Vassar College Athletics

Poughkeepsie, NY - The Vassar College Women's Volleyball team earned back-to-back victories over Clarkson for the first time since 2016 on Friday evening as the Brewers swept the Golden Knights 25-17, 25-19, 25-19 at Kenyon Hall. Vassar's record improves to 7-8 overall and 2-1 in conference play while Clarkson drops to 12-4 overall and 2-2 in Liberty League action.

First Set

• Clarkson took the early 4-2 lead following an ace from Izzie Piano before Vassar earned a 8-7 edge following two winners from first year Gina O'Connell.
• Another ace from Piano put the Golden Knights ahead 13-11 before the Brewers rattled off eight straight points, led by two kills from senior Holland Kaplan and two aces from first year Riley Huang.
• The Golden Knights got within 21-15 on a block from Chase Chudoba and Brianna Hale.
• Three more kills from Kaplan carried the Brewers to a 25-17 first set victory.

Second Set

• Clarkson pulled ahead 5-2 to begin the second set following a kill each from Trinity Simon and Conley Burns.
• An ace and a kill from Gale pushed the lead to 9-6 until kills from junior Eleanor Gegen and senior Francesca Medrano put Vassar ahead 10-9.
• The lead bounced back and forth until consecutive Kaplan aces regained the Brewers lead at 17-15.
• A kill from Burns and a block from Simon and Jordyn Leader cut the deficit to 21-19 before Vassar scored the final four points of the set, led by a kill and solo block from Kaplan and a block from O'Connell and junior Erin Lovett, to earn the set victory.

Third Set

• Following a 4-1 Clarkson lead to open the third set, Vassar pulled ahead 7-5 on three kills from Kaplan, an ace from first year Sophia Ierulli and a winner each from sophomore Elena Feuer and Lovett.
• The lead expanded to 15-11 on a Huang ace before Clarkson cut the lead to 15-14 on an ace from Olivia Baxter.
• Junior Chloe Mau's service ace put Vassar ahead 19-16 but the Golden Knights trimmed the advantage to 20-19 on a Piano ace.
• VC scored the final five points of the set as senior T Petro landed two aces along with Feuer and Lovett burying a kill each to send Vassar to a straight sets victory.

For The Brewers

• Kaplan recorded a match-high 12 kills (.346), two aces, a solo block and eight digs while Lovett notched eight kills.
• Gegen added five kills and three digs along with O'Connell posting five kills (.417), two blocks and three digs.
• Medrano collected 29 assists and nine digs while Feuer chipped in four kills.
• Huang finished the match with a match-high 18 digs and three aces while Petro recorded 10 digs and two aces.

For The Golden Knights

• Chudoba posted seven kills and three digs while Ainslie Reimer registered seven kills and four digs.
• Burns and Simon each tallied three kills along with Hale totaling 19 assists, two kills and 13 digs.
• Baxter lifted 11 digs and added two aces.

Up Next

• Vassar plays host to conference foe St. Lawrence at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow.
• Clarkson travels to Union for a 2:00 p.m. tilt tomorrow.