VB: Devils close out regular season with sweep of Shorewomen

CHESTERTOWN, Md. - The Dickinson volleyball team visited the Shorewomen of Washington College on Saturday afternoon and left Chestertown with a 3-0 victory behind 19 kills from Mallie Thomas.

First set

• With the set tied at 4, the hosts scored 5 of the next 6 points to take a 9-5 lead, getting two kills from Izzy Diehl in the process.
• The Devils cut the Shorewomen advantage to 12-11 behind an ace from Brenna Williams and kills by Thomas, Emery Fishbach, Kylie Schner, and Norah Oppenheim.
• Another Williams ace brought the score back to even at 19 for the first time since it was tied at 4-4.
• A Diehl kill gave the Shorewomen a 21-20 lead, but two kills from Thomas and a Jessica Currie ace set up set point for the Red and White.
• Another Thomas kill closed the set out for Dickinson at 25-22, giving the Devils a 1-0 lead.

Second set

• The Shorewomen jumped out to an 8-4 lead early, getting three blocks in that stretch.
• The hosts brought their lead back to 4 on back-to-back kills from Lyndsey Wessel made the score 14-10.
• With the score 15-11 in Washington College's favor, the Red Devils scored the next six points to take a 17-15 lead with the run featuring kills from Currie, Fishbach, and Thomas, a block by Fishbach and Schner, and two aces from Lora Flynn.
• The next four points were split between the two teams, but the Devils closed the set with another 6-0 scoring run, this one featuring two kills from Oppenheim, one each from Schner and Caroline Cusson, and ending with an Avery Butcher ace to give the Devils the set at 25-17 and a two-sets-to-none lead.

Third set

• Washington College jumped out to a 6-3 lead before two Thomas kills brought the score to 6-5.
• With the Shorewomen up 8-5, the Devils scored 6 of the next 7 points to take an 11-9 lead, getting two kills from Oppenheim and one each from Schner and Fishbach along with an ace from Thomas during the run.
• Kills from Emily Harnett and Wessel brought the score to 11 all, and the score would be tied at 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 in this very competitive set.
• A Cusson kill gave the Devils a 19-17 lead, but the Shorewomen rattled off six straight points to take a 23-19 lead, getting three kills from Diehl and a block by Wessel in that run.
• The Devils responded with their own 5-0 run behind a block from Cusson and Currie, a Katie Arcara ace, and kills from Currie and Thomas to set up match point at 24-23.
• The set continued to go back and forth with each team taking a one-point lead before a Thomas kill tied the set at 27.
• An Alexis Stubbs kill gave the Shorewomen a one-point lead at 28-27, but kills from Fishbach and Williams set up match point again for Dickinson.
• Oppenheim and Fishbach combined for a block on match point, giving the set to the Devils at 30-28 and the match at 3-0.

Dickinson leaders

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Opponent leaders

• Diehl (13), Wessel (6)
• Digs: Grace Salveron (14), Diehl (13)
• Assists: Stubbs (22), Kaysie Lynch (8)