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3
Winner New England Col. NEW ENGL 8-13
2
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 4-13
Winner
New England Col. NEW ENGL
8-13
3
Final
2
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
4-13
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
New England Col. NEW ENGL 22 22 25 25 15 (3)
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 25 25 22 19 13 (2)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Cardiac 'Grims: Women's Volleyball Stops Huskies in Five

BOXSCORE

Gorham, Maine – Down two sets to none, the New England College women's volleyball team rallied to win in five sets at the University of Southern Maine on Saturday at Hill Gymnasium in Gorham, Maine.

THE BASICS
Score:                    New England College 3, Southern Maine 2 (22-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-13)
Records:               Pilgrims 8-13 | Huskies 4-13


HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Down two sets to none, the Pilgrims found themselves down 22-20 in the third and facing defeat. But junior setter Arianna Blaize Llamas (Honolulu, Hawaii) picked up a setter's kill to get the serve back, then held serve on the final four rallies of the set to take it for NEC, putting the exclamation point on the set with a service ace to put it away.
  • Later tied at two sets apiece in the fifth, the deciding set went down to the wire, tied 13-13 with the Huskies holding serve. NEC junior middle blocker Tatiana Sampson (Kailua, Hawaii) came up with a huge kill to give the Pilgrims match point, and an errant attack by Southern Maine finished it.
  • It was the sixth five-setter of the season for NEC, with the Pilgrims going 4-2 in such matches.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • Llamas was a force of nature with 26 set assists, seven aces, a career-best six kills and 14 digs.
  • Sampson has one of her best matches of the season, with 11 kills and four total blocks on the night with a .435 kill percentage.
  • NEC junior outside hitter Amber Thi (Kalihi, Hawaii), in just her second match back to the lineup, posted a career-high 27 digs on the day with seven kills and two aces.
  • NEC senior middle blocker Samantha Vargas (Riverside, Calif.) finished with nine kills and no attack errors, good for a .290 percentage.
  • The Pilgrims are now 3-1 all-time against the Huskies.

UP NEXT

  • NEC is back on the court on Wednesday when they host Mitchell College in New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) action.

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