Poughkeepsie, NY - The Vassar College Women's Volleyball team completed the North Country sweep on Saturday afternoon as the Brewers defeated St. Lawrence 25-17, 27-25, 25-20 in conference action at Kenyon Hall.
Vassar's record improves to 8-8 overall and 3-1 in conference play while the Saints fall to 10-8 on the season and 2-2 in Liberty League matchups.
First Set
- Vassar earned an early 6-2 lead to open the match as senior Holland Kaplan notched two kills along with an ace each from senior T Petro and first year Riley Huang.
- The lead grew to 10-5 on two winners from first year Gina O'Connel before the Saints cut the deficit to 10-8 following a winner from McKayla Pollard.
- Sofie Gianelli's ace brought St. Lawrence within one before a Kaplan winner pushed the Brewers to a 18-13 advantage.
- Junior Eleanor Gegen's winner expanded the lead to 21-15 but the Saints battled bac to get within four on a kill from Bridget Gammons.
- Vassar recorded the final four points of the set as Gegen and senior Francesca Medrano each had a kill along with junior Chloe Mau landing an ace.
Second Set
- Vassar pulled ahead 8-3 as Kaplan and Huang each had an ace while O'Connell, junior Erin Lovett and Kaplan had a winner each.
- Annika Flittie's ace drew the Saints within 9-7 before VC responded with six straight points, led by two aces from Medrano and two kills from Gegen, to go ahead 15-7.
- Following Kaplan's kill to expand the lead to 18-9, SLU reeled off eight straight points to even the set at 19 all.
- Vassar answered with four consecutive points, capped by a kill each from Kaplan, Gegen and O'Connell, until SLU evened the set at 23 apiece.
- SLU got to match point at 25-24 but Vassar used a kill each apiece from Lovett and Gegen to earn the 27-25 set victory.
Third Set
- SLU held a 4-1 lead following a block from Flittie and Audrey Bibbins before VC tied it at four on an ace from Huang.
- First year Sophia Ierulli's ace put VC ahead 8-5 until four straight points from St. Lawrence, led by two aces from Flittie, pushed the Saints ahead.
- Vassar battled back in front at 15-12 on a Medrano ace and expanded the lead to 19-14 following a kill each from Gegen, sophomore Elena Feuer and Lovett.
- Another Ierulli ace pushed the Brewers ahead 23-16 and a kill from sophomore Ellen Zwerling gave Vassar its second straight sweep.
For The Brewers
- Kaplan tallied 10 kills, an ace and 11 digs while Gegen added nine kills.
- Lovett notched eight winners along with Medrano completing an all-around match with 30 assists, 14 digs, three aces and two kills.
- O'Connell buried six kills while Feuer recorded three kills and two blocks.
- Ierulii posted six digs, two aces and two kills while Huang registered 10 digs, three aces and five assists.
- Petro added nine digs and an ace.
For The Saints
- Gammons recorded 10 kills and four digs while Vanessa Latam totaled 17 assists, six kills, two aces and seven digs.
- Flittie garnered five kills, three aces, three blocks and 11 digs along with Naiyah Reece posting four kills and nine digs.
- Cassady Smith finished with 11 digs and two aces.
Up Next
- Vassar closes its three match conference homestand against Bard on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.
- SLU travels to Russell Sage for a tri-match on Saturday.
