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Huskies Celebrate in the Huddle vs. Bates
Landon Geis, Athletic Communications Student Employee
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Winner Covenant COVENANT 5-1
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Southern Me. SOUTHERN 1-5
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Covenant COVENANT 25 25 25 (3)
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 10 23 10 (0)
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Me.-Presque Isle ME.-PRES 1-2
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Winner Southern Me. SOUTHERN 2-5
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Southern Me. SOUTHERN
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Me.-Presque Isle ME.-PRES 18 17 14 (0)
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 25 25 25 (3)

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

Southern Maine Defeats UMPI, Falls to Covenant in Home Tri-Match

GORHAM, Maine – The University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's volleyball team went 1-1 on Saturday at a home tri-match. The Huskies lost in straight sets to the Covenant College Scots 3-0 before sweeping the UMaine Presque Isle Owls 3-0 to end the day. Sophomore Haylie Bidegain (Logan, N.M) led the team in kills with 10 in the win over UMPI, while sophomore Reese Helisek (Halifax, Mass./Silver Lake Regional) recorded 18 assists and Alexis Tortola (Rowland Heights, Cali./Bishop Amat) recorded 15. Helisek also logged five aces in the win.
 
Freshman Sofia Daoud (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) recorded a team-leading 19 digs against UMPI. Sophomore Taylor Joyal (Nashua, N.H./Nasuha North) had eight kills and eight digs in the win.
 
Game 1 vs. Covenant
The Records:
Covenant: 5-1
Southern Maine: 1-5
 
Series History:
Today's match was the first time that the two programs have played each other.
 
How It Happened:
  • Covenant won the opening set 25-10 behind 12 kills and four aces. Henley Gentry accounted for three of the aces for the Scots.
  • The Scots went up 2-0 with a 25-23 win in the second set, despite strong effort by the Huskies to tie the set at 23-23.  
  • Covenant completed the sweep with another 25-10 win in the third set to take the match.
 
Inside The Stats:
  • The Scots had a 39-18 lead in kills and a 14-4 lead in aces.
  • Southern Maine led 4-3 in blocks thanks to two block assists by Bidegain and solo blocks by sophomore Scarlett Squires (Mount Desert, Maine/Mount Desert Island) and senior Anyelis Hernandez (Lawrence, Mass.).
  • Joyal led the Huskies with eight digs and tied with Hernandez for the most kills on the team with five.
 
Game 2 vs. UMPI
The Records:
UMPI: 1-2
Southern Maine: 2-5
 
Series History:
Today's match was the first between UMPI and USM since 2022. The Huskies lead the series 30-23 and have won the past 13 meetings.
 
How It Happened:
  • The Huskies broke a 13-13 tie with a 5-0 run that featured a pair of kills by Hernandez, a kill by Squires and a Helisek ace to go up 18-13. They then closed out the match on a 5-1 run capped by a Bidegain kill to win 25-18. Junior Casey Murillo (League City, Texas/Clear Falls) had three kills in the set.
  • Bidegain added five additional kills in the second set as part of a 25-17 win by the Huskies. Senior Kylee Eubanks-Hemme (Rosamond, Cali.) and Joyal each had three kills.
  • After the Owls took a 12-10 lead thanks to a 5-0 run, the Huskies countered with an 11-0 run to regain the lead and go ahead 21-12. Helisek had four aces in the run, three of which came on consecutive serves. Bidegain had two kills during the stretch.
 
Inside The Stats:
  • The Huskies led 10-1 in aces and 40-18 in kills.
  • Bidegain reached double-figures in kills for the second time this season.
  • Helisek's 18 assists matched her season-high, while Tortola set a season-high with 15.
 
Up Next:
The Huskies will play their first road match of the season on Wednesday night at 7:00 pm at Bowdoin College.
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