POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - The Vassar College Women's Volleyball team returned to Kenyon Hall on Saturday afternoon as the Brewers fell 17-25, 16-25, 11-25 in the opening match against William Paterson before responding with a 25-12, 25-9, 25-8 sweep of Maritime in the nightcap. Vassar's record moves to 5-5 overall while the Pioneers improve to 8-1 and the Privateers fall to 3-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED VS WP

• FIRST SET
  • Vassar and William Paterson traded early points in the opening set as a kill from first year Holland Kaplan put the Brewers ahead 7-6.
  • The Pioneers pulled away with an 15-11 lead on a winner from Cecilia Miller and then expanded its lead to 20-13 on a block from Miller and Abby Houpt.
  • Vassar trimmed the lead down to 21-17 following an ace from sophomore Rebecca Gutierrez before William Paterson took the final four points and clinched the set on an ace from Natalie Zabloudil.
• SECOND SET
  • The Pioneers raced out to a 5-1 lead early on two aces from Zabloudil and a block from Sofia Zablackis and Laura Gruener.
  • Vassar answered back and took an 8-7 lead on a kill from Kaplan before William Paterson scored seven of the next eight to pull ahead 16-10.
  • An ace from sophomore Ellie Kogan cut the advantage down to 23-16 but Zabloudil's winner took the second set.
• THIRD SET
  • William Paterson scored 11 of the first 15 points of the set as Houpt's kill gave the Pioneers a 11-4 lead.
  • Vassar took the lead down to 16-10 on a winner from junior Frannie Anthony-Brumfield.
  • The Pioneers took nine of the final 10 points of the set as an ace from Miller completed the sweep.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Kaplan and McAusland each recorded eight kills while Kaplan added nine digs.
• Anthony-Brumfield added five kills while Kogan lifted five digs.
• Sophomore Melia Voss handed out 19 assists and added three digs.

FOR THE PIONEERS

• Zabloudil led the way with a match-high 10 kills, six aces and seven digs.
• Miller registered nine kills, three aces and nine digs while Zablackis recorded seven kills and two blocks.
• Houpt handed out a match-high 24 assists and added two blocks.
• Ciara Feliz landed four aces along with Paola Molina tallying 14 digs and two aces.

HOW IT HAPPENED VS MARITIME

• FIRST SET
  • Vassar took an early 8-1 lead as junior Hailey Hayes tallied two kills while first year Maura McAusland and Voss landed aces.
  • The lead grew to 18-6 on back-to-back kills from Gutierrez.
  • Jessica Mele's kill cut the lead to nine at 21-12 before a kill from Hayes recorded the first set victory.
• SECOND SET
  • Vassar raced out to another early edge as two kills from junior Morgan Miller and two aces from first year T Petro put the Brewers ahead 6-2.
  • Vassar's advantage increased to 16-5 after back-to-back winners from McAusland and an ace from Miller.
  • Hayes, Miller, Anthony-Brumfield and junior Molly Ardren each tallied a kill in the final five points to take the second set.
• THIRD SET
  • The Brewers once again took an early edge as Vassar went ahead 12-3 following two aces from Kogan and two kills from Miller.
  • Vassar's lead grew to 19-5 on a winner from McAusland.
  • The Brewres took six of the final seven points as two kills from McAusland along with a solo block clinched the sweep.

FOR THE BREWERS

• McAusland recorded a match-high 11 kills while Hayes tallied nine kills, three aces and eight digs.
• Miller added eight winners and six digs along with Anthony-Brumfield and Gutierrez registering six kills each.
• Ardren handed out a match-high 28 assists and added four digs.
• Kogan lifted a team-high nine digs.

FOR THE PRIVATEERS

• Mele had five kills and six digs while Ashley Pavarini recorded two kills and two digs.
• Victoria Cordero lifted a match-high 11 digs and added two service aces.

UP NEXT

• Vassar heads north for the first two Liberty League matches of the year as they take on Clarkson on Friday and Skidmore on Saturday.