Poughkeepsie, NY - The Vassar College Women's Volleyball team rolled to its third straight conference sweep on Wednesday evening as the Brewers dominated in a 25-18, 25-19, 25-13 win over Bard inside Kenyon Hall.
Vassar's record improves to 9-8 overall and 4-1 in Liberty League play while the Raptors drop to 5-16 on the season and 0-5 in conference action.
First Set
- Vassar earned a 6-1 lead to start the match behind two aces from senior T Petro, an ace from classmate Francesca Medrano, a kill from senior Holland Kaplan and a block from sophomore Elena Feuer.
- Isis Pribble's ace cut the deficit to 8-5 before a kill from first year Sophia Ierulli and a block from first year Gina O'Connell and junior Eleanor Gegen put the Brewers ahead 10-5.
- Alex Beer's winner cut the deficit to 14-10 until a five-point run, led by two Kaplan kills and a solo block from junior Erin Lovett, expanded the advantage to 19-10.
- Bard trimmed the lead to 20-16 on an Ava Rhinehart ace but Vassar answered with a kill and ace from Kaplan along with a block from O'Connell and sophomore Cayla Hoskins-Pfeiffer to pull ahead 23-16.
- VC used kills from O'Connell and Feuer to earn the opening set victory.
Second Set
- Following a Nala Roman kill to even the set at two, Vassar scored the next eight points behind two Lovett kills, a winner from Medrano and an ace from first year Riley Huang to go ahead 10-2.
- The Raptors drew within 14-8 on Gia Gomez kill before the lead grew to 19-10 after a kill from Kaplan and a block from Gegen and Feuer.
- VC expanded the lead to 23-12 on a block from O'Connell and Gegen until the Raptors reduced the advantage to 24-19 behind three kills from Pribble.
- Gegen clinched the set victory with a kill to go ahead 2-0.
Third Set
- Vassar took a 5-1 lead after two kills from Feuer and a winner each from sophomore Ellen Zwerling and Kaplan.
- VC's lead grew to 10-5 on two more winners from Zwerling and a kill from Medrano.
- Paola De La Cruz's service ace cut the deficit to 12-9 before a five-point run, led by a kill each from Feuer and Kaplan and a block from Lovett and Feuer, pushed Vassar ahead 17-9.
- Vassar collected a 22-11 lead behind a kill each from Lovett, Kaplan and Zwerling.
- VC finished off the third consecutive sweep with an ace from Ierulli.
For The Brewers
- Kaplan finished with 12 kills (.303), two aces and 10 digs while Medrano notched 20 assists, two kills, a block, an ace and seven digs.
- Lovett posted five kills and three blocks along with Feuer scoring five kills and four blocks.
- Zwerling buried five winners (.455) and four digs while Gegen chipped in four kills and three blocks.
- O'Connell garnered four kills and five blocks along with Ierulli collecting 10 assists and five digs.
- Huang lifted a team-high 14 digs to go with two aces and five assists while Petro totaled six digs and two aces.
For The Raptors
- Pribble tallied nine kills and 10 digs while Xenia Vassou posted eight kills and four digs.
- Roman added five winners while Beer notched four kills and four digs.
- De La Cruz finished with 21 assists and eight digs while Penelope Joosten Lingo lifted a match-high 17 digs.
Up Next
- Vassar heads on the road to square off with #9 Ithaca and Rochester on Saturday beginning at 1:00 p.m.
- Bard hits the road to take on #RV William Smith on Saturday.
