PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Junior outside hitter Celina Henn (Atwater, Calif.) tallied a match-high 17 points and classmate Sydney Lyon (Weston, Conn.) topped all players with 14 kills to lead the Wheaton College (Mass.) women's volleyball team over Maine Maritime Academy, 3-2 (20-25, 25-14, 25-21, 18-25, 15-12), this afternoon as part of a tri-match hosted by Plymouth State University at Foley Gymnasium in Plymouth, N.H.

The Lyons improve to 3-6 on the season, while the Mariners fall to 3-5.

Neither team hit consistently well in the match with Maine Maritime owning a .132 hitting mark to Wheaton's success rate of .113. The Lyons' service game outclassed the Mariners, 12-5.

Henn finished a dig shy of a double-double for Wheaton and added 13 kills, three aces and two block assists, while Lyon picked up her second double-double of the day with 11 digs to go with an ace and an assisted block. Sophomore setter Ajsa Orbán (Budapest, Hungary) registered a double-double as well with 32 assists and a career-high 18 digs. Sophomore libero Jackie Hochberg (Tampa, Fla.) fired three aces and added 17 digs for Wheaton.

Junior middle hitter Ila Smith (Lexington, Ky.) played nearly mistake free for Maine Maritime, putting away 10 kills with just one attack miscue and posted a sterling .529 hitting percentage to go with three block assists. Sophomore outside hitter Ally Hadley (Hebron, Conn.) nearly turned in a triple-double with 11 kills, 11 digs and nine assists to go with two block assists. Senior setter Katie Albritton (Hutto, Texas) directed the offense for the Mariners with 29 assists and added four kills and 12 digs, while first year libero Hannah Tate (Spring Hill, Tenn.) scooped up a match-best 22 digs.

The Lyons opened up an early 10-5 lead in the first set, behind a pair of kills and an ace from Henn, and later maintained a 13-8 margin. Maine Maritime ripped off six straight points to take a 14-13 edge. The teams traded leads before they sat deadlocked at 16-16. The Mariners scored five of the next six points to take the lead for good at 21-17. First year outside hitter Katie de la Pena (Castle Rock, Colo.) put down a kill to cut the deficit to 22-20 for Wheaton, but Maine Maritime scored the final three points, including an ace from Albritton to seal it at 25-20.

Senior outside hitter Grace Jennings (Fredericton, Canada) gave the Mariners a 10-8 lead with a kill early in the second set, before the Lyons erupted for a 17-4 run to close out the frame with a 25-14 decision to even the match at one set apiece. Lyon led the charge with four kills.

Wheaton never trailed in the third set and took a 25-21 result to earn a 2-1 match lead. Maine Maritime climbed to within 8-6 early in the set, but it was as close as it would get for the frame. The Lyons began to put distance between themselves and the Mariners with an 11-3 stretch, fueled by three kills from junior middle hitter Julia Wingler (Fuquay Varina, N.C.), to take a comfortable 19-9 advantage. Maine Maritime regrouped and put together a 12-5 blitz to cut the margin to 24-21, before a Lyon kill gave the frame to Wheaton.

The Lyons opened a 9-7 lead in the fourth set, before the Mariners scored four of the next five points to take an 11-10 edge – a lead they would not relinquish. Hadley later put away a kill to increase Maine Maritime's advantage to 17-14, but Wheaton scored the next three points to pull even at 17-17. It was as close as they would get for the set. The Mariners left no doubt, scoring eight of the final nine points, including a pair of kills from sophomore outside hitter Sydney Williams (Melbourne, Fla.), to win the set (25-18) and even the match at 2-2.

Maine Maritime's momentum carried into the final set, taking a 10-7 lead without trailing. The Lyons roared back with six straight points to take a 13-10 lead. Hadley put down a kill and sophomore defensive specialist Breanna Kerr (Kingston, Jamaica) fired an ace to make it a one-point set for MMA at 13-12. Wheaton brushed off the late charge and de la Pena swung for the match's final kill to give the Lyons the win.

Wheaton returns to action on Wednesday, September 18 when it hosts Lasell University at Emerson Gymnasium for its home opener, while the Mariners head to Brunswick, Maine on September 21 to play Bowdoin College at 5:00 p.m.