Box Score NEW LONDON, Conn. – Amanda Dake had a match-high 17 kills and career-high seven service aces leading Coast Guard to a 3-1 win over WPI in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game to kick off Parents' Weekend as the Bears celebrated Senior Night.
The Bears, who honored their four seniors Angelou Dunton, Kassidy Whitney, Makenna Martin and Ariel Hall before the game, won by set scores of 25-18, 25-20, 24-26, 25-17.
Coast Guard, which has won three straight, improves to 17-7 overall and 6-3 in the NEWMAC while WPI drops to 13-10 overall and 4-4 in conference play. The Bears can secure a home game in the first round of the NEWMAC tournament on Nov. 5th with a win in the regular season finale at Wheaton next Saturday.
Mary Sweet had a team-high five blocks, Veronica Hine had a team-high 13 digs while Martin led the Bears with 20 assists.
Amanda Wetmore led WPI hitting .409 with a team-high 11 kills and six blocks. Abbie Gilbert added eight kills while Catherine Reynolds had a team-high 30 assists for the Engineers.
Coast Guard would score five straight to take an 8-3 lead in the opening set. The Engineers would score eight of the next 11 points to even it at 11-11. The Bears would later use an 8-1 spurt to open up a 22-13 en route to winning the opening set 25-18.
The Bears would score the first six points of the second set as Dake had three service aces in the run. With Coast Guard leading 10-2, WPI would score six of the next eight cutting the deficit to 12-8. Coast Guard would push the lead to as many as six at 23-17 and win the second set 25-20.
Coast Guard led the back-and-forth third set and had match point 24-23 before WPI ran off three straight points including a pair of kills by Coleen Mullins to force a fourth set with a 26-24 win.
In the fourth set, the Bears jumped out to a 6-2 lead and WPI would close the margin to 10-9 before Coast Guard scored four of the next five for a 14-10 lead and closed out the match with a 25-17 win.
The Bears are back in action tomorrow as they host New Paltz at 10:00 and Eastern Connecticut at 4:00.
