Oneonta, NY - Head Coach Tyler Blank earned his first career victory as a Brewer on Saturday as the Vassar College Women's Volleyball team coasted to a 25-20, 25-21, 25-15 sweep over SUNY Geneseo and closed the day with a 25-15, 25-21, 25-23 victory over Utica at the Red Dragon Invitational. Vassar begins the season at 2-0 overall for the first time since 2015.

Vassar 3 Geneseo 0

First Set

• The Knights took a 6-4 lead to open the match following aces from Carolyn Mack and Zooey Gagnier and a kill from Sydney Leigh-Manuell.
• VC rattled off five straight points behind a kill each from junior Maura McAusland and sophomore Erin Lovett along with an ace from junior Holland Kaplan to take a 9-6 advantage.
• A kill from Ayla Pas'cal cut the lead down to 11-10 until the Brewers scored five straight points, led by a kill apiece from Kaplan and senior Rebecca Gutierrez.
• Geneseo got within 24-20 on a winner from Sophie Hunter but McAusland buried the final five kills of the set for Vassar to earn the first set victory.

Second Set

• The second set began even at six apiece until kills from McAusland and Lovett pushed VC ahead 11-8.
• Sophomore Eleanor Gegen, Kaplan, McAusland and Lovett collected a kill each to extend the Vassar advantage to 17-12.
• A kill from Pas'cal and a solo block from Hunter brought Geneseo within three at 19-16.
• Two kills from McAusland and a winner from Kaplan put Vassar at set point until a Gagnier kill put the Knights within 24-21.
• Gegen buried a winner for the Brewers to put VC ahead 2-0.

Third Set

• Vassar pulled ahead 4-1 to begin the third stanza before the Knights used a seven point run to go ahead 8-4 after two kills from Leigh-Manuell.
• The Brewers clawed back to 9-8 on a block from Gutierrez and Kaplan and then scored eight straight points, led by kills from McAusland and Lovett, an ace from first year Summer Stern and a block from junior Francesca Medrano and Lovett.
• Gagnier's ace and a kill from Peyton Cole trimmed the VC lead down to 23-15.
• VC completed the sweep on a kill from Gegen and a service ace from senior Ellie Kogan.

For The Brewers

• McAusland led the way with 17 kills (.600) and seven digs along with Gegen adding eight kills and three digs.
• Kaplan tallied six kills, two aces, a block and seven digs while Lovett chipped in five winners.
• Medrano handed out a match-high 30 assists and recorded seven digs.
• Kogan lifted a match-high 10 digs along with junior T Petro registering six digs.

For The Knights

• Leigh-Manuell buried a team-high seven kills and Hunter recorded five winners.
• Pas'cal chipped in three kills and two digs along with Gagnier adding two aces and seven digs.
• Mack registered nine assists and four digs and McKenna Callari lifted a team-high eight digs.

Vassar 3 Utica 0

First Set

• VC opened a quick 5-1 lead after kills from Kaplan and McAusland along with a block from Lovett and first year Elena Feuer.
• The Brewers advantage exploded to 13-4 behind a kill each from Medrano and Lovett and an ace from Petro.
• Three consecutive service aces from Stern pushed Vassar ahead 17-6.
• The Pioneers got within 22-14 behind aces from Alicia Ancewicz and Kendall Turner.
• A winner from first year Ellen Zwerling gave VC a first set victory.

Second Set

• Two winners from Kaplan along with a kill apiece from McAusland, Feuer and Lovett and an ace from Kogan put Vassar ahead 7-3.
• Utica answered to even the set at nine all after two kills from Turner and one winner from Charley Harrington.
• Blocks from Lauren Jones, Mackenzie O'Brien and Jada Anthony spurred Utica ahead 15-13.
• Two Kaplan winners along with a kill from Gutierrez and a Petro ace pushed Vassar back in front 17-15.
• The Pioneers went back in front at 19-18 on a Turner winner before four straight Vassar points, led by two kills from McAusland, put the Brewers ahead 24-20.
• McAusland buried the set-clinching kill to put the Brewers ahead two sets to none.

Third Set

• VC soared ahead 8-2 to open the third set behind an ace from Kogan and a block from Kaplan and Gutierrez.
• Utica slowly crawled back to get within two at 15-13 on a winner from Trinity Bailey.
• A Bailey kill and three straight aces from Jones put the Pioneers even at 17 all.
• A kill each from Kaplan and McAusland put Vassar in front 20-18 until four straight Utica points, led by an Emylie Stanton ace and kills from Turner and O'Brien.
• Vassar battled back to go ahead 23-22 on a Gegen kill and used two Utica errors to complete the sweep.

For The Brewers

• McAusland recorded 14 kills (.379) and 10 digs along with Kaplan registering 12 kills and eight digs.
• Medrano added 28 assists, two kills and nine digs while Stern finished with three aces.
• Kogan lifted a team-high 15 digs and added two aces along with Petro tallying two aces and five digs.

For The Pioneers

• Bailey recorded six kills, two aces and three digs while Jones finished with five winners, five assists, three aces and 10 digs.
• Turner chipped in five kills, two blocks and eight digs along with Megan Wright lifting a match-high 16 digs.

Up Next

• Vassar will head to Smith College for the Bonnie May Invitational beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 6.