NCAA Volleyball - Colby-Sawyer 3, MCLA 0

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NEW LONDON, N.H. – The Colby-Sawyer women’s volleyball team extended their winning streak to five matches with a 3-0 victory over MCLA, on Friday evening. The Chargers won by scores of 25-12, 25-12, and 25-18. With the win, the Chargers improve to 14-4 overall, while MCLA falls to 10-6 with the loss.
 
The story of the first two sets was the efficient hitting of the Chargers. Colby-Sawyer had hitting percentages of .538 and .500 in the first and second sets, respectively. The team finished with a .360 mark for the match.
 
Sophomore Kristin Sawyer (Walpole) had her best match of the season with a match-high 15 kills and hit a blistering .650. Senior Kim Shannon (Wallingford, Conn.) contributed seven kills and three blocks. Junior Stef Turner (Boxborough) hit .385 and tallied eight kills. Senior Mickey LaPan (Medway) led all players with 16 digs. Senior Megan White (Monroe, Conn.) added seven kills and seven digs for the Chargers.
 
Sophomore Kayla Bromback (Lee) led the Trailblazers with five kills and a .364 hitting percentage.  
 
Colby-Sawyer travels to Springfield College on Saturday for two matches against Plymouth State and a non-conference contest against Western New England beginning at noon. MCLA will be at Bridgewater State on Monday for a 2:00pm match.

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SteepleCats Fall to Upper Valley Nighthawks

By Ben McDonoughFor iBerkshires.com
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Adams SteepleCats were unable to overcome a pair of multi-run innings Friday night at Joe Wolfe Field, falling 5-1 to the Upper Valley Nighthawks.
 
North Adams pitcher Jakob Foster was making his first start after throwing only two innings earlier in the season and looked sharp early. The right-hander struck out two in a scoreless first inning before punching out three more hitters in the second, allowing just a hit batter to reach base.
 
Upper Valley broke through in the third. Alejandro Puig opened the inning with a single before James Love doubled with two outs. A two-run double by Magoulik gave the Nighthawks a 2-0 lead before Foster escaped the frame.
 
The SteepleCats struggled to generate offense against Upper Valley starter Trey Sejnoha, who retired the first nine North Adams hitters in order. Nick Lamelo finally reached in the third, hustling into second on a ball misplayed in right field.
 
North Adams put together its best threat of the game in the fourth. Bobby Stang reached on an error and Nelphie Lopez worked a walk to put two runners aboard. Chris Diaz moved both runners into scoring position with a groundout, but Sejnoha induced a foul fly ball to end the inning and strand both runners.
 
The Nighthawks added to their lead in the fifth. After an error extended the inning, Upper Valley loaded the bases before a hit batter forced home a run. Jake Bell followed with a two-run double, pushing the Nighthawks’ advantage to 5-0.
 
The SteepleCats answered with another opportunity in the bottom half of the inning. Shawn Stephenson and Owen Arias recorded back-to-back infield singles, and a walk to Evan Meier loaded the bases with two outs. Reliever Nick Tamburro entered and escaped the jam with a strikeout, preserving the shutout.
 
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