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Box Score 2 HENNIKER, N.H.-The New England College volleyball team split a pair of matches today by scores of 3-0, following to Fisher College in the morning before rallying for a victory over Curry College in the final match of the day.
With today's results, NEC improves to 2-1 on the season.
FISHER 3, NEC 0 25-19, 25-20, 26-24
Fisher's Cynthia Huerta had 19 of the team's 36 kills in the first match, followed by Lia Ames with nine and Natie Manalo with five.
On NEC's side, Dreka Griffin (Calera, Ala.) tallied seven kills, while Kayleigh MacDougall (Farmington, N.H.) and Kaitlyn Walker (Cottonwood, Calif.) had five apiece. MacDougall also posted a team-best 12 digs.
The Pilgrims were not able to build momentum throughout the match and had 18 attack errors.
NEC 3, CURRY 0 25-21, 25-19, 25-20
The Pilgrims came back ready to fight in their second match of the day, posting nine more kills than Curry throughout the match.
NEC had their best hitting performance to-date in the second set, when they set down 16 kills with just five errors for a .244 efficiency.
After NEC won two sets handedly, 25-21 and 25-19, Curry came back with a vengeance and led the whole third set until the Pilgrims tied it at 15-15. From there it was a race to claim the next 10 points, and the Pilgrims did some damage at the net, picking up kills by Griffin, Angela Davis (Springfield, Mass.), and Walker during the stretch.
A service error by Curry gave NEC their 24th point, and Meaghan Six (Manchester, N.H.) and Griffin and Gabryella Serrano (Bridgewater, Mass.) picked up a big block to hand Curry their first loss of 2017.
Walker and Griffin both finished with 13 kills apiece for NEC, followed by MacDougall with six. Serrano dished out 29 assists.
Defensively, the Pilgrims were led by Kennedy Somavia and Six, who had 13 and 12 digs, respectively. Serrano, Davis, and Griffin all had two blocks each.
Curry received 12 kills from Grace Stafford and five from Nicole Rice. Monica Wilkes dished out 25 assists, while Courtney Carroll finished with 14 digs.
QUOTE FROM THE COACH
"We did a really nice job bouncing back from our first match. We've got to find a way to get our energy and emotions consistent, but I'm confident in this group'spotential." - Head Coach Laura Falkowitz
WHAT'S NEXT
The Pilgrims hit the road on Wednesday for a 7:00 p.m. non-conference match at Norwich.
