CHESTERTOWN, Md. – The Ursinus Volleyball team was bested by Washington College in straight sets on Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference action.
First-year
Madison Small led the Bears with eight kills while adding five digs and two assists. First-year
Nayda Bookman tallied six kills while junior
Molly Stevenson added five kills and a team-high six digs. Sophomore
Lauren McGinn registered a team-high 16 assists.
Ursinus started strong in the first set by going up 4-1 and eventually extended their lead to 9-4. The Shorewomen won three straight points to get within two at 9-7 before the Bears responded by winning five of the next six points to go up 14-8. Ursinus built a 19-13 lead until the Shorewomen ripped off 11 straight points to go up 24-19 and won the first set 25-21. The Bears won the first two points of the second set and led 5-4 before the Shorewomen won five of the next six points to go up 9-6. Ursinus won five of the next six points to go up 11-10, but Washington won 10 of the next 14 points to take control of the set. Once again, it was the Bears that started strong to start the set by taking the first four points before Washington stormed ahead by taking 12 of the next 14 points to go up 12-6. Ursinus won five of the next seven points to get within three at 14-11 before seven straight Shorewomen points ultimately put the match away.
The Bears return to action on Thursday October 22
nd as they will host Penn State Abington in non-conference action at 7:30 p.m.
