NEWTON, Mass. – The Norwich University women's volleyball team concluded its 10th season as a varsity program on Friday, dropping Great Northeast Athletic Conference matches against Anna Maria College and Mount Ida College. 

Norwich wraps up its season with a 6-16 overall record and a 1-10 mark within league play. The Cadets dropped the first match against Anna Maria in straight sets (25-12, 25-12, 25-14) before falling to the host Mustangs by the same margin (25-17, 25-19, 25-19). 

Against Anna Maria, sophomore Emily Oliver (Sagamore Hills, Ohio) led her team with nine kills while contributing six assists. Junior Katie Crane (Avon, N.Y.) racked up 13 assists and freshman Brianna Dawson (Katonah, N.Y.) registered a team-best 12 digs and two service aces. 

Anna Maria opened up an 11-4 lead in the first set and never looked back, cruising to the 25-15 opening set victory. The second set saw the AMCATS rattle off a 6-0 run, eventually taking a commanding 20-11 lead en route to a 25-12 win. 

Senior Alex Ruediger (Sandy Lake, Pa.) knotted the third set at nine points with a clutch kill off an Oliver assist, but Anna Maria limited the Cadets to only five more points down the stretch and ultimately registered a dominant 17 kills alongside only five attacking errors in the third set (17-5-28). 

Anna Maria's Amari King posted 23 kills while committing only three attacking errors on 43 swings, hitting a dominant .465. Tierney Clancey dished out 34 assists while Carolina Garcia contributed with 16 digs. 

Versus the host Mustangs, Oliver led her team with six kills and 10 assists while Dawson contributed 18 digs defensively. Ruediger also reached double-digits in digs, posting 12 digs. Oliver and Dawson also tied for the team lead with three service aces. 

Mount Ida opened up a quick 5-0 lead in the first set and would eventually build a 20-11 lead against the Cadets. With Oliver serving, however, Norwich rattled off five-straight points to make things interesting, but a service error by the Cadets would end the first stanza. 

Norwich led by a 10-7 margin in the second set, but six-straight points by Mount Ida doomed any chance of a victory. Down 8-1 in the third set, a time out by the Cadets sparked an impressive comeback as Norwich tied the match, 10-10. A match-high 11 attacking errors would keep the Cadets from completing the comeback as the hosts secured a 25-19 win in the third set. 

Mary Kate Reidy led the Mustangs with 11 kills and 13 while Alexis Bell dished out 22 assists and 13 digs, both earning a double-double in the process. Molly Alkinburg led her team with three service aces.