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Women’s Volleyball: Albany at Hartford
By David F.P. [Modest Image Gallery]
WEST HARTFORD, CT- The Albany Great Danes traveled up to Hartford to take on the Hawks. At 4-0 in the America East and with a resume of victories over numerous teams out of conference it was clear the Great Danes would be a tough opponent and they did take the match in 3 sets. However after a relatively quick 25-15 set 1 win the the Danes had a tougher fight to a 25-17 win in set 2. Set 3 found the Hawks in the lead a few times and ended with a narrow 25-22 win.
In set 1, Albany pulled out to an 8-2 lead and turned that into 15-8, and then 20-11, making a comeback difficult. Hartford would actually nearly trade point for point after that but it was too late to stave off the set loss. Offense for the Great Danes included an early kill from Traci Vandegrift, Gabby Whitworth got in on the scoring, and soon afterward tapped the ball over the front line, Vandegrift next hammered the ball in later, Casey Wright picked up a kill and not look after another, and another after that, Samantha Brostrom also had a kill early on, later Vandegrift added another kill off the defenders out of play. Much later Dunja Prgomet and Wright shared a block, and Wright and Brooke Stanley then shared one as well. Wright would end the set with a kill.
The Great Danes of Albany visit the Hawks of Hartford for a volleyball showdown.
By David F.P. 10-12-08
The two America East opponents faced off in what would prove to be another hard fought contest. The home Hawks opened up to 7-3 lead thanks Hallie Fullagar’s smash, Erin Macro spiking off the block, another kill from Macro, followed by another, and then her block. She then combined with Makowicki on another block, and Hartford would tap the ball over for their 7th point. Albany managed a spike from Cate Eckhardt and Amanda Cowdrey as well as point off a Hartford error. On the next play though the Danes began a comeback. Both Macro and Teresa Coppiellie had great defensive saves, but Kellam came up with a block, and then unloaded a blast despite a great save by Makowicki earlier on the rally. She scored again when Hartford passed the ball over the net while trying to set it up. The ball sailed to her and she blasted the overpass back. Following a good dig by Abbey Wexel, Cowdrey delivered kill, and a Hawks two contact error put the visitors in the lead 7-8. Makowicki responded with a big smash to tie it back up, but Cowdrey spiked off the defense and way out of bounds to regain the lead. A U of H attack out of bounds extended the lead, but two the two teams then traded errors to bring the score to 9-11.
