NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Saint Mary's volleyball team bounced back from a 3-2 (25-21, 25-27, 25-13, 19-25, 16-14) loss to Rose-Hulman with a 3-1 (25-11, 16-25, 25-22, 25-21) win over host Manchester on Saturday.

 

Against Rose-Hulman, the Belles edged out the Fightin' Engineers in a 27-25 second set to even the match. Saint Mary's then bounced back from a tough third set with a 25-19 win in the fourth to force a deciding fifth set. The Belles came back from two three-point deficits, which included being down 14-11 before tying the set at 14-14 with a kill by Hannah Stacy, a block by Colleen McCarthy, and a kill by McCarthy. Rose-Hulman, however, used a kill and a Saint Mary's attack error to take the set 16-14 and the five-set decision.

 

Colleen McCarthy put away 14 kills and picked up nine digs while Molly Pooler tallied 10 kills and three blocks in the match against Rose-Hulman. Hannah Stacy led the Belles with a career-high 25 digs, and Courtney Pelletier added 24 digs. Claire Hennessy registered a double-double with 32 assists and 18 digs, and Allison Thornton collected a career-high 11 digs of her own.

 

Against the host Spartans, the Belles captured the opening set in decisive fashion after building a 10-2 lead before closing the set on a 10-0 run. Manchester had a 8-1 run of their own in the second set and took the stanza 25-16. Saint Mary's never trailed in the third set, and the Belles came back from an early deficit in the fourth to take the 3-1 win over Manchester to avenge a loss earlier this season against the Spartans.

 

Megan Collantes led all players with 17 kills and added 14 digs. Hannah Stacy posted a .292 attack percentage with eight kills while chipping in 15 digs. Claire Hennessy, meanwhile, hit .500 with seven kills and put up 23 assists. Colleen McCarthy led the Belles with 18 digs, and Courtney Pelletier picked up 13 digs in the victory.

 

The Belles (7-11) travel to Albion on Tuesday evening for a conference match against the Brits starting at 7:00 p.m.