By: Demetrius Young<\/p>\n
The Hood College volleyball team competed in two matches this week.\u00a0 On Oct. 16, the season hit an all-time high (9-11) \u201c.360\u201d in a convincing 3-0 sweep overValley Forge Christian College (0-20) in a nonconference match.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 17, the Blazers volleyball team (9-12, 1-5 CAC) came up\u00a0 short of a 3-0 decision(10-25, 11-25, 12-25) to Stevenson University (25-2, 5-1 CAC)\u00a0 in a Capital Athletic Conference match.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 16, the Blazers held a strong 6-3 lead in the first set;Valley Forge was falling behind 7-2 over the next few exchanges to go up 13-5, forcing them to call a timeout.<\/p>\n
Morgan Huffer served two aces in the run. Hood came through and was relentless against the Patriots for the rest of the way, collecting 14 kills on 22 attempts.<\/p>\n
Hayley Rogers led all attackers with 10 kills, an impressive .562 hitting percentage; Amy Hagerdon held 22 assists with nine kills on 12 attempts for a stellar .750 percentage. She also served three aces, giving her 58 for the season.<\/p>\n
Huffer finished with a total of nine digs and two aces; Allie Donoghue contributed nine assists and three kills.\u00a0 Kaitlyn Hays and Anela Alic contributed with two kills apiece.\u00a0 Ashley Park-Brouse, Brittany Lethbridge, and Alyssa Eshleman each tallied four kills.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 17, the Mustangs led, it was neck to neck in the first set, measuring up 15 kills on 40 attempts with three errors. Hood used an ace by Alyssa Eshleman, a kill by Ashley Park-Brouse and a Mustang hit error to take a good 3-1 lead at the start of set two.<\/p>\n
During set three Brittany Lethbridge scored a set of kills which drew the Blazers to within 15-10; however Stevenson’s Christine Isenberg served up three straight aces which created a 7-0 run by the Mustangs.<\/p>\n
Lethbridge led the Hood offense with six kills, Alyssa Eshleman had five and Ashley Park-Brouse had two. Amy Hagerdon set up 12 of Hood’s 16 kills and Eshleman held a team-high of 10 digs.<\/p>\n
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