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NEW LONDON, N.H. – October 3, 2012 – The Middlebury College women's volleyball team ran its win streak to six straight with a 3-0 win at Colby-Sawyer College on Wednesday evening.

The Panthers, who won by scores of 30-28, 25-17, and 25-19, improve to 11-3 on the season, while Colby-sawyer dips to 8-10.

Middlebury's junior outside hitter Megan Jarchow (Cos Cob, Conn.) led all players with 13 kills on .393 hitting. Freshman setter Kathryn Haderlein (Pasadena, Calif.) collected a match best 32 assists and three aces. Senior libero Caitlin Barrett (Medfield, Mass.) had a match-high 24 digs. Junior right side Amy Hart (Kenilworth, Ill.) chipped in seven kills and 14 digs.

Colby-Sawyer was led by Courtney O'Hara (Mystic, Conn.). She recorded nine kills and nine digs. Junior Lindsey Raumikaitis (Danville, N.H.) tallied a career-high eight kills on .500 hitting. Junior Ally Le-Bruno (Medfield, Mass.) collected 23 digs, while freshman setter Laura Smolinski (Hebron, Conn.) had 29 assists.

The first set featured 13 ties and seven lead changes. The Chargers jumped out to 9-4 lead before the Panthers came storming back to tie the game at 11-11. From that moment, the spread would not grow larger than three points. Colby-Sawyer had five game points, but Middlebury rallied on every occasion eventually scoring the final two points on a Chargers error and a kill by Amy Hart for the 30-28 victory.

Leading by one at 10-9 in the second set, Middlebury went on a 13-2 run seemingly icing the game. Colby-Sawyer battled back with a 6-1 run to make a game of it, but fell 25-17 after an attacking error.

The third set was close throughout after an opening 5-1 spurt by the visitors. The Panthers closed the game and the match on a 5-1 run to win 25-19.  

Colby-Sawyer travels to Springfield, Mass. this weekend for a two-day tournament. The Chargers open the tourney on Friday night against Springfield College. Middlebury travels to Hamilton for a pair of matches with Cortland State and tournament host Hamilton.