Womens Volleyball: Cobleskill St. 3 MCLA 2

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Amanda Lane (Swansea) earned her 1,000th career dig for the Trailblazers, but the Fighting Tigers rallied to defeat the Trailblazers in five games.

Despite the match starting over an hour late due to a late arrival by the opponent; MCLA came out energized in the first game. Lane needed eleven digs for a 1,000 coming into the match and picked up number 1,000 with the score 18-16 in the first game. Lane and the Trailblazers excitement showed as MCLA put away the Tigers 25-19.

Cobleskill however got better as the match went on and won the next two games by scores of 25-19 and 25-15. The Trailblazers had no answer for Natasha Mamrosh (Dolgeville, NY)though; the sophomore had nineteen kills for Cobleskill State, including thirteen in the last three games. The Tigers also got thirty-five assists from Samantha Burkhart (Cobleskill, NY).

MCLA actually trailed in the fourth game 21-18 before staging an emotional comeback; with the Amsler Center rocking the Trailblazers forced a fifth and deciding game with a 25-22 victory.


The Trailblazers ran out of steam in the last game and Mamrosh finished the comeback off with the Fighting Tigers winning 15-8.

Lane finished with thirty-nine digs and Marta Brown (Glens Falls, NY) had twenty-four assists.

MCLA will host Framingham State in what is a very important conference match on Saturday at Noon.
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MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Four Vermont pitchers combined to strike out 11 and allow four hits Tuesday as the Mountaineers beat the North Adams SteepleCats, 11-0, in New England Collegiate Baseball League action.
 
Evan Meier, Bobby Stang, Tonny Woodie and Chris Diaz each had a hit for the SteepleCats, who used five pitchers in the loss.
 
North Adams (0-2) comes home Tuesday to host the Mystic Schooners at 6:30 p.m. at Joe Wolfe Field.
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