WATERVILLE, Maine ---Maine Maritime outside hitter Chelsea Ward (Homer, AK) had 38 kills and 42 digs on the day but it wasn't enough as the Lady Mariners fell 3-2 to the Mules from Colby College and 3-1 to Colby Sawyer in non-conference volleyball Saturday at Wadsworth Gymnasium.

 

The Mules (6-12) took a 19-25, 25-19, 22-25, 25-16, 15-13 victory over the Mariners (12-9). Colby also lost 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-19) to Colby-Sawyer College, while Maine Maritime also fell to Colby-Sawyer in four games by scores of 25-27, 25-17, 25-19, 25-18.

Chelsea Ward led Maine Maritime with 19 kills, 24 digs, and a pair of aces. Melissa Lail finished with 11 kills, 13 digs, and five blocks. The Mariners also received 32 assists from Jennifer Dixon and 27 digs by Lauren Sakahara.

Reich was just two digs away from tying the Colby record for a five-game match. Current assistant coach Cait Cleaver, an All-American during her playing days with the Mules, has the record with 44 digs.

 

Lily Kramlich-Taylor had a collegiate-high 14 kills, seven digs, and two blocks in the MMA match for Colby. Caitlin Burchill finished with 34 digs, 11 kills, and three aces for the Mules. Heather Arvidson also had 11 kills and had six blocks, Kate Pleasants had 30 digs and 23 assists, and Maggie Taylor added 20 digs, five aces, and six kills. The Mules also had eight kills and three blocks from Kate Bellerose, and six kills and four blocks by Mackie Sewell.

 
 

In the Colby-Sawyer match, Colby had eight kills and 10 digs from Burchill. Pleasants finished with 11 digs and 17 assists, Kramlich-Taylor had five kills, Taylor finished with 14 digs and three kills, Reich had 14 digs, and Arvidson had four blocks and four kills.

 

Ward led the way for MMA in the Colby-Sawyer match with 19 kills and 18 digs. Dixon had 26 assists, nine digs, and seven aces. Sakahara had 22 digs and Lail had six kills and five aces.