Gophers Battle Back Against Blue Jays

TOWSON, Md. - Elizabethtown College topped Goucher College 3-0 in Landmark Conference women's volleyball Saturday afternoon at the Decker Sports and Recreation Center.  Set scores were 25-5, 25-15, 25-19.

• Elizabethtown (15-10, 6-3 Landmark) scored the first seven points before an Liv DeBiasio kill got Goucher (0-19, 0-7) on the board.
• The Blue Jays scored the next 11 points before another DeBiasio kill.

• The Blue Jays used an 11-0 run to build a 17-4 lead.
• Trailing 24-8, Goucher ran off seven straight points, including three Emma Taylor service aces and a pair of Imani Ward kills to make it 24-15.
• Etown picked up the final point to take a 2-0 lead.

• Down 12-9, four straight Gopher points put the hosts in front 13-12.
• After Etown came back to go up 19-17, a Taylor kill and an Athena Savick service ace tied the set 19-19.
• The Blue Jays closed out the set and the match with six straight points.

• Savick and Ward each finished with double-digit digs, notching 17 and 12, respectively.
• Ward and Maria Basantes paced the Gophers in the kill department with six apiece.
• Taylor recorded eight digs, six assists and three service aces.
• Dakota Hawkins notched two solo blocks and three total blocks, while Basantes had a solo block and two block assists.

• Goucher hosts Trinity Washington University on Tuesday at 7 pm for the final home match of 2024.
• The Gophers will honor lone senior Vivian Huddleston prior to the match.