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                      UMASS DARTMOUTH WINS AT SOUTHERN MAINE, 3-0
                                           Courtesy Southern Maine Sports Information

At Gorham, Maine                                       1          2          3          Final

Southern Maine (4-7, 0-4)                            24        21        21        0

UMass Dartmouth (5-6. 2-2)_                      30        30        30        3

GORHAM, Maine  --  Sophomore middle-hitter Nazareth Cordoso (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) hit for a team-high eight kills and served for three aces to lead the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs to a 3-0 win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a Little East Conference women’s volleyball match, Wednesday at Hill Gymnasium on the Gorham campus.

With the win the Corsairs move to 5-6 overall and even out at 2-2 in the Little East. The loss snaps a two-match win streak for the Huskies who fall to 4-7 overall and remain winless, at 0-4, in the conference. 

Cordoso ended the match for the Corsairs with her third service ace of the night to cap a come-from-behind rally for UMass Dartmouth in the third game.  Trailing early in the third game, the Corsairs used a string of three service aces from junior setter Lauren Daly (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) to regain the lead and take the match.  Daly ended the match with a team-high 17 assists while Cordoso swung for four of her eight kills in the third game.

Sophomore outside hitter Britney Coyle (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth) added seven kills in the win while freshman libero Melanie Staiger (Bourne, Mass./Bourne) had a team-high 18 digs.  Freshman middle-hitter Hilary Teichart (Bourne, Mass./Bourne) posted two solo blocks in the win.

Senior outside hitter Amanda Starkey (Center Barnstead, N.H./Coe-Brown) led the Husky attack with 10 kills.  Freshman outside hitter Cassi Sticht (Meredith, N.H./Inter-Lakes) added eight kills and freshman outside hitter Shannon Stoll (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) chipped in with six kills, a team-high six service aces and eight digs.   Sophomore setter Ellie Daigle (Rollinsford, N.H./Somersworth) had a match-high 26 assists for USM to go along with nine digs.

Southern Maine returns to action Saturday, October 1 at the Salem State Invitational.  The Huskies will play the first of their three matches beginning at 10 a.m. against Mount Holyoke College, before playing Salem State and UMass Boston at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. respectively.  The Corsairs play again Friday, September 30-Saturday, October 1 at the Bates College Invitational. 

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