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Middlebury Mid 4-3,0-2 NESCAC
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Winner Amherst AMH 4-2,2-0 NESCAC
Middlebury Mid
4-3,0-2 NESCAC
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Amherst AMH
4-2,2-0 NESCAC
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Set Scores
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Middlebury Mid 19 25 21 16 (1)
Amherst AMH 25 19 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Mammoths topple Middlebury in Four Sets

AMHERST, Mass. -- Paced by contributions from Kinsey Cronin (10 kills), Caroline Tilton (10 kills) and Sam Underwood (9 kills), plus a career-high 44 digs from Lizzie Papalia, the Amherst College volleyball team won the final two sets Saturday afternoon in LeFrak Gymnasium and won a hard-fought NESCAC match over visiting Middlebury, 3-1. 

The Mammoths improved to 4-2 overall and stayed unbeaten in conference play at 2-0. Middlebury fell to 4-3, 0-2 in NESCAC play. Up next for Amherst is a match with rival Williams back in LeFrak Friday night at 7. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* In the critical first set, the Mammoths scored the final seven points in a 25-19 victory. A kill by Cronin off a set from Carly Cooper tied the score, and Cronin and Tilton combined a block to regain the lead for the Mammoths. Katelyn Hamasaki served the final six points of the match for Amherst, including an ace that made it 22-19. Underwood had two kills late in the run, her final one ending the match in favor of the Mammoths, 25-19. 

* The Panthers took the second set by the identical 25-19 score, tying the match 1-1. In the third set, Middlebury took an early 6-3 lead, but a 6-1 Mammoth run made it 9-7 in favor of the home team. A kill from Charlotte Rasmussen off a Cooper assist began the run, and then Rasmussen took over the serve as Amherst won five more points. Two Cooper kills and a Rasmussen service ace made it 9-7. Middlebury rallied from an 18-12 deficit to tie the set at 20-20, but the Mammoths won five of the final six points. A key block by Cronin followed by a kill from Cronin set up a kill from Tilton as the set ender. 

* In the fourth set, the Mammoths built a 13-4 lead and cruised to the 25-16 match-clinching win. Tilton had two service aces in a 7-1 run that gave Amherst that nine-point early lead. Later Mia Nakamura had back-to-back service aces that made it 24-13, and a kill by Underwood closed out the victory.



BY THE NUMBERS:

* Cooper led the Mammoths with 22 assists. Papalia had seen assists to go with her 44 digs. Underwood and Cooper had 18 and 16 digs, respectively. 



 
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