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Kortekaas VB BOwdoin 93022
0
Bowdoin Bow 5-5,2-2 NESCAC
3
Winner Amherst AMH 7-3,3-1 NESCAC
Bowdoin Bow
5-5,2-2 NESCAC
0
Final
3
Amherst AMH
7-3,3-1 NESCAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Bowdoin Bow 14 21 18 (0)
Amherst AMH 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Mammoths sweep Polar Bears in NESCAC Battle

AMHERST, Mass. -- Five players had six kills or more Friday night to help the Amherst College volleyball team to a sweep of defending NESCAC champion Bowdoin, 25-14, 25-21, 25-18 in a key conference match-up played in the LeFrak Gymnasium. 

Sophomore Kinsey Cronin led the Mammoths with 7 kills, but right behind her with 6 each were Charlotte Rasmussen, Sam Underwood, Ava O'Connor and Caroline Tilton.  Carly Cooper notched 23 assists in the win. 

Amherst improved to 7-3 overall and 3-1 in the conference while Bowdoin fell to 5-5 overall and 2-2 in NESCAC play. The Mammoths are back in action Saturday afternoon at 2 in LeFrak against conference foe Connecticut College. 

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:

* In the opening set the two teams traded points back and forth for much of the match, but, leading 14-11, the Mammoths closed the set on an 11-3 run to grab the early advantage. A kill by Tilton from Cooper made it 17-12 Amherst. Following a Bowdoin timeout, Lani Uyeno served the next four Mammoth points, which included one service ace and kills from O'Connor, Rasmussen and Anaya Thomas and gave the hosts a 21-12 edge en route to the win. 

* Set 2 proved to be the most competitive game. The score was tied 9-9 when a Cronin kill regained the lead for Amherst. With Underwood serving, kills by O'Connor and Cronin again made it a 12-9 game. The Polar Bears would not go away, and a kill by Sarah Evans made it a 15-13 game. The Mammoths then put together a four-point run that made that lead 19-13. Jacqueline Kortekaas set up for kills in the run, and O'Connor threw in a service ace. A late Bowdoin run made it a three-point game again, but a Tilton kill off a Cooper set ended the set 25-21 in favor of the Mammoths. 

* In what proved to be the final set, Amherst built an early 12-6 lead and then extended that by with a 7-4 run that made it a 19-10 scored en route to the 25-18 victory. Katelyn Hamasaki served four key points in a row, including back-to-back service aces that gave the Mammoths a 17-9 lead. Alexandra Trofort had a big kill in the set as well. Underwood had a kill that put Amherst on the precipice of winning and a Bowdoin service error ended the set and match.



BY THE NUMBERS:

* O'Connor led the defensive effort with a 19-dig performance. Cooper added 15 digs and Hamasaki 13. Cronin added three block assists in the win. 



 
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