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NAC Volleyball East Quarterfinals match recap vs UMPI
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Me.-Presque Isle UMPI 9-16,3-5 North Atlantic
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Winner Maine Maritime MMA 16-10,8-0 North Atlantic
Me.-Presque Isle UMPI
9-16,3-5 North Atlantic
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Final
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Maine Maritime MMA
16-10,8-0 North Atlantic
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Me.-Presque Isle UMPI 10 13 9 (0)
Maine Maritime MMA 25 25 25 (3)

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

Milestones Pave the Way for NAC East Women's Volleyball Quarterfinals Win

Seniors Sydney Rich, Chloe Weeks help the Mariners sweep UMaine-Presque Isle

CASTINE--Seniors Sydney Rich and Chloe Weeks reached 1,000 digs and 500 kills in their respective careers, and Maine Maritime Academy hit .337 as a team, as the top-seeded Mariners swept No. 4 UMaine-Presque Isle 25-10, 25-13, 25-9 in the North Atlantic Conference East Division Women's Volleyball Quarterfinals on Saturday at Smith Gymnasium.

Host Maine Maritime improves to 16-10 and advances to the NAC-East Semifinals against No. 3 Husson University (9-15 overall)--which upset second-seeded No. 2 Thomas College in today's other NAC-East quarterfinal 25-15, 25-20, 26-24--on Sunday at noon. UMPI sees its season end at 9-16.

Maine Maritime Highlights
  • Weeks (.667) finished with a match-high eight kills to bring her to 503 for her career, and she added six total blocks for a season's best.
  • Rich made five digs to end up with 1,002 digs.
  • Senior setter Katie Albritton led all student-athletes with 16 assists to go along with three kills (.333), two service aces, two blocks and four digs.
  • Sophomores Sydney Williams (.385) and Ally Hadley (.273) added six kills apiece, with the former making four blocks and the latter recorded nine assists and six digs.
  • Sophomore Breanna Kerr led all student-athletes with a career-best eight digs and classmate Amber Cooklin had seven.
  • The defense held the Owls to a minus-.089 attack percentage.
UMPI Highlights
  • Faith Graham led the team with five kills.
  • Rylie Kolkow contributed 12 assists and a match-high-tying eight digs.
First Set
  • The Mariners got off to a fast start to the tune of 13-2 and never looked back in winning the opening frame by 15 points.
  • Maine Maritime hit .308 and held UMPI to a minus-.038 percentage.
Second Set
  • The Mariners outhit the Owls .310 to minus-.091.
  • Tied 2-2, MMA scored five unanswered points to go up 7-2 and the Mariners would never let go of the lead.
Third Set
  • Maine Maritime used a 9-0 scoring run to break a 3-3 tie to set the tone in the decisive final stanza.
  • The Mariners had their strongest frame offensively with a .393 attack percentage and held UMPI to minus-.129.
Beyond the Boxscore
  • Maine Maritime is seeking its 11th NAC Championship, with the last occurring in 2022.
  • MMA is now 14-5 in three-set matches and 8-1 at home.
  • The Mariners led the Owls in the all-time series 38-1, including a 2-0 record in postseason play.
  • Rich becomes the fourth Mariner ever to reach the 1,000-dig plateau.
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