Leopards Drop Pair of TCCC Matches

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Wentworth women's volleyball team dropped a pair of The Commonwealth Coast Conference matches, falling to both Endicott and Western New England in a tri-match played at Endicott.

Endicott defeated Wentworth 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-8) in the first match of the day thanks to a well-balance attack and strong defense from the Gulls. The victory improved the Blue and Green 12-6 (4-1 TCCC) while the Leopards dropped to 4-11 (1-2 TCCC).

Endicott's Falyn Torelli (Pelham, N.Y.) tied with Wentworth's Julie Bruton (Montgomery, Texas) for a match-high eight kills, but it was the Gulls supporting cast that was the difference maker.

The Gulls got quality offensive contributions from freshman Callie Dolan (Westford, Mass.) and senior Amy Grigg (Vernon, Conn.) who each added seven kills in the win. Both players were also active defensively at the net as Dolan had two solo blocks and Grigg recorded a solo and assisted block of her own.

Endicott's defenders were alert with junior Sarah Allshouse (Berthoud, Colo.) tallying a team-high eight digs while offensively dishing out 24 set assists. Gulls senior Ally Murphy (Gilford, N.H.) had a the second most digs on the team with seven. Wentworth sophomore Rebecca Williams (Brockton, Mass.) led all players with 11 digs in the match. She also had 20 assists from the setter position.

The Blue and Green also got a solid overall performance from freshman Carly Beers (Traverse City, Mich.) who finished the match with four kills, six assists, and six digs.

Leopard senior Sam Vinciguerra (Somersworth, N.H.) was effective for the visitors with five kills with just one error and Julie Rahilly (Nashua, N.H.) and Meaghan Doyle (Preston, Conn.) both added four kills apiece.

Wentworth was defeated by Western New England in its second match, 3-0, as the Golden Bears prevailed over by the scores of 25-14, 25-23, and 25-23.

The Leopards were paced by junior Julie Bruton (Montgomery, Texas) who had 13 kills, a pair of aces, and seven digs, while hitting just under .400 for the match.  Vinciguerra recorded seven kills, while Rahilly had seven kills and 14 digs and Hobs had five kills and 11 digs.  Williams had 27 assists in the loss.

Western New England was led by senior outside hitter Samantha Shomo (Glen Gardner, N.J.) had 12 kills and seven digs, while senior setter Katharina Boes (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) recorded 30 assists and 10 digs.  Senior libero Marci Egbert (Wayne, N.J.) had 14 digs.