Carroll Community College women’s volleyball team defeated Penn Highlands, 3-2, on October 6, 2026, in Hampstead, Maryland. Carroll Community College women’s volleyball team won the deciding set 15-13 after the teams split the first four sets.
Carroll Community College Women’s Volleyball Team Wins Three Sets
Carroll opened with a 25-20 victory in the first set. Penn Highlands answered in the second set, winning 27-25 after Carroll rallied from a deficit of as many as nine points and tied the score at 23-23.
Carroll claimed the third set 27-25, but Penn Highlands forced a decisive fifth set with a 25-21 win in the fourth. Carroll then closed out the match with a 15-13 victory in the fifth set. Three sets were decided by two points.
Carroll Community College Players Make Key Plays
Tamara Conway and Hayli Hartlaub had notable serving runs during the match. Bella Denning made defensive plays to keep rallies alive, while Keily Alfaro and Haleigh Hodges recorded notable digs.
Kiersten Johannes and Haleigh Hodges delivered powerful kills for Carroll. Maddi Ervin contributed well-timed dumps, including a push to the left corner during the fifth set, and Hannah McGuiness made a block at a critical moment.
Carroll Community College Women’s Volleyball Team Schedule
Carroll Community College was scheduled to play at Montgomery College the following night for its third consecutive match of the week. The schedule lists the match as women’s volleyball at Montgomery College-Rockville.
Carroll Community College also had matches listed against Harford Community College and Community College of Beaver County on October 10. Matches against College of Southern Maryland and Anne Arundel Community College were listed for October 17, along with a match against Allegany College of Maryland.
Maryland Sports Blog Take
Carroll Community College women’s volleyball team overcame a nine-point deficit in the second set, responded to a fourth-set loss and won the deciding set by two points. The narrow set scores reflected a match in which both teams repeatedly answered one another.
Serving runs, defensive plays, timely attacks and a critical block helped Carroll Community College finish with the 3-2 victory.
Read the official Carroll Community College match recap.
Source: Original report
