CASTINE--In Wednesday's regular-season home finale, the Maine Maritime Academy women's volleyball team defeated local rival Husson University 25-7, 25-21, 25-13 at Smith Gymnasium. The Mariners improve to 14-9 overall and 8-0 in the North Atlantic Conference East Division, marking the eighth year in a row in which Maine Maritime has gone unbeaten in conference play. The Eagles, meanwhile, fall to 6-15 on the season and 4-4 in the NAC East.

Maine Maritime Highlights

• Sophomore Ally Hadley posted a double-double with a team-leading 10 kills (.625) and she had 12 assists.
• Senior setter Katie Albritton directed an efficient offense with a MMA-best 18 assists.
• The Mariners hit .333 and held the Eagles to .144, and the team also served up 14 aces led by senior Grace Jennings who had eight.
• Junior Ila Smith matched Hadley with 10 kills and a .625 attack percentage as both teammates had 16 swings against no hitting errors.
• Freshman Hannah Tate led the defense with 12 digs, followed by sophomore Sydney Williams (8 kills) and Albritton with eight apiece.

Husson Highlights

• Janna Preskorn led all attackers with 14 kills.
• Alyvia McIntyre recorded a match-high 24 assists.
• Beatrice Tursi had 16 digs to top all student-athletes.

First Set

• The Mariners got off to a strong start by outhitting the visitors .400 to .000.
• MMA jumped out to leads of 4-0 and 19-5, never trailing in the opening stanza.

Second Set

• Three MMA attack errors and three kills from Preskorn forged a 6-2 Husson lead.
• The Mariners, however, overcame their largest deficit in the match by going on a 7-2 run to go up 9-8.
• Husson tied it on the next play on another Preskorn kill before MMA reeled off four points in a row to increase the lead to 13-9.
• The Eagles clawed back to knot the score at 18-all only to see an attack error put the Mariners in the lead for good.
• Maine Maritime won seven of the final 10 points to take a two-sets-to-none cushion.

Third Set

• Maine Maritime clinched the win by ending the match on a 19-7 scoring run.
• Tied 6-6, MMA took advantage of a HU service error to go in the lead for good. That started a 4-0 scoring run as the Mariners led 10-6.
• After the Eagles climbed to within 10-8, the Mariners scored 14 of the next 18 points to get to match point at 24-12.
• MMA outhit Husson .458-.192 in the frame.

Beyond the Boxscore

• Maine Maritime has won 25 straight matches over Husson to extend its all-time series advantage to 40-9. The Mariners are 21-2 at home versus the Eagles.
• Albritton eclipsed the 2,500 assists plateau tonight and now has 2,509 for her career--ranking second in school history.
• The Mariners have won 62 consecutive conference matches dating back to 2015.
• Maine Maritime is the 2024 NAC East Division champion and will be the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament that begins Nov. 9-10.

Up Next

• Maine Maritime will end the regular season on the road on Saturday when it travels to Northampton, Mass., for the Smith College tri-match against Baruch (3 p.m.) and the host Pioneers (5 p.m.), who are receiving votes in the NCAA Division III national rankings.