BEVERLY, Mass. - In a back-and-forth affair that pitted two of the top teams in the region against each other early in the season, the Endicott women's volleyball team took down Bowdoin 3-1 in the friendly confines of the MacDonald Gymnasium on Friday night. The win sees Endicott improve to 3-0 on the young season, while Bowdoin falls to 1-1. Set scores for the match were 25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 25-15.
Graduate student Amanda Gilbert (West Falmouth, Mass.) led all student-athletes with 14 kills (14-5-36) to go with seven digs and three aces. Defensively, libero Emma Ruel (Duxbury, Mass.) shined, leading the way with a match-high 20 digs, which is one off her career high of 21, which was set in the team's five set win over Brandeis in 2021. The 20 digs are a career-best effort in a four set match for the sophomore.
Setters Ella Koelb (Auburn, N.H.) and Lauren McGrath (Franklin, Mass.) each produced a double-double performance as the duo orchestrated an efficient offense throughout. Koelb finished with her first career double-double, posting 20 assists and 10 digs while McGrath notched 19 assists and 10 digs of her own.
Krystina Schueler (Trumbull, Conn.) came on strong late, producing an 8-2-15 (.400) line over the last two sets to finish the night with a season-high 11 kills and just three errors on 24 attempts (.333).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The win marks the second straight season in which the Gulls have taken down the Polar Bears at home in four sets.
- Endicott again held a firm advantage from the service line as the Gulls finished with 10 aces and just eight errors, compared to five aces and 14 errors for the visitors. The 10 aces tie a season-high for the Gulls.
- Freshmen Kelsey Sanborn (Londonderry, N.H.) and Sophie Breitenbach (Newport, R.I.) finished the match with seven and six kills, respectively.
- Tonight's match served as the opening match of the MIT Invitational for both teams.
WHAT'S NEXT
Both teams travel to Cambridge, Mass. to compete in day two of the MIT Invitational. Endicott (3-0) will take on AVCA nationally ranked No. 10 MIT and Keene St. at 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM, respectively, with Bowdoin (1-1) facing the opposite team at the same times.
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