Volleyball Sweeps Past Curry, 3-0

MILTON, Mass. – The visiting Bridgewater State University volleyball team swept Curry College, 3-0, on Monday evening at Katz Gymnasium.

The Bears, who improve to 3-6 on the season, won the match by set scores of 25-6, 25-18 and 25-13. The host Colonels fall to 0-10 with their tenth straight 3-0 setback.

Sophomore Lily Welch (Hanson, Mass.) paced Bridgewater State with four kills a pair of solo blocks and a match-high 11 digs and three aces.

Freshman Charlotte Sullivan (Hyannis, Mass.) and junior Kim Gowell (Durham, N.H.) checked in with five kills apiece for the visitors. Sullivan also recorded two blocks (one solo) while Gowell added five digs and an ace.

The Bears also received three kills, eight digs, an ace and a solo block from sophomore Ava Crane (Dartmouth, Mass.); three kills apiece from senior Abigail Reardon (Fairhaven, Mass.) and junior Meaghan Coutu (Brookline, N.H.); and eight assists and nine digs from sophomore Xin Ai Robinson (Evans Mills, N.Y.). Reardon also led all players with five blocks (four solo).

The Bears jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the opening set and cruised to the 25-6 victory. Six different Bears recorded kills in the set led by two apiece from Sullivan and Welch, while sophomore Lilly Misay (New Bedford, Mass.), graduate student Bethany Votta (Cumberland, R.I.), Welch and Gowell each contributed an ace.

With the score knotted at 17-17 in the second set, the Bears closed out the stanza with an 8-1 run including each of the final six points. Sullivan and Reardon notched two kills apiece during the run which also featured four Curry errors.

The Bears used a 9-2 run in the third set, thanks in large part to seven Curry miscues, to turn a 4-4 tie into a 13-6 lead. Out of a timeout, a BSU serving error and an Emma St. Cyr (So., Dover, N.H.) ace cut the Curry deficit to 13-8. The Bears, however, responded by scoring eight of the next nine points, highlighted by kills from Crane and Sullivan, to put the set out of reach. Leading 24-13, Crane secured the match with a kill.

Cyr led the way for the Colonels with a match-best 16 assists to go along with eight digs, two aces and a pair of kills.

Bridgewater committed just three attacking errors on the evening and posted a .306 hitting percentage. The Bears also recorded eight aces and limited the Colonels to a -.041 hitting percentage.

The Bears return to the court on Thursday night when they head to Mitchell College for a seven o'clock match with the Mariners. Curry will look to snap its ten-match losing streak on Wednesday evening (6:00 PM) as the Colonels open Conference of New England play on the road against Roger Williams University.