BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College volleyball team fell in a five-set decision to Endicott in its season-opener on Wednesday evening in Morrell Gymnasium. The Polar Bears dip to 0-1 on the season while the Gulls move to 3-0.
 
Match Highlights

• The Gulls rallied from a two-set deficit to take a 20-25, 18-25, 25-15, 25-18, 15-8 victory.  
• The tide shifted completely after Bowdoin easily won the first two sets. Endicott began chipping away, using a 7-0 run late in the third to take a 25-15 win.
• In the fourth, the Gulls never trailed, riding a 6-1 surge midway through the frame as Bowdoin could get no closer than three points after that with Endicott taking a 25-18 triumph.
• In the deciding fifth, Endicott scored the first four points and never looked back, closing out the match on a 4-1 run.

By The Numbers

• Skye LaMendola had 14 kills and 22 digs while Alison Smith added 13 kills and four blocks for Bowdoin.
• Anna Yeh had 37 assists while Hannah Woolley added four blocks.
• Ava Grace Dresbeck led Endicott with 22 kills.
• After committing just seven attack errors in the first two sets, Bowdoin committed 21 over the final three in the loss and also had eight service errors in the match.

Up Next

• Bowdoin will look to bounce back this weekend in upstate New York when they travel to play three matches in Cortland, N.Y., beginning Saturday at noon against Cortland.