By Charles Baynum//
The Hood College women’s volleyball team stormed back from two sets down to top Widener University 3–2 to clinch its first MAC playoff berth since 2015.
Ann Ofoegbu powered the offense with a season-high 26 kills, while Maria Ricketts set the tone with 49 assists.
Cam Madden anchored the defense with 17 digs, and Skylar Plante added five blocks at the net to help complete the comeback.
Widener took the first two sets with quick offensive runs and scored late points. Hood appeared on the ropes but found life in the third set after trailing early.
A huge 12–1 run flipped momentum as the Blazers pulled ahead 16–9, then held off a Widener surge to take the set, 25–23.
The energy carried into the fourth, where Hood and Widener traded points before the Blazers closed on a 5–0 run sparked by another Ofoegbu kill to force a decisive fifth set.
After Hood built a 4–2 lead, Widener rallied to go ahead 7–5, but Anna Daley gave the Blazers a spark, scoring four of the team’s next seven points for a 12–10 edge. Ofoegbu added another kill to bring match point, and when a Widener return floated out of bounds, the Blazers’ bench erupted as the team sealed the win and a long-awaited postseason spot.
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