CHESTERTOWN, Md. – The Washington College volleyball team jumped out to a 2-0 lead before being forced to a fifth set by visiting McDaniel but were able to win the fifth set and came away with a 3-2 (25-13, 25-23, 23-25, 21-25, 15-12) in its Centennial Conference volleyball opener on Wednesday night at Penny J. Fall Gymnasium.  The Shorewomen are now 9-5 overall and 1-0 in the Centennial, while the Green Terror are 1-9 and 0-3 respectively.    

Washington College 3 McDaniel 2 (25-13, 25-23, 23-25, 21-25, 15-12)

How It Happened
- Washington snapped a 4-4 tie with an 11-3 run in the first set to take a 15-7 lead on a Courtney Maxwell (Middletown, Del., Caravel Academy) kill.  Chelsea Elliott (Baltimore, Md., Maryvale Prep) ended the opening set with a kill as the Shorewomen won by 12.
- The Green Terror led 23-19 in the second set following a kill by Allyson Burgee before the Shorewomen scored six straight to take the second set by a pair.  Giselle Kleinbussink (Gaithersburg, Md., Wootton) capped the comeback with a finisher.    
- McDaniel led 21-16 in the third set after an attack error by Washington before the hosts went on a 7-3 run to cut the lead to 24-23 on a kill by Angelina Schaber (Carlsbad, Calif., San Dieguito Academy).  Mackenzie Mitchell would get the 25th point for the guests to force a fourth set.
- In the fourth set, the Green Terror never trailed in their four-point win.  Nia Roberts forced a fifth and decisive set with a kill.
- In the fifth set, Maxwell put the Shorewomen ahead 14-9 on an ace before the Green Terror scored three straight to cut the lead to 14-12 on a kill by Angalyn Strouse.  However that's as close as McDaniel would get as an attack error by the visitors ended the set and match.

For The Shorewomen (9-5, 1-0 CC)
- Schaber (18 kills to lead all players), Maxwell (13 kills), Kleinbussink (10 kills), Allison McKechnie (Aliso Viejo, Calif., Jserra Catholic) (27 assists), Brooklynn Pugner (Berlin, Md., Stephen Decatur) (14 assists, nine digs and four aces), Logan Kenny (Boiling Springs, S.C., Boiling Springs) (match-high four blocks), Jordan Fairchild (Litchfield Park, Ariz., Agua Fria) (nine digs and four aces) 
- Team hit .224 in the contest, notched seven rejections and served up 14 aces.

For McDaniel (1-9, 0-3 CC)
- Roberts (13 kills and three blocks), Lauren Guyer (26 assists and four aces), Tatiana Hamilton (13 assists), Samantha Fadel (four aces), Kathy Taveras (match-best 19 digs), Strouse (11 digs), Meghana Mandwadkar (three blocks)
- The Green Terror hit .167 in the contest, had five blocks and 13 aces.

Notes
- Schaber was named the Goose Nation TV Shorewoman Player of the Match.

Up Next
10/1 @ Ursinus – 12:00 p.m. and vs. Cabrini at Ursinus – 2:00 p.m.
- The Ursinus match is a Centennial Conference match, while Cabrini is non-conference.