LaGRANGE, Ga. – Smiles returned to the Maryville bench Friday afternoon after the Scots swept a conference doubleheader against LaGrange and Agnes Scott.
Maryville won both matches 3-0. It was 25-10, 25-13 and 26-24 against host LaGrange, and then 25-6, 25-11 and 25-14 against Agnes Scott.
In the opener against LaGrange (2-12, 2-5 CCS), Maryville scored the first eight points of Set 1 to show the Scots meant business. LaGrange never threatened and Maryville rolled to a 25-10 win.
The Panthers started strong in Set 2, opening 3-0 and 4-1 leads. It was still 8-6 LaGrange when Maryville went on a 10-1 run for a 16-9 advantage capped by an
Isabella Samson kill. The Scots coasted from there, scoring the last four points for a 25-13 victory. Three of those final four points came from kills by Samson,
Cailin Mastropasqua and
Meredith Bonee.
Set 3 saw 12 ties and four lead changes. Maryville put together an early 5-1 run to take a 10-8 lead thanks to a pair of kills from
Hannah Kammer. LaGrange answered with its own 5-1 spree to flip the score 17-16 in the Panthers' favor. Maryville then scored three straight and three more in a row to go in front 23-20.
After LaGrange tied it 24-24,
Brooklyn Wallet and Samson came through with a couple of kills and Maryville had the match.
Kammer matched her career high with nine kills in that opening match, while Bonee contributed 27 assists and eight service aces.
Ally Sokolow led the team with 14 digs.
In the afternoon's second match against Agnes Scott (0-17, 0-8 CCS), Maryville breezed behind contributions from first-year Scots Sokolow and
Caleigh Carruthers. Sokolow just missed a season-high with 26 assists to go with six service aces. She had three of those aces in succession during Maryville's 9-0 run in the second set. Carruthers in her first extended action tied for team honors with eight kills and added four big service aces.
The Scots improved to 11-8 overall and 5-3 in the CCS. They are back in action Tuesday night at 6 o'clock against Asbury.
