Volleyball Ends Regular Season with 3-1 Loss at Coast Guard

Box Score

SCORE: Wheaton 1 – Coast Guard 3 (25-18, 22-25, 22-25, 25-22)

RECORDS: Wheaton (22-9, 5-5 NEWMAC) – Coast Guard 18-11, 5-5 NEWMAC)

LOCATION: New London, Conn. (Roland Hall)

THE RUNDOWN:

The Wheaton College volleyball team returned to New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Saturday afternoon at the Coast Guard Academy. The loss earned the Lyons the No. 7 seed in the upcoming NEWMAC Tournament, while the Bears earned the No. 6 seed.
Claire Cansler led the Lyons with 11 kills, while Becca Houghton finished with a team-high 33 assists and 14 digs.
Angelou Dunton paced the Bears with 14 kills, while Amanda Dake finished with 13 and a team-high 16 digs.
In the opening set Wheaton led 12-9 before the Bears scored six straight to take a 15-12 lead. The Lyons would however answer back with five straight and 11 of the next 13 points for a 23-17 lead and win 25-18.
The Bears would score six straight early in the second set for a 7-2 lead. Wheaton would close to within two at 19-17 and again at 22-20 following back-to-back aces from Hamilton. The Bears would hold on to win 25-22.
In the third set, the score was tied 16-16 before Coast Guard scored five straight capped on back-to-back aces from Dunton for a 21-16 lead. The Lyons could close to within 23-21 and the Bears won 25-22.
Coast Guard led 19-12 in the fourth before Wheaton scored eight of the next 10 to cut the deficit to 21-20. The Bear led 23-22 and closed out the match with consecutive kills by Boyle.

THE BASICS:

UP NEXT: Wheaton returns to action on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at No. 2 MIT for the NEWMAC Quarterfinals. VIDEO / LIVE

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