MCLA falls to visiting Bears 3-1
North Adams, MA-
The MCLA Trailblazers played host to the visiting Bears of Bridgewater State University this afternoon. Bridgewater came away with the win 3-1 (25-14, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23).
Bridgewater came out strong in the first set and never looked back. They were led by Hannah Maymon who had 6 kills on 9 attempts and Melanie Appleman had 14 assists. The Bears ended up winning set two but not before the Trailblazers put up a fight. The Bears took advantage of the Trailblazers 6 errors and went on to win 25-21. Appleman had 10 assists.
The Trailblazers down 0-2 came back and won set three 25-22. They were led by Sam Barbarotta's 5 kills on 9 attempts and Courtney Parent had 11 assists. Set four seemed to be going the Trailblazers way but Bridgewater fought back and earned the win. Maymon and Julie Hutchins combined for 7 of the teams 13 kills.
Bridgewater was led by Maymon's 15 kills and 12 digs and Hutchins 11 kills and 4 single blocks. Appleman racked up 48 assists on the afternoon.
Senior Julia Christian had 11 kills, 8 digs and 2 blocking assists while classmate Kendra Hobbs had 2 kills, 1 ace and 15 digs. Courtney Parent led the Trailblazers with 32 assists.
With the win the Bears improve to 15-17, 4-2 and the Trailblazers fall to 10-18, 1-5.
The Trailblazers will now enter MASCAC play and travel to Bridgewater on Wednesday for a 7:00 pm start.