BABSON PARK, Mass.—Junior Allie Puccio (New Hartford, N.Y.) totaled 23 kills and 24th-ranked Babson College hit .258 as a team on the way to defeating the Coast Guard Academy and Vassar College on Saturday afternoon inside Staake Gymnasium. The Beavers topped the Bears 25-12, 25-21, 26-24 to pick up a key league win and followed with a 25-10, 25-22, 25-13 victory over the Brewers.

Babson, which has won a Division III-best 28 straight matches at home, improves to 16-1 overall and is now 4-1 in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play. Coast Guard, which rallied to defeat Vassar in five sets, is now 13-5 overall and 4-2 in league play, while the Brewers dropped to 4-14 overall.

The Beavers saw Puccio and Zuloaga record eight kills apiece, junior Cassidy Witten (Honolulu, Hawaii) led all players with 15 digs and seven aces, and first-year Kelsey Hoff dished out 12 assists as the Beavers cruised past Vassar. Cameron finished with 10 first-set assists, while Lapins, Lechner and Zuloaga added two blocks apiece in the victory.

Senior Colette Cambey (Hillsborough, N.C.) hit .600 with nine kills in 15 attempts, while sophomore Sara Ehnstrom (Kaneohe, Hawaii) added seven kills and nine digs to lead the Brewers. Classmate Madison Wilson (Plano, Texas) led all players with 19 assists and fellow sophomore Claire Bialek (Brookline, Mass.) recorded a team-high 14 digs in the loss.

Babson put way 10 kills and took advantage of nine errors by the Brewers for an easy first set win. Vassar took its biggest lead of game two at 19-15 on a kill by Ehnstrom, but the Green and White responded with five straight points to go back in front 20-19 on a kill by Zuloaga. Wilson and senior Jennifer Kerbs (Sacramento, Calif.) combined on a block to put the visitors back up 21-20, but Zuloaga recorded consecutive kills and Puccio added another as the Beavers closed the frame with a 5-1 run to build a two-set advantage.

Against Coast Guard, the Brewers pushed themselves back from a 1-0 deficit to take a 2-1 match advantage. Despite the momentum, the Bears battled back in the fourth set to earn a tight 28-26 victory and force the fifth set.

The two teams battled it out and neither led by more than two points until a kill from Sophia Galdamez made it a 13-10 lead for the Bears. The match was closed out by a kill from Noelle Tursky, coupled with an ace from Veronica Hine.

Amanda Dake led the Bears with 19 kills and 12 digs, adding four service aces. Bridget Boyle posted 10 kills, while Hine added 15 digs and three aces. In the blocking efforts, Ariel Hall boasted three block assists.

For Vassar, Claire Basler-Chang had 17 kills with 10 digs and four service aces. Claire Bialek added 16 digs, while Ehnstrom had eight kills with 13 digs. Madison Wilson finished with 44 assists, while Camby laid down three block assists.

The Brewers return to action next Friday when they host Ithaca in Liberty League action at Kenyon Gym at 7pm.