Seahawks Roll to Sweep of Hood
St. Mary's City, Md. - Senior middle blocker Jen Lamar (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) and freshman outside hitter Jenn Rindone (Crofton, Md./Spalding) combined for 22 kills in leading the St. Mary's College of Maryland volleyball team to a 3-0 (25-12, 25-9, 25-13) sweep of Hood College in Capital Athletic Conference action Tuesday night.
The win improved St. Mary's to 10-7, 2-1 CAC on the year, while the loss dropped Hood to 1-10, 0-3 CAC.
Rindone led all attackers with her first career double-double on match-highs of 12 kills and 15 digs while serving up her first career ace.
Lamar recorded 10 kills and a .333 hitting percentage, while notching two block solos and one dig.
Registering her seventh double-double was junior setter Katie Obal (Olney, Md./Sherwood) as Obal dished out 35 assists and had 10 digs. Senior outside hitter Sarah Gregorini (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) contributed 13 digs, eight kills, and a match-best four aces as the Seahawks finished the match with 10 service aces.
Hood never attained more than three kills in a set as senior outside hitter Leah Garland (Union Bridge, Md./Francis Scott Key) paced the Blazers with five kills. Defensively, junior libero Chelsea Weaver (Hagerstown, Md./South Hagerstown) tallied 11 digs.
The Seahawks will return to action this Saturday, October 3 as St. Mary's welcomes Elizabethtown College to the ARC Arena for a non-conference match at 1:00 pm.
Hood will next face Marymount (Va.) University in league action at 7:00 pm on Thursday.
