Box Score

BIDDEFORD, Maine -- Senior Elyse Barbour (Greenville, R.I.), sophomore Callie Dolan (Westford, Mass.), and junior Falyn Torelli (Pelham, N.Y.) combined for 30 kills to help Endicott College snap a five-match losing streak with a 3-0 win over the University of New England in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) match played Tuesday evening at the Campus Center. Set scores were 25-23, 25-17, and 25-19.

Trailing 23-20 in the opening set, Torelli served up the final five points to help rally the visiting Gulls. The tightly-contested first frame featured 14 ties and seven lead changes.

Endicott would jump out to an early lead on its way to winning the second, before fighting off an early deficit to the Nor'easters in the third.

Barbour had 11 kills and three blocks to pace Endicott (4-7, 1-0 CCC). Dolan added 10 kills and two blocks.

Torelli played a strong all-around match with nine kills, two aces, and five digs, while senior setter Sarah Allshouse (Berthoud, Colo.) fueled the Endicott attack with 36 assists. Defensively, junior Ashley Norley (Sudbury, Mass.) dug out a match-best 19 balls.

For UNE (2-9, 0-2), junior middle Paige Curran (Chelmsford, Mass.) racked up a match-high 15 kills to go with a pair of blocks. Sophomore Angie Brunette (North Andover, Mass.) contributed four kills.

Sophomore Maria Kuehl (Middleton, N.H.) added 23 assists, 10 digs, and a pair of aces, while senior Abby Davis (Somersworth, N.H.) chipped in five kills and six digs.

Endicott is back at it Friday and Saturday at the MIT Invitational. The Gulls take on Tufts University (4 p.m.) and Smith College (6 p.m.) in opening-day play.

The Nor'easters travel to Gorham on Thursday for a 7 p.m. tilt at the University of Southern Maine.


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