The Memorial Sea-Hawks fell twice in some hard contested sets against the first place Acadia Axe-Women

The Memorial Sea-Hawks fell twice to the Acadia Axe-Women in their last set of games before the Holidays. The Sea-Hawks played an impressive first game against the Axe-Women. Acadia took the first set 25-22, Memorial then battled back and took the next 25-16. The Sea-Hawks gained a commanding 5 point lead in the third set but the Axe-Women managed to find a groove and come back to take the set 28-26. The Axe-Women then gained the fourth set 25-20 to end the intense game. Game kill leader was Axe-Women's #12 Alexia Lemay-Evans with 13, for the Sea-Hawks was #4 Karen Greek with 9.

After a tough game the night before, Acadia had two dominant sets to start the second match between the teams winning the first 25-18 and the second 25-9. The third set was closer but the Axe-Women still came out on top 23-25. Acadia's Rebecca Dorsey had an impressive 19 digs to hold their defense. Game kill leader was Acadia's #1 Jenna Lake. Kill leaders for Memorial were #1 Courtney Hodder and #11 Maria Moores with 5 each. 

The Sea-Hawks have yet to gain their first win of the season and have won 2 of their 26 sets.  They will be looking to up their game and gain their first win since the 2021-22 season this upcoming semester. Leading the team in kills is #6 Nella Woelfel with 39 followed by #20 Taylar Johnston with 35. Team libero #5 Sarah Trowbridge leads the team in digs with 78. 

Memorial will hit the road again after the holidays where they will face the Moncton Aigles Bleues who currently sit only one place ahead of the Sea-Hawks. Tune in to WWW.AUSTV.ca to catch the Sea-Hawks battle for their first win on January 5th at 7:00 pm and January 6th at 1:00 pm.

Photo by: Peter Oleskevich

Written by: Hannah Lucci