UMass Boston/Maine Maritime Box Score

In the second match of the day, #2-seeded UMass-Boston defeated #7-seeded Maine Maritime Academy, 3 games to none, in the 2010 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Springfield, Mass. Regional Championship. Game scores were 25-13, 25-11, 25-14.

It was the second straight contest that went according to form as #3-seeded Middlebury College had earlier defeated #6-seeded NYU-Polytechnic by the same 3-0 score. Those game scores were 25-12, 25-15, 25-13.

UMass-Boston is now 28-4, while Maine Maritime ends at 18-10. UMass-Boston next plays Middlebury Saturday at 3:30 pm.

"I thought we played well," said UMass-Boston Head Coach Terry Condon, "especially when you consider it was our opening match. You are always looking to get those jitters out as early as possible, and we managed to get through it."

"Our two freshmen are two to talk about," said Condon. "One hit .545, the other .364. I was especially pleased with their play."

Condon was referring to outside hitter Amber Clemons (Simi Valley, Calif.) who had seven kills and only one error in 11 swings (.545). She also had a service ace and three blocks. Condon was also referring to outside hitter Corrine Porter (Huntington Beach, Calif.), who had a match-high-tying 11 kills with only three errors in 22 attempts (.364). She also had three service aces, seven digs, and three blocks.

Also with good numbers was sophomore middle hitter Shannon Thompson (Moorpark, Calif.) with 11 kills and a .333 hitting percentage. Casey Hanneman, a junior from Denver, Colo., and Frana Burtness-Adams, a sophomore from Fairbanks, Alaska, shared the setting duties. Hanneman had 19 assists, Burtness-Adams 17. Bethany Rossoll, a sophomore libero from Colorado Springs, Colo., led her squad with 14 digs. Thompson added 12.

On the other side of the ledger, Maine Maritime head coach Katrina Dagan admitted her team "had a rough day." Said Dagan, "We just didn't play as well as we had in the last few weeks. But credit UMass-Boston. They are a very good team. We were just constantly on the defensive today."

Dagan found some solace to mention. "We have all our starters returning in 2011. We need to somehow channel what we learned today in a positive manner to make us better." Junior outside hitter Chelsea Ward (Homer, Alaska) led the Mariners with seven kills. Junior Lauren Sakahara (Bellevue, Wash.) was Maine Maritime's best with nine digs.