NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Freshman Reese Helisek (Halifax, Mass./Silver Lake Regional) had a total of 34 assists over the course of two matches as the University of Southern Maine women's volleyball team went 0-2 at a tri-match at UMass Dartmouth on Saturday. The Huskies dropped their first game to the Corsairs 3-0 and then were defeated by Trinity College 3-1. Helisek had 21 assists in the loss to Trinity and tied for freshman Taylor Joyal (Nashua, N.H./Nashua North) and junior Chloe Whittaker (Biddeford, Maine) for the team lead in digs with eight.
 
Joyal also led the Huskies in digs in the UMass Dartmouth game with seven and recorded a team-leading 12 kills in the loss to Trinity.
 
Game 1 vs. UMass Dartmouth
The Records:
Southern Maine: 4-10 (0-1 LEC)
UMass Dartmouth: 9-6 (1-0 LEC)
 
Series History:
The Corsairs lead the all-time series 26-11 and have won three of the last four meetings.
 
How It Happened:

• The Corsairs won the opening set 25-13 to go ahead 1-0.
• UMass Dartmouth got off to a 10-1 run in the second set on the way to a 25-9.
• The three set was won by the Corsairs 25-15 to complete the sweep.

 
Inside The Stats:

• Freshman Mariah Eaton (West Yarmouth, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth Regional) led the Huskies in kills with seven

 
Game 2 vs. Trinity
The Records:
Trinity: 9-3
Southern Maine: 4-11
 
Series History:
Trinity and Southern Maine have now played four times with the Bantams holding a 4-0 record.
 
How It Happened:

• Southern Maine jumped out to an 8-2 lead before the Bantams clawed their way back to take an 11-10 lead. After the Huskies reclaimed the lead twice before Trinity ended the set on a 13-1 run.
• Trinity led for the majority of the second set and won the set 25-16.
• The Huskies got out to a 14-7 lead thanks to 4-0 run and 5-0 runs that featured junior Amelia Beatty (Rochester, N.H./Spaulding) and Eaton each recording two aces. A 7-0 run by the Bantams tied the set at 15-15 before the Huskies slowly pulled away and grinded out a 25-22 win to stay alive.
• The Bantams finished off the Huskies by taking the fourth set 25-15.

 
Inside The Stats:

• Beatty recorded five aces to lead the Huskies while Helisek had four.
• Junior Kylee Eubanks-Hemme (Rosamond, Cali.) recorded seven digs and six kills.

 
Up Next:
The Huskies will play on the road at Saint Joseph's College of Maine on Tuesday night at 6:00 pm.