Marietta Box Score
NJCU Box Score

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (October 9, 2010) -- In an effort to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer, the Vassar College women's volleyball team joined the Side-Out Foundation to celebrate its third annual 'Dig Pink' event on Saturday in Kenyon Hall. The Brewers celebrated in style, sweeping both Marietta College (25-19, 25-23, 25-20) and New Jersey City University (25-14, 25-18, 25-22). In the second match against NJCU, senior libeiro Chelsea Mottern reached the 1,000 dig milestone and moved into seventh place in the Vassar record books for career digs with 1,006.

With the two wins, the Brewers jump over the .500 mark to 10-9 overall and will prepare to travel to rival SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, October 13th for a highly anticipated match before returning home on Saturday, October 16th to host a tri-match against Bard College and Mount Saint Mary College.

Vassar 3, Marietta 0

In the first match of the day, the Brewers swept the Pioneers of Marietta College, 25-19, 25-23, 25-20. Vassar was led by freshman Rose Carman, who tied her career-high with 10 kills to go along with 10 digs. Senior Julianna Simon had seven kills in the match, while Bavosa and McGuire each had six. Sophomore Hilary Koenigs was the architect of the offense, with 28 set assists while sophomore Hannah Cassius anchored the defense with a career-high 17 digs.

With the score at 9-8 in the third game of the match, the Brewers broke the game open to a score of 18-11 behind multiple kills from sophomore Chloe McGuire as well as a thunderous solo block from Amy Bavosa. The Pioneers were able to make a comeback run with kills from junior Elizabeth Robbe, but a Carman ace finished the game, 25-20. In the second game, Vassar went up 17-12 after an ace by freshman Jessie Ditmore, but three consecutive kills from junior Meredith Storey cut the lead to 17-15. The teams traded points back and forth but with the score tied at 23-23, back-to-back kills from McGuire and Ditmore gave the Brewers the edge, 25-23.

In the first game, trailing 11-10, the Brewers scored six straight points on the serve of Cassius to take a 16-11 lead and never looked back, as solid play by Bavosa up front as well as Carman gave the Brewers an easy 1-0 lead.

Vassar 3, NJCU 0

The Brewers swept NJCU with easy in the final match of the day, downing the Gothic Knights 25-14, 25-18, 25-22. Chelsea Mottern recorded 10 digs in the match to push her over the 1,000 dig milestone. Bavosa led the way with 12 kills to go along with two block solos and a block assist while McGuire had eight kills. Senior Yevgeniya Sergeyenko setup the attack in the match, notching 19 set assists, while Cassius had 10.

The Gothic Knights came out strong in the third and final set against a young Vassar lineup and grabbed a quick 17-12 lead behind kills from sophomore Brittany Erezuma and junior Tabittha Jordan. The Brewers made a gutsy comeback and scored six straight points with kills from Bavosa and soopmores Brittany Stopa and Cebe Loomis, as well as monstrous solo block from Bavosa. Showing off their depth, the Brewers finished off the match with back to back kills from sophomore Christina Verdirame and freshman Lydia Bolton to take the game, 25-23.

The Brewers dominated the entirety of the second game, with Bavosa and Stopa leading a potent attack at the net. Vassar built the lead to as large as 20-12 before NJCU was able to cut it to 21-17, but again the hard-hitting of the Brewer offense was too much for the Golden Knights and the Brewers took the game 25-18. The first game was a similar story, as multiple kills from Bavosa and McGuire as well as a block solo and block assist from Simon gave the Brewers a 20-9 lead. The Golden Knights never managed to cut into it, and a Loomis kill finished them off 25-14.

Marietta 3, NJCU

In the middle match of the day, Marietta College swept NJCU 3-0 with scores of 25- 11, 25-12 and 25-18. Meredith Storey had 12 kills for the Pioneers followed closely by Robbe and sophomore Dana Miller with 10 and 8, respectively. Miller also led the team with 17 assists while sophomore Jen Braun led the Pioneers with 16 digs.

For NJCU, Jordan had seven kills while freshman Marissa Scarpa notched 13 digs in the match. Senior Alex Johanesen led the team with 12 set assists to go along with ten digs.