Brown Notches 14 Kills, Volleyball Extend Win Streak to Four Games with Sweep of Anna Maria

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The MCLA Volleyball team welcomed the newest member of the MASCAC team to the Amsler Campus Center Gymnasium for their first conference game of the 2025 season. Elizabeth Brown racked up 14 kills and three services aces to lead the Trailblazers who extended their win streak to four games.

THE BASICS:

• Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025

• Score: Anna Maria 0, MCLA 3
• Records: Anna Maria College AMCATs 3-5 (MASCAC 0-1) | MCLA Trailblazers 9-3 (MASCAC 1-0)
• Series History: MCLA extends its lead in the all-time series between the teams to 5-3, including a 3-0 win last season on October 4, 2024, in Paxton. The AMCATS took the first-ever meeting of the teams by a score of 3-0 as part of a quad meet at Clark University on October 3, 1998.

HIGHLIGHTS

• MCLA needed only three sets to sweep away the AMCATs by scores of 25-9, 25-15, and 25-7.
• MCLA never trailed in the first set, seeing four kills each from senior outside hitter Elizabeth Brown (Lee, MA) and junior middle hitter Caroline Schmaling (Halifax, MA).
• The second set was the most competitive of the evening, featuring two lead changes and four ties between the teams. The AMCATs took their first lead of the match, thanks to a service ace by Ella Moon, which moved the score of the set to 2-1. They advanced as far as 5-3 before the Trailblazers rallied back to even the set at five all. From that point forward, MCLA doubled up the visitors for the remainder of the set.
• With the wind taken from their sails by the Trailblazers' dominant second set, the AMCATs couldn't rally in the third set, getting a single lead at 1-0 before MCLA ran the rest of the match. Sophomore defensive specialist Sasha Fyfe (Dalton, MA) recorded four of her game-high five service aces when the Trailblazers jumped to a 6-1 lead.
• Brown added six of her game-high 14 kills in the closing set.
• The straight set win extends the Trailblazers' set win streak to 12, thanks to their previous sweeps of Bay Path University, New England College, and SUNY Delhi. MCLA last dropped a set on September 10^th versus Utica University.

STATISTICAL ROUND UP

• Kills: Anna Maria 17, MCLA 41
• Assists: Anna Maria 15, MCLA 36
• Service Aces: Anna Maria 2, MCLA 15
• Digs: Anna Maria 32, MCLA 37

UP NEXT:

On Saturday, MCLA will be back in action when they play host to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy for a MASCAC matchup with the Buccaneers in the Amsler Campus Center Gymnasium. The match is scheduled for a noon start.

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