Poughkeepsie, NY - The Vassar College Women's Volleyball team won its fifth straight match on Saturday afternoon as the Brewers dominated its way to a 25-16, 25-17, 25-11 triumph over Utica in the final match of the Vassar Quad. The Brewers hit .333 as team on the match with 44 kills to carry Vassar to improving to 7-1 overall on the season.

First Set

• Vassar raced out to a 8-2 lead to open the match behind two kills and an ace from junior Maura McAusland along with a winner each from first year Elena Feuer, junior Holland Kaplan and sophomore Erin Lovett.
• Utica cut the lead to 11-6 before the Brewers rattled off six straight points on two kills apiece from McAusland and junior Holland Kaplan and one winner from junior Francesca Medrano.
• Back-to-back aces from Mackenzie O'Brien and a kill from Trinity Bailey brought the Pioneers within 18-11.
• Utica got within 20-15 on a Lauren Jones kill but VC answered with a kill each from Lovett and Kaplan to take the first set win.

Second Set

• The set opened up in a 4-4 tie before the Brewers went ahead 11-6 after kills from Lovett, Kaplan and senior Rebecca Gutierrez and an ace from first year Summer Stern.
• Utica reduced the lead to 12-9 before two more McAusland winners and a Kaplan kill pushed VC in front 15-9.
• Vassar's advantage grew to 21-10 behind a block from Feuer and Lovett, kills from McAusland and Lovett and an ace from Medrano.
• Kills from Jones and Bailey along with a block from Charley Herrington put Utica within 24-17 before a Kaplan kill took the second set.

Third Set

• Utica took a 6-5 lead on a Herrington kill before the Vassar lead went to 17-8 behind two blocks and a kill from Feuer and a kill from McAusland.
• Alicia Ancewicz buried two kills to bring the lead down to 18-10.
• Vassar scored seven of the final eight points of the match following a kill and a block from first year Ellen Zwerling and kills from McAusland, Medrano and Gutierrez to complete the sweep.

For The Brewers

• McAusland garnered 16 kills (.481) and six digs while Kaplan added nine kills (.333), an ace and four digs.
• Lovett tallied four kills and four blocks along with Gutierrez finishing with five kills.
• Medrano completed an all-around day with four kills, 35 assists, an ace and nine digs.
• Feuer added two kills and five blocks along with Zwerling chipping in two kills and a block.
• Senior Ellie Kogan lifted a match-high 13 digs.

For The Pioneers

• Bailey recorded a team-high seven kills and four digs while Jones finished with three kills, six assists and seven digs.
• Ancewicz tallied two kills, seven assists and four digs along with Turner registering two kills and four digs.
• Megan Wright lifted a team-best 10 digs.

Up Next

• Vassar will head to Eastern Connecticut State for a tri-match with the Warriors and Johnson and Wales on Saturday, September 20 at 2:00 p.m.