a five point, 9-4 second set for the Huskies. Delloiacono mashed the ball on the left pin from Lindsay to increase the advantage to 15-7. Her kill was part of a 9-2 outburst that turned a 12-7 lead to a 21-9 margin. Curry could not drop the deficit below double figures as the Huskies looked to complete the season-ending sweep in the third set.
-Five consecutive points in the early part of the third set pushed the Huskies ahead 9-3. Another run of five in a row grew USM’s advantage to 20-6 thanks to another Castonguay ace. Back-to-back kills from the swing of Wood and Pereira made it a nine-point game, but Grant notched the final two kills of the match to wrap up the battle.
Inside The Box Score, Game Two:
-As a team, the Huskies hit .341 in the duel their third-highest hitting percentage of the season.
-Delloiacono and Lagando finished the season with 267 kills each which was the fourth-highest total in the LEC.
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