Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Maine Maritime Academy

Calendar
Maine Maritime Women's Volleyball against MIT at the 2024 NCAA Championship First Round
PHOTO CREDIT: Gil Talbot Photography
0
Maine Maritime MMA 18-11,8-0 North Atlantic
3
Winner MIT MIT 32-1,11-0 NEWMAC
Maine Maritime MMA
18-11,8-0 North Atlantic
0
Final
3
MIT MIT
32-1,11-0 NEWMAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Maine Maritime MMA 11 14 14 (0)
MIT MIT 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Patrick Stewart I Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications/SID

Mariners End Season at No. 4-Ranked MIT in the NCAA Women's Volleyball First Round

Visiting Maine Maritime lost to the Engineers 25-11, 25-14, 25-14

Maine Maritime Presser

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--The Maine Maritime Academy women's volleyball team saw its 2024 season come to a close on Thursday evening when the Mariners lost to fourth-ranked Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 25-11, 25-14, 25-14, in the NCAA First Round at Rockwell Cage.

Maine Maritime ends 18-11 on the season while the Engineers improve to 32-1 and advance to the NCAA Second Round to play New York University which was a 3-1 winner over William Smith.

Maine Maritime Highlights
  • Sophomore Sydney Williams led the offense with nine kills for match-high honors while hitting for a .412 clip. She also led all student-athletes with three blocks. 
  • Freshman Hannah Tate recorded 11 digs.
  • Sophomore Ally Hadley chipped in 14 assists, four kills and three digs.
MIT Highlights
  • Ella Gragg tied Williams with nine kills (.368) and posted a match-best five service aces.
  • As a team, the Engineers had 13 aces in the match and 23 more kills (47) than MMA (24).
  • Kayleigh May dished a match-high 38 assists while Ottavia Personeni led all players with 12 digs.
First Set
  • Despite MIT taking the opening frame by 14 points, MMA played well with a .333 attack percentage on eight kills in 18 total attempts with just two errors. The Engineers, however, hit .577 and was able to keep more balls in play with 16 digs to eight for the Mariners in the first set.
  • MIT forged ahead 12-3 but MMA clawed back in it by taking five of the next seven points to close within 14-8.
  • The Engineers responded, though, with an 11-3 run to go up 1-0 in the match.
Second Set
  • MIT held a .243-.079 attack percentage advantage to take a two-sets-to-none lead.
  • Maine Maritime held leads of 1-0 and 2-1 before falling behind 9-3, but they eventually climbed back to within 11-8.
  • The Engineers took command by using an 11-2 run to go up 22-10.
Third Set
  • The Mariners offense bounced back to hit .316, but the Engineers were a shade better at .520.
  • Maine Maritime continued to battle, taking leads again of 1-0 and 2-1.
  • MIT tried to pull away but MMA kept within striking distance until the frame's midway point.
  • Leading 13-11, the Engineers sealed the victory by ending the match on a 12-3 run.
Beyond the Boxscore
  • Maine Maritime was making its 11th NCAA Tournament appearance.
  • Senior setter Katie Albritton dished seven assists tonight to give her 2,585 for her career, ranking second in school history.
  • The Mariners are now 35-21 all-time in the postseason.
Next Up
  • Maine Maritime is scheduled to return 3.5 starters among seven student-athletes for the 2025 season.
Print Friendly Version