DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. — D'Youville (13-11, 6-2 ECC) lost to Mercy (19-1, 8-0 ECC) 3-1 on Sunday, with set scores of 20-25, 24-26, 27-25, 16-25. D'Youville totaled 43 kills and 11 blocks, but the Mavericks finished with 54 kills and 16 service aces.
D'Youville stayed close in several floor and net categories, finishing with 42 digs to the Mavericks' 41 and 11 total blocks to the Mavericks' seven. The Mavericks held the larger attacking and serving totals, recording 54 kills to D'Youville's 43 and 16 aces to D'Youville's five, while D'Youville hit .231 compared with the Mavericks' .266.
D'Youville opened the first set with a
Cameron Ulinski (Bretten, Germany / Marjory Stoneman Douglas) kill from
Ashley Ballou (Eden, N.Y. / Eden), but the Mavericks answered with a run that moved the score from 1-1 to 10-1. D'Youville got points back through kills from Ulinski,
Madeline O'Brien (East Amherst, N.Y. / Clarence) and
Giselle Ramirez (Miami, FL / School for Advanced Studies), along with blocks involving Ballou, Ramirez and
Maddie Boglev (Hamburg, N.Y. / St. Mary's), but could not fully close the gap. The Saints trimmed a 24-18 deficit to 24-20 before the Mavericks finished the set 25-20.
D'Youville answered an 18-15 deficit with four straight points, getting two kills from
Gabrielle Dials (Columbus, OH / Gahanna Lincoln) and one from
Giselle Ramirez to move ahead 19-18. After the Mavericks retook the edge,
Giselle Ramirez's ace tied the set at 23-23 and
Cameron Ulinski's kill tied it again at 24-24, but the Mavericks scored the final two points to take the set 26-24.
D'Youville answered an 11-8 deficit in the third set by winning seven of the next eight points, with
Giselle Ramirez serving during a stretch that included blocks involving Ballou and
Maddie Boglev. The Mavericks pushed back to tie the set at 24-24 and again at 25-25, but
Cameron Ulinski put D'Youville back in front with a kill from Ballou.
Maddie Boglev and
Gabrielle Dials combined on the block on the final point as D'Youville finished off a 27-25 set win.
D'Youville stayed with the Mavericks through the opening stretch of the fourth set, with
Evelyn Sieber's (Williamsville, N.Y. / Williamsville South) service ace tying it at 3-3 and
Cameron Ulinski's kill from Ballou pulling the set even at 7-7. The Mavericks scored the next three points and later widened the gap, while D'Youville's side-out points came through kills by Ulinski,
Giselle Ramirez,
Gabrielle Dials and
Madeline O'Brien. The Mavericks finished the set 25-16.
Cameron Ulinski finished with 14 kills while hitting .444, adding nine digs and a team-high 15.5 points. Ballou recorded 33 assists, nine digs and six total blocks.
Maddie Boglev collected a team-high eight total blocks, while
Giselle Ramirez added eight kills on .429 hitting, two aces and two total blocks.
Up Next
The Saints return to Buffalo for another ECC matchup at Daemen University on Wednesday, October 28th at 6:30 PM.
