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2026 Southern Maine Women's Volleyball Seniors - Kylee Eubanks-Hemme, Alicia Beatty, Chloe Whittaker, Amelia Beatty and Anyelis Hernandez
Landon Geis, Ath Comm Student Employee
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Winner Vermont State Castleton VERMONT 9-12, 1-6
0
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 7-17, 1-6
Winner
Vermont State Castleton VERMONT
9-12, 1-6
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Final
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Southern Me. SOUTHERN
7-17, 1-6
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Vermont State Castleton VERMONT 25 25 26 (3)
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 15 23 24 (0)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Riley Driscoll, Athletic Media Associate

Southern Maine Falls to VTSU Castleton on Senior Day

GORHAM, Maine – The University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's volleyball team dropped their final home match of the season by a score of 3-0 to Vermont State Univeristy Castleton on Saturday afternoon. Prior to the match, the team honors seniors Alicia Beatty (Rochester, N.H./Spaulding), Amelia Beatty (Rochester, N.H./Spaulding), Anyelis Hernandez (Lawrence, Mass.), Kylee Eubanks-Hemme (Rosamond, Cali.) and Chloe Whittaker (Biddeford, Maine).
 
Hernandez led the Huskies in digs with 12 and ranked third in kills with five. Eubanks-Hemme and sophomore Lizzy Harbester (Plympton, Mass./Silver Lake Regional) each had six kills to lead the Huskies. Junior Alexis Tortola (Rowland Heights, Cali./Bishop Amat) recorded 11 assists for Southern Maine.
 
The Records:
VTSU Castleton: 6-15 (1-6 LEC)
Southern Maine: 7-17 (1-6 LEC)
 
Series History:
This afternoon's game was the 12th meeting between the Huskies and Spartans. Castleton won last year's match 3-1 on November 1, 2025 to snap a 10-game losing streak in the series.
 
How it Happened:
  • Castleton took the opening set 25-15 and led the whole way through. The Spartans had 11 kills in the set to Southern Maine's five.
  • The second set was the most competitive of the match with 10 ties and four lead changes before the Spartans prevailed with a 25-23 win. Castleton scored four consecutive points to close out the set and go ahead 2-0.
  • Southern Maine got out to a 4-0 lead to start the third set and led by as many as six points before a 7-0 run by Castleton tied the score at 8-8. The Spartans started to pull away with a 5-0 run to go ahead 17-12 before the Huskies put together an 8-1 run to take a 20-18 lead. Hernandez had two kills and an ace in the run. However, the Spartans were able to fight back and took the set 26-24 to sweep the match.
 
Inside the Stats:
  • Castleton led 37-23 in kills, 10-8 in aces and 32-21 in assists.
  • The Huskies had a 9-2 lead in blocks. Harbester recorded five block assists, while sophomore Haylie Bidegain (Logan, N.M) had a solo block and four block assists. The team's nine blocks are a season-high.
Up Next:
The Huskies will face Eastern Connecticut State on the road on Saturday, November 7 in their final match of the regular season.
 
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