ST. MARY'S CITY, MD – The York College volleyball squad went on the road to St. Mary's City, Maryland and dropped a 3-1 Capital Athletic Conference decision to the host Seahawks on Friday evening.

Match #22:

St. Mary's def. York 25-23, 25-13, 23-25, 25-19 (3-1)

Records: York 17-5 (1-2 CAC), St. Mary's 15-7 (1-1 CAC)

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HOW IT HAPPENED

• The first set saw the Spartans get off to a quick lead at 4-1. The Spartans maintained a lead until a 4-0 St. Mary's run tied the set at 17-all. The set would be tied six more times with the last tie coming at 23-23. The Seahawks got a service ace from Alli Graf followed by a kill from Graf to close out the 25-23 first set win.

• The Seahawks rode the momentum of the first set by jumping on York early in the second. The Seahawks raced out to a 7-2 lead. That lead stood at 9-5 when St. Mary's hit York with a 6-1 spurt to push the lead to 15-6. York eventually cut the St. Mary's advantage to 17-12 but the Hawks ended the set on an 8-1 run to finish off the lopsided set.

• The third set was a far more tightly contested game. The teams went back and forth as there were seven ties in the set. The final tie came at 16-16 on a Brooke Krebs kill. York scored four of the next five points to push out to a 20-17 lead. St. Mary's cut the Spartan lead to one three different times before a Madyson Whitcomb kill closed out the 25-23 win.

• The fourth set was very much like the first and third sets. With the set tied at 11, the Seahawks ripped off a 5-1 spurt to take a 16-12 lead. York scored the next two points to draw to within two but St. Mary's eventually pulled away to earn the six point set win.

Spartan Leaders vs. St. Mary's

Madyson Whitcomb (East Berlin, Pa./Bermudian Springs): 15 kills, .389 attack % (15-1-36), 5 solo blocks, 3 block assists

Brooke Krebs (Hanover, Pa./New Oxford): 8 kills, 3 service aces, 9 digs

Eryn Brady (King of Prussia, Pa./Upper Merion): 7 kills, 1 solo block, 1 block assist

Sarah Wukitch (East Greenville, Pa./Southern Lehigh): 19 assists, 9 digs, 1 kill

Alexis Harbold (York, Pa./West York): 23 digs, 1 service ace

Gabby Emeigh (York Springs, Pa./Bermudian Springs): 16 assists, 5 digs, 3 block assists

Hannah McMaster (Hanover, Pa./South Western): 11 digs, 4 kills, 1 service aces, 3 block assists

Friday's Notes:

The Spartans have now lost three of their last four and four of their last seven matches after their 14-1 start … four of York's five setbacks have come in four sets (3-1) … York had 10 reception errors in the match … that is the third time this year that York has had double digits in reception errors … Madyson Whitcomb put together an impressive match as she set a new career high in kills (15), total blocks (8) and solo blocks (5) …. Whitcomb's five solo blocks ties the Spartans' single game school record … Whitcomb currently leads the CAC in blocks per set (1.23) … Alexis Harbold collected another 23 digs in the loss … Harbold has recorded 85 digs in the Sparatns last four games (14 sets) …. Harbold is ranked third in the CAC in digs per set (4.70) while she is fourth in total digs (315).

What's Next:

The Spartans head to Arlington, Virginia on Saturday afternoon as they will face the Marymount University Saints in a Capital Athletic Conference contest. The match is slated for a 1:00 pm match at the Verizon Sports Arena in Arlington.  

Madyson Whitcomb photo courtesy of David Sinclair Photography