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BIDDEFORD, Maine -- Hayley Knapp knocked down 14 kills with a hitting percentage of .571 to lead Endicott College to a 3-0 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) women's volleyball victory over the University of New England on Wednesday evening (Oct. 21) at the Harold Alfond Forum. Set scores were 28-26, 25-12, and 25-15.

The Gulls (17-8, 3-2 CCC) received another 10 kills from Lauren Sheehan, and the attack was guided by Mareena Clotfelter, who dished up 42 assists to go with four service aces. Additionally, Knapp had a hand in all six of the blocks for the visitors. On the defensive side, Cydney Pierce had a match-high 17 digs and Tori McIntyre added nine.

UNE (6-12, 3-3 CCC) got a combined 18 kills out Grayson Szczepaniak and Courtney Lambrese, and Brooke Gibbons tallied 24 assists. Brittany Morrison pulled up 16 digs.
 
The opening set swung back-and-forth until three straight points put Endicott up, 23-19. Lambrese answered with back-to-back winners but a kill for the Gulls established set-point. The Nor'easters took advantage of the ensuing service error and paired a Szczepaniak kill with an ace by Morrison to level the score at 24-all. After Sheehan gave EC an edge, two errors shifted UNE in front, but a service error and two blocks by Knapp & Co. finished off the frame.

Endicott capitalized on five UNE errors early in the second to jump out to a 7-2 cushion, and built the margin to 17-5 to secure a two-set lead.

The Gulls trailed 6-5 in the third but struck for five in-a-row (10-6) and never looked back. Then a 4-1 spurt increased the gap to 19-11 and sent the visitors on their way.

EC returns home to face Western New England University on Saturday (12 p.m.). The same afternoon (1 p.m.), Big Blue is scheduled to visit Salve Regina University.