Box Score

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (September 1, 2010) -- With five new members and a talented core of returners filling out their roster, the Vassar College Women's Volleyball team let their deep and talented roster shine in a convincing 3-0 victory over Rutgers-Newark on Wednesday night in their season-opener at Kenyon Hall, 25-15, 25-13, 25-12. 

The win makes the Brewers 1-0 to start the season as they prepare for a competitive Cortland tournament this upcoming weekend, September 3 and 4 at SUNY Cortland. The Scarlet Raiders fall to 0-1 and will next travel to Penn State Abington on Saturday, September 4. 

Vassar was led by junior captain Amy Bavosa, who registered a match-high nine kills to along with eight digs and two service aces. Sophomore Chloe McGuire had five kills for the Brewers while classmate Hillary Koenigs had 14 set assists and five digs as she looks to continue the stellar success she had in her freshman campaign. Senior captain Chelsea Mottern contributed seven digs and four set assists. 

For the Scarlet Raiders, junior hitter Toni Moppert had a team-high six kills as well as five digs while freshman setter Jennifer Mendoza had 14 set assists. Senior Rose Anna Beljour had seven digs in the match. 

In the third and final set of the match, with the score tied at 5, the Brewers scored seven straight points behind Bavosa and a rare kill from the setter, Koenigs. With the score at 21-11, Vassar's underclassmen helped finish off the match, as sophomore Brittany Stopa and Carman registered kills and freshman Vanessa Baker recorded her first collegiate block to close out the game at 25-12 as well as the match. 

The closest of the three games was the first, in which the Brewers saw freshmen Rose Carman and Jesse Ditmore register their first collegiate kills. The Brewers were able to pull out to an 18-10 lead after a thunderous block from senior Julianna Simon and sophomore Christina Verdirame as well as back to back kills from McGuire. The Brewers were able to take advantage of Rutgers-Newark attack errors to take the first match 25-15, and that was as close as the Scarlet Raiders would get. 

The Brewers jumped out to an early lead in the second set behind dominating play from Bavosa, who had several hard kills as well as a service ace to help her team jump out to a 15-5 lead. Freshman Lydia Bolton's first collegiate kill as well as an ace by Carman helped the Brewers close out the game, 25-13.
The Brewers received kills from nine different players, and all fourteen healthy players on the roster saw the court.