LEWISTON, Me. – The Clark University volleyball team (4-1) earned their fourth win of the year and 200th career win for head coach Mickey Cahoon with a convincing 3-0 victory over Maine Maritime (3-1) on Friday night from Alumni Gym.
Clark opened with a 25-23 win in the first set, a 25-15 victory in the second set, and a 25-22 win in the final set.
How it Happened
- Clark opened the first set with a 9-7 lead sparked by kills from senior Camille Flurry, senior Victoria Pastor, senior Sofia Scherrer del Llano, and graduate student Cameron Gill.
- After Maine Maritime tied the match at 9-9, the Cougars scored the next seven points as Flurry, Gill, and senior Sheyenne Williams each registered kills off feeds from first-year Julia Dopazo.
- With Clark trailing 21-18, the Cougars scored seven of the next nine points, with Pastor and Scherrer del Llano scoring the final two points of the set to take the set 25-23.
- The Cougars opened the second set with a 10-4 lead sparked by two kills from Pastor and kills Dopazo, Gill, and junior Camille Sterling.
- Flurry recorded two kills over the next four points to extend the lead to 14-5 and an ace from sophomore Yumeng Liu registered a service ace to make it a 19-11 set.
- Williams recorded a kill and junior Emily Newman registered a service ace as Clark won the set 25-15.
- The scarlet and white took an 8-5 lead in the final set as Pastor recorded a pair of kills and a service ace and a kill from Flurry a few points later made the set 10-9.
- First-year Defne Olcer recorded a service ace and a pair of Pastor kills tied the set again at 17-17.
- Flurry registered Clark's next two kills, Williams made it a 21-20 contest, Gill recorded a service ace to give the Cougars a 23-21 edge before a service error from Maine Maritime gave Clark a 25-22 win.
Inside the Box Score
- The Cougars recorded 36 kills, six service aces, 32 assists, and 39 digs.
- Flurry recorded a team-leading 10 kills and two blocks.
- Pastor added eight kills and seven digs.
- Dopazo dished out 18 assists and Torres added nine helpers.
- Yumeng Liu registered a team-leading 13 digs.
What's Next
The Cougars will play a pair of matches tomorrow beginning with a contest against West Conn at 2:00 p.m. and wrapping up with a match at Bates at 4:00 p.m.