Women’s Volleyball Fall to Monks and Falcons

PAXTON, MA: The Anna Maria College women's volleyball returned to action this afternoon when they traveled to Albertus Magnus College for a tri-match with the host Falcons and St. Joseph's College at the Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center.

THE BASICS:

• Date: Saturday, October 15, 2022
• Score: Anna Maria 0, St. Joseph's (ME) 3
• Records: Anna Maria AMCATS 3-13 (0-6 GNAC) | St. Joseph's (ME) Monks 9-15 (3-4 GNAC)
• Score: Anna Maria 2, Albertus Magnus 3
• Records: Anna Maria AMCATS 3-14 (0-7 GNAC) | Albertus Magnus Falcons 8-16 (2-5 GNAC)

HIGHLIGHTS

• In their first game of the day, the AMCATS were led by senior outside hitter Bella Kozciak (Westfield, MA) with seven kills while junior outside hitter Sarah Burt (Plymouth, MA) contributed five of her own. Both Kozciak and Burt also added an ace apiece in the service game.
• Freshman setter Isabella Sand (Seymour, CT) was tops on the AMCATS with 17 assists.
• Senior libero Serena Dennis (Holyoke, MA) recorded a game-high 15 digs, while Sand and freshman libero Olivia Oliveira (Mashpee, MA) added seven each.
• In the final game of the afternoon, the AMCATS went a full five sets with the host Falcons. The AMCATS had a duo of players with double-digit kills, led by Burt with 18 and Koziack added 13. The AMCATS also got a season-high six kills from senior middle blocker Patty Agbeh (Raleigh, NC).
• Sand again led the AMCATS in assists, this time recording a team season-high of 32 assists. The team's previous high had been 19 by Sand against Emmanuel on October 8^th and by junior setter Julia Tarantino (Pembroke, MA) on September 6^th against Baypath.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Kills: AMC 20, SJC 35
• Service Aces: AMC 4, SJC 7
• Digs: BS AMC 36, SJC 29
• Kills: AMC 44, Albertus Magnus 45
• Service Aces: AMC 9, Albertus Magnus 18
• Digs: AMC 63, Albertus Magnus 60

UP NEXT:

Anna Maria will be in action again on Thursday when they host another Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) opponent, the Rivier University Raiders at the Fuller Activities Center. The teams will take the court for a 6 PM start.

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