COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus Women's Volleyball team wrapped up its season against McDaniel in Centennial Conference action on Saturday afternoon at Helfferich Hall.
First-year
Madison Small capped an impressive debut season by leading the Bears once again in kills with 14 while posting eight digs. Junior
Molly Stevenson recorded 11 kills and seven digs while sophomore
Lauren McGinn totaled 28 assists, eight digs, and two kills. Senior
Alexa Mazzeo led the Bears with 20 digs.
McDaniel won the first three points of the first set and increased their lead to 9-5 early in the match. Ursinus won eight straight points to go up 13-9 and stretched its lead to 15-10 to cap a run of winning 10 of 11 points. McDaniel got back within two points at 16-14 before the Bears went back up 19-15. The Green Terror got back within one point at 20-19 but the Bears seemed to take control with three kills to go up 23-20. McDaniel won three straight points to tie the set at 23 before back-to-back kills by Small gave the Bears the first set win.
Ursinus rallied back from an early 3-1 deficit in the second set and went back up 5-4. The Bears led by as many as four points at 11-7 before McDaniel won nine of the next 11 points, which included six points in a row, to go up 16-13. The Bears could get no closer than three points in the rest of the second set as the Green Terror stretched it out late. McDaniel broke open an early 3-3 tie in the third set by winning five points in a row and went up by as many as six points. Down 14-8, the Bears won five straight points to get within one at 14-13 and eventually tied the set at 18. However, the Green Terror won the next three points and did not relinquish the lead in the set. The fourth set was very competitive with neither team being able to break away. With the set at 15, the Green Terror won six of the next eight points that ultimately proved to be the decisive run to end the match.
