BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Maritime volleyball hosted Worcester in conference play on Saturday and fell to the Lancers in straight sets, 3-0. 

The Basics

Final: Lancer 3, Buccaneers 0 (25-13, 25-23, 25-12)

Records: Worcester (11-13, 4-1)

               Maritime (4-16, 0-5)

Inside The Number

Maritime

• Gemma Geisler led the team in kills with four in the match. Izabella Mackintosh recorded three of her own.
• Shayla Narodowg led the team with six assists and she had two service aces along with Chloe Johnson. 
• Audrey Manning was the defensive leader with 16 digs. 
• Sydney McCarthy and Johnson each had a solo block.
• In total, Maritime had 14 kills with a -.125 hitting percentage, 10 assists, five aces, 42 digs, and two blocks.

Worcester

• Kate Stedronsky led all players with six kills. Beatrice Gamboa-Estrella had five and Cassie Millea recorded four.
• Angela Colonis and Megan Bardis each had 11 assists to lead the match.
• Stendronsky and Gamboa-Estrella each had four aces.
• Defensively, Camryn Burgio had 17 digs leading all players and Millea had 10.
• At the net, Meave Cadogan and Stedronsky each had a solo block. Stedronsky and Erin Gaffney each had three block assists. 
• In total, Worcester had 26 kills, a .093 hitting percentage, 26 assists, 13 aces, 53 digs and seven total blocks.

How It Happened

Maritime took early leads in the first a second set leading 2-0 after two serves. In the first set, Worcester ran away with the game after erasing the two-point deficit and led by as many as 12, 15-6, midway through the set. The Lancers went on to win the first set by a final of 25-13.

In the second set, Maritime took their 2-0 lead and were competitive against the Lancers, once of the best teams in the conference, and kept the score within two points all the way until Worcester led 24-22 late on. On the final point of the set, on a Maritime serve, Stedronsky recorded a kill to win the second set, 25-23, and take a 2-0 match lead.

In set three, Maritime was only able to muster four points against the Lancers and fell behind by 16 points, 20-4. The Bucs then scored three in a row to make the score 20-7 and Worcester scored three of their own to go up 23-7. Maritime fought back a bit scoring five points unanswered and cut the deficit to 23-12. Worcester went on to score the final two points of the set to win it, 25-13, and take the match, 3-0.

What's Next

Maritime is back home on Thursday, October 26th against Westfield State in their final home game of the regular season at 7pm.