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0
Coast Guard COAST GU 17-8, 7-3
3
Winner MIT MIT 25-3, 9-1
Coast Guard COAST GU
17-8, 7-3
0
Final
3
MIT MIT
25-3, 9-1
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Coast Guard COAST GU 23 14 19 (0)
MIT MIT 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

No. 22 MIT Sweeps Coast Guard to Advance to NEWMAC Women’s Volleyball Championship

THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 22 MIT 3, U.S. Coast Guard Academy 0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-19)
 
- Records: MIT (25-3); Coast Guard (17-8)
 
- Location: Babson Park, Mass. (Staake Gymnasium)
 
- The Lead: Nationally-ranked No. 22 and No. 2 seed MIT defeated No. 3 seed U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 25-23, 25-14, 25-19, in the semifinals of the NEWMAC Women's Volleyball Tournament on Saturday afternoon. The Engineers will face No. 5 seed Springfield College in the title game on Sunday, Nov. 7 at 1:00 p.m. at Babson College. This will be MIT's 15th championship appearance and first since it won the tournament in 2017.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Set 1: Trailing 11-9, a kill by first-year Ella Gragg (Morganton, N.C.) sparked an 8-2 run which put MIT ahead for good. Coast Guard stayed close, coming within one point on five occasions, the last at 24-23 on a kill. The Engineers thwarted the comeback attempt with a kill by junior Lilly Edwards (Kansas City, Mo.).
 
- Set 2: MIT gradually built a 15-10 advantage courtesy of a block by Edwards and senior Annie Bryan (Kirkwood, Mo.). The Bears recorded back-to-back kills, but they would not get any closer as the Engineers put together a 10-2 set-ending run.
 
- Set 3: Coast Guard jumped out to a 10-4 advantage but MIT chipped away at the deficit as a three-point burst put it in front, 18-16. A pair of hitting errors tied the score, however, a kill by Bryan in addition to her strong serving resulted in match point at 24-18. A kill kept the Bears but Gragg replied with a kill of her own to clinch the win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Sophomore Allison Brattley (Fleetwood, Pa.) and Gragg both paced MIT's balanced attack with nine kills.
 
- Bryan and Edwards both posted three blocks while Bryan notched a match-high four aces, including three during her pivotal serving run in the second set.
 
- Sophomore Emily Cheng (Sunnyvale, Calif.) generated 30 assists and 10 digs.
 
- Junior Emma Suh (Santa Monica, Calif.) tallied a team-high 12 digs while first-year Ottavia Personeni (Bethesda, Md.) totaled 10 digs.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- This will be the second time MIT and Springfield will meet in the NEWMAC Championship. The last match up occurred in 2003, which the Pride won.
 
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