Gulls Top WNE in CCC Play

BEVERLY, Mass.  (October 18, 2022) – The Western New England women's volleyball team traveled to Endicott College where they faced the Gulls in CCC competition. The Golden Bears lost to the Gulls after three sets.

• Western New England: 14-10, 2-4 CCC
• Endicott College: 15-6, 6-0 CCC

How It Happened: Endicott went on a 7-0 run to begin the opening set. Yemayma Molina earned WNE their first kill to break up the gulls scoring run. The Golden Bears had a spirt of scores that put them only down three to Endicott, 10-7. After a few volleys back-and-forth, the Gulls upped their lead to seven due to a few errors and a couple kills they smashed down, score 17-10. A bad set gave WNE the ball possession, but it was proceeded by a kill and an ace going the other way. The Gulls had forced a nine-point lead, 21-12. The Golden Bears scored again due to attack error. The Gulls quickly responded with two more kills. Taylor Geist broke up the run with a kill of her own. Endicott with one more kill for the set had gained a 10-point lead sitting at set-point and after WNE scored a couple more times, the Gulls earned the first set win on a service error, 25-16.

Scoring plays began even in the second set with different lead changes and tied scores until a small three-point run for Endicott put them ahead by two, 6-4. It returned to retaliated scoring plays before the Gulls hit another 3-0 run. They now had a seven-point lead 15-8. Sarah Scott answered with a kill for the Golden Bears trying to close the gap. They gave the Gulls two more scores before hitting a three-score run of their own. The score differential was too much for WNE to comeback, and another 3-0 run for the Gulls sealed the deal for the set. The Golden Bears were down two sets.

After an attack error, Molina slammed a kill down to even up the score in set three. Two attack errors put the Golden Bears up 3-1. There was a kill from the other side of the net and then WNE's Hailey Sell got a kill, Becca Mayer with an ace, and Scott with another kill to give them a lead of 6-2. Endicott forced a tie score and took the lead after a six-point run with five kills and a WNE attack error, 11-9. The Golden Bears work their way back to the lead with two kills from Liz Long and Molina and an ace from Kate Lange, 14-13. There was a few more lead changes until the Gulls went for four consecutive scores 20-15. Still fighting, Molina smashed another kill and Mayer earned another ace. The Golden Bears couldn't keep the Gulls from scoring while gaining small runs and they fell to Endicott after three sets, the final set score 25-21.

On the Court:

• The Golden Bears concluded the match with 30 kills, 29 assists, 36 digs, and one block while hitting .108 percent.
• The Gulls ended the match with 41 kills, 40 assists, 46 digs, and one block, while hitting .301 percent
• Sarah Scott led the Golden Bears with 11 kills, eight digs, one block, and one assist.
• Hailey Sell contributed with 16 assists, four digs, and three kills.
• At libero, Becca Mayer had eight digs, six assists, and three serving aces.

Up Next: The Golden Bears remain on the road for their next game this Thursday, October 20, where they are heading to Keene State University to take on the Owls for a 7 p.m. game time.