CARLISLE, Pa. - The Dickinson volleyball continued to make a late season push towards a possible Centennial Conference postseason berth by knocking off the visiting Washington College Shorewomen by a 3-0 score on Saturday afternoon in conference action at the Kline Center. The win for the Red and White was their fifth win in the last six matches.
Washington began the match strong taking six of the first seven points, before
Alexa Barowski,
Amelia Kim,
Dessie Anne Nietert and
Mathilde Verbitsky went on a heater racking up nine of the next eleven to go ahead 10-8. Kills for Sylvia Johnson and Raegan Moran knotted the score at 11, but then
Grace Coccagna,
Camille Dofiles,
Emma Popham and Kim responded with a 6-1 push for the 17-12 advantage. Washington tried to rely of Chelsea Elliott, Logan Kenny, Giselle Kleinbussink and Angelina Schaber to pull within 23-20. However, a kill each from Kim and Popham ended the set 25-20.
In the second it was Dickinson who got out to the quick start as Barowski, Coccagno, Kim, Nietert and Popham made it 9-4. Two Kim kills and a combination block between Nietert and Verbitsky helped the Red and White to claim four of the next seven to go ahead by six (13-7). A pair of scores by Kleinbussink and three DC miscues cut the deficit to 16-12. That was when the Devils were determined to let the Shorewomen get no closer as Barowski and Coccagna got it down on the service line, while Kim and Nietert put down kills during a 9-2 outburst to grab the frame 25-14.
With things locked at 2-2 early in the third, the Red and White mounted a 6-1 run on scores from Nietert, Popham and Verbitsky opening up an 8-3 advantage. Colette Franck, Kleinbussink and Schaber the visitors fight back to within 12-10, but then
Ann Marie Patterson, Kim, Popham and Verbitsky answered for the Devils to extend the advantage to 19-12. After WAC tallied six of the next seven (20-18), Barowski, Kim, Nietert and Popham ended the match with a 5-1 push for the 25-19 win.
Red Devil Leaders
Kills - Kim (15), Popham (6), Nietert (4)
Digs - Patterson (17)
Assists - Dofiles (26)
Shorewomen Leaders
Kills - Schaber (10)
Digs - Kile (14), Kleinbussink (11)
Assists - McKechnie and Moran (11)
Postseason Outlook
Dickinson currently sits in a two-way tie with Haverford for the fifth and sixth spots as both teams hold conference records of 3-3 which is one game better than Washington at 2-4.
Next on the Court
Dickinson (9-11, 3-3 Centennial) return to the Kline Center on Wednesday night at 7pm for a conference clash against local rival Gettysburg College.
