ST. MARY'S CITY, MD- Madison Woods (Camrose, Alberta, Canada/Ecole Camrose Composite) and Isabella Buonopane (Wake Forest, N.C./Archbishop Williams) each totaled 12 kills across two matches as the Keystone College women's volleyball team faced St. Mary's College of Maryland and Averett University on Saturday.
The Giants fell to St. Mary's in United East play, 25-13, 25-21, 25-11, before closing the day with a 25-14, 25-12, 25-17 loss to Averett. Keystone finished the afternoon at 5-21 overall and 2-4 in conference action.
St. Mary's 3 Keystone 0
Woods and Buonopane shared the team lead with eight kills apiece in the opening match. Woods also contributed eight digs, while Buonopane added five digs and an assist.
Anna Johnson (Niles, MI/Niles) finished one dig shy of a double-double, recording 19 assists and a team-high nine digs. Nakaya Cridge (New Castle, IN/South Henry School Corporation) supplied four kills without an attacking error on 10 attempts for a .400 hitting percentage, along with a service ace and a solo block.
Keystone put down 12 kills in the opening set before playing its closest set of the match in the second. That frame featured nine ties and three lead changes, with the Giants finishing four points short at 25-21.
Taylor Stephenson (Duryea, PA/Pittston Area) collected seven digs, and Naema Alatorre (Brownsville, TX/Idea Frontier) added six digs and two assists. Nat Reyes (Lamont, CA/Arvin) and Hannah Ely (Wyalusing, PA/Wyalusing Valley Jr./Sr.) each contributed four digs. At the net, Aliya Noriega (Anchorage, AK/West Anchorage) recorded two solo blocks, while Sydney Frasier (Loveland, CO/Thompson Valley) finished with two kills and an ace. Kayjanai Gatlin (San Bernardino, CA/Rialto) added two kills in one set of action.
Averett 3 Keystone 0
Cridge led Keystone with five kills and two block assists in the second match. Woods, Buonopane and Noriega added four kills apiece, with Woods and Buonopane each contributing a block assist.
Johnson handed out 16 assists and finished with three kills on seven attempts without an error, hitting .429. Reyes and Stephenson shared the team lead with five digs each.
The Giants produced their strongest offensive set of the match in the third, recording 10 kills against three errors on 27 attempts for a .259 hitting percentage. Keystone finished that set with 17 points, its highest total of the match.
Chloe Ibarra (Denver, CO/Northglenn) contributed a kill and a service ace in one set of action. Woods and Ely each collected three digs, while Buonopane and Johnson added two apiece.
The Giants stay on the road as the team heads out to Penn State Harrisburg on October 21 at 7:00 PM.
