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                             CORSAIRS SPLIT LITTLE EAST MATCHES

BOSTON, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth volleyball team split their final two regular season matches Saturday.

The Corsairs defeated Western Connecticut State in five games, 30-19, 29-31, 30-20, 27-30 and 15-13 before losing in five games to Keene State, 30-27, 20-30, 30-23, 19-30 and 8-15, at UMass Boston’s Clark Athletic Center.

Freshman middle blocker Hilary Teichart (Bourne, MA/Bourne HS) had 15 kills and five blocks against WCSU and 21 kills against Keene State. Freshman libero Aly Zagame (Greenfield, MA/Greenfield HS) had 25 digs against WCSU and 50 against the Owls, junior setter Lauren Daly (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) had 56 assists against the Colonials and 41 against Keene State, freshman middle hitter Nazareth Cardoso had 13 kills against Western Connecticut and 11 against KSC, and freshman libero Melanie Staiger (Bourne, MA/Bourne HS) had three aces against WCSU and 24 digs against the Owls. .

“We played really well,” said UMD Head Coach Jocelyn Costa, “We knew that Western Connecticut had a big outside, and we tried to serve aggressively. Both Aly and Melanie played very well defensively. We ran out of gas at the end against Keene State. We played 10 straight games, and weren’t at our highest energy level.”

UMass Dartmouth is now 13-13 and 3-4 in Little East Conference play. The Corsairs will await the results of this weekend’s other matches to determine where they finish in the final conference standings, and will return to action when they visit Framingham State in a non-conference match Tuesday evening.

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