The third-seeded University of Maine volleyball team posted a dramatic 3-2 upset win over No. 2 Northeastern in the second semifinal of the 2004 America East Volleyball Championship on Friday night at University Gymnasium.
The Black Bears advance to the final of the conference championship where they will face No. 1 Albany on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Maine and Northeastern swapped games one and two with idential 30-19 scores, with the Black Bears taking the first and the Huskies taking the second. Maine then won the third game, 30-25, before NU took a must-win fourth frame 30-28. The fifth and decisive game went to the Black Bears by a final 15-12 margin.
In a very evenly played match, Maine held a slight hitting edge, .174 to .165. Four Black Bears posted double-doubles as setter Shelly Seipp paced the offense with 45 assists and 13 digs, while Kaili Jordan (17 kills-17 digs), Leah Guidinger (13 kills-13 digs), and Carmen Morgan (12 kills-18 digs) were also keys in the Maine victory.
Northeastern was led by Whitney Turner's 17 kills and 14 digs. Northeastern's second-straight 20-win season comes to a close with a final 20-11 record, while Maine improves to 17-10 on the year.
Maine | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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2 SEIPP, Shelly....... 5| 3 0 8 .375| 45| 1 2| 0| 13| 0 0 0| 1
3 GUIDINGER, Leah..... 5| 13 5 44 .182| 1| 0 0| 1| 13| 0 1 0| 0
6 FOTTER, Shannan..... 5| 16 5 40 .275| 0| 0 4| 0| 5| 1 4 1| 0
9 MORGAN, Carmen...... 5| 12 7 36 .139| 7| 1 0| 1| 18| 1 1 1| 1
11 JORDAN, Kaili....... 5| 17 11 61 .098| 2| 2 2| 2| 17| 0 2 0| 1
15 HOWE, Brittany...... 5| 8 2 29 .207| 0| 0 0| 1| 5| 0 0 0| 0
1 CONNACHER, Jody..... 5| 0 1 1-1.000| 2| 0 2| 0| 19| 0 0 0| 0
5 IVANKOVIC, Marina... 5| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 1 3| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
TEAM................ | | | | 2| | |
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Totals.............. 5| 69 31 219 .174| 57| 5 13| 7| 90| 2 8 2| 3
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 14 2 45 .267 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 TEAM RECORDS
2 13 8 49 .102 Maine............... (3) 30 19 30 28 15 17-10, AE 10-4
3 19 8 56 .196 Northeastern........ (2) 19 30 25 30 12 18-11, AE 11-3
4 14 10 48 .083
5 9 3 21 .286
Northeastern | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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2 Bree Peterson....... 5| 4 0 10 .400| 38| 0 2| 0| 15| 0 0 1| 0
4 Larissa Adomat...... 5| 14 3 38 .289| 1| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 2 1| 0
5 Kira Batura......... 4| 2 8 22 -.273| 0| 2 3| 0| 13| 0 1 0| 1
7 Ashley Reeves....... 5| 10 4 28 .214| 0| 1 3| 0| 3| 1 1 2| 1
11 Brittany Eukovich... 1| 0 1 5 -.200| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
12 Whitney Turner...... 5| 17 8 51 .176| 0| 0 1| 3| 14| 0 2 2| 0
1 Karrin Moore........ 5| 4 2 17 .118| 3| 0 2| 0| 2| 1 0 0| 1
3 Ivana Pavlisin...... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 2| 2 2| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 1
6 Brandie Genibrel.... 4| 6 0 15 .400| 0| 1 3| 0| 8| 1 0 0| 0
8 Whitney Weinkoop.... 4| 0 0 1 .000| 8| 0 0| 0| 8| 0 0 0| 0
9 Lindsay Feller...... 1| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
13 Shannon Brooker..... 3| 2 1 5 .200| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0
14 Ashley Adamczyk..... 5| 0 0 1 .000| 1| 1 0| 1| 27| 0 0 0| 0
TEAM................ | | | | 1| | |
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Totals.............. 5| 59 27 194 .165| 53| 7 16| 5| 94| 3 6 6| 4
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 11 9 44 .045 Site: Albany, N.Y. (University Gymnasium)
2 15 2 33 .394 Date: Nov 19, 2004 Attend: 447 Time: 2:10
3 13 6 48 .146 Referees: Stacey Weitzel, Michael O'Conner
4 14 7 44 .159
5 6 3 25 .120
