Poughkeepsie, NY - The Vassar College Women's Volleyball team opened the home slate on Friday evening as the Brewers swept SUNY Delhi 25-16, 25-21, 25-16 in the opening match and closed the night with a 26-24, 25-18, 25-18 victory against Mount Holyoke on the first day of the Vassar Quad. VC moves its record to 6-1 overall on the season and is off to the best start since 2009 when the Brewers start the season 8-0.

Vassar 3 SUNY Delhi 0

First Set

• Vassar rolled out to an 11-3 lead to begin the set behind two aces from junior Maura McAusland along with two kills from sophomore Eleanor Gegen.
• A kill from Skyler Furtado and back-to-back aces from Faith Sheltra trimmed the lead down to 14-8.
• Three straight kills from junior Holland Kaplan expanded the advantage back to 19-11.
• VC scored four of the final five points behind kills from Kaplan, McAusland and senior Rebecca Gutierrez along with an ace from sophomore Erin Lovett.

Second Set

• Two kills each from Kaplan and Gegen along with two Kaplan aces put the Brewers in front 7-3 to start the second stanza.
• Delhi battled back to take an 8-7 lead on two aces from Furtado and a winner from Miranda Mosco.
• Junior T Petro's ace put VC back in front until two aces from Audrey Logsdon pushed the Broncos back ahead 12-10.
• Delhi went ahead 20-17 before the Brewers used a three point run behind two Petro aces and a Gutierrez kill to even the set at 20.
• Noelle Placonica's kill regained the advantage at 21-20 until VC scored five straight points, led by two Lovett kills and a block from first year Ellen Zwerling and Lovett, to take the second set.

Third Set

• The Broncos took an early 4-3 lead on a kill from Kayla Nuss.
• Kills from Kaplan, Zwerling, Lovett and first year Elena Feuer put the Brewers on top 10-7.
• A 10-1 run from VC, led by three Lovett kills and two Petro aces, gave VC a 21-11 lead.
• The Brewers collected a kill from Kaplan and a Delhi error clinched the home opening sweep for Vassar.

For The Brewers

• Kaplan tallied a team-high 13 kills (.385), six digs and two aces while Lovett recorded eight kills, two aces and two blocks.
• Gegen registered six winners, Gutierrez added five kills and McAusland finished with four kills, two aces and four digs.
• Junior Francesca Medrano handed out a match-high 33 assists and lifted five digs.
• Petro finished with a match-high five aces and recorded three digs.

For The Broncos

• Furtado recorded seven kills, three aces and two digs along with Nuss tallying four winners, two blocks and three digs.
• Sheltra added three kills, three aces and two blocks while Placonica and Mosco each supplied two kills.
• Laurel Poston recorded 16 assists and five digs along with Logsdon lifting a match-high 17 digs.

Vassar 3 Mount Holyoke 0

First Set

• Vassar began the first set with an 8-2 lead following two Kaplan kills, a kill each from Gutierrez and Gegen and an ace from Medrano.
• The advantage expanded to 14-4 after two aces from Kaplan and a kill from McAusland.
• Elanni Romero's kill trimmed the lead down to 16-10 until VC expanded it back to 18-10 after a McAusland winner.
• Following a Kaplan winner to make it 20-11, Mount Holyoke scored eight points in a row as Romero tallied two aces and Elle Rimando buried a kill to cut the lead to 20-19.
• Madeline Barton's kill put the Lyons at set point at 24-23 but the Brewers scored the final three points of the set, led by a kill each from Kaplan and McAusland to hold on for the first set victory.

Second Set

• Two McAusland kills along with a winner each from Gutierrez and Kaplan put the Brewers ahead 7-3 early.
• Rimando's ace cut the lead down to two before the Brewers rattled off eight consecutive points, capped by five aces from Kaplan and a block from Lovett and Medrano.
• The Lyons got back within 21-14 after two kills and an ace from Rimando and an ace from Kyra Staples.
• MHC trimmed the lead down to 22-18 following two aces from Rimando and a kill from Milan Danosh.
• VC scored the final three points of the set as Lovett's solo block clinched the second set victory.

Third Set

• Following a 5-5 tie to open the third set, the Lyons went ahead 7-5 on a Madeline Barton ace.
• VC responded with six straight points on two kills apiece from Kaplan and Lovett and a block from Medrano and Lovett.
• Mount Holyoke battled back to even the set at 15 on an ace from Amelia Ringor and a block from Barton.
• Following a Barton kill that brought the Lyons back to within one at 19-18, VC scored the final six points of the set behind two kills from Kaplan, a winner each from McAusland and Lovett and an ace from Kogan.

For The Brewers

• Kaplan garnered a match-high 11 kills, a career-high eight aces and seven digs along with McAusland adding nine kills and nine digs.
• Gutierrez tallied seven kills (.700) while Gegen buried six winners.
• Lovett finished with four kills and three blocks along with Medrano recording a team-high 37 assists, three blocks and nine digs.
• Senior Ellie Kogan lifted a match-high 12 digs.

For The Lyons

• Rimando registered seven kills, five aces and one block while Barton finished with six kills, an ace and a block.
• Olivia Murray tallied four kills along with Romero adding two aces and nine digs.
• Sadie Duffrin garnered 16 assists, six digs and an ace while Staples lifted a team-high 10 digs.

Up Next

• Vassar takes on Utica tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 p.m. in the final day of the Vassar Quad.