MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - September 18, 2019 - The Colby-Sawyer women's volleyball team dropped a 3-0 non-conference match at Middlebury on Wednesday evening. The Panthers won by scores of 25-19, 25-19, and 25-18.

Middlebury improves to 5-2 and will travel to Colby on Friday. Colby-Sawyer dips to 7-7. The Chargers travel to Maine on Saturday to play a GNAC contest against St. Joseph's (Maine) and a non-conference match against Husson.

Jane Nelson and Maggie Wise led Middlebury with 10 kills apiece, while Corley Doyle had eight on just 12 attempts with no errors. Chellsa Ferdinand dished out a match-best 19 assists to go with a pair of service aces, while Emma Walsh finished with 15 assists. Gigi Alper tallied 10 digs, while Wise had seven.

Colby-Sawyer was led by Sam Mohammed with eight kills, while Naarah Cox added seven. Anna Allen posted 18 assists and seven digs, while Morgan Flynn tallied a team-best 13 digs.

Tied at 4-4 in the opening set, Middlebury rattled off a 7-0 spurt for an 11-4 advantage on a Charger attack error. Colby-Sawyer chipped into the deficit, moving to within 13-9 on a service ace from Olivia Goodrich. The Panthers pushed the advantage back to 22-15 on a kill by Maggie Wise, before the visitors tallied four-straight points to pull within three. Middlebury ended the set with a trio of points, including a set-clinching kill by Jane Nelson.

The second set saw the Panthers grab a 10-5 lead on a kill by Shea Golden, but the Chargers tied the set at 12-12 via a kill from Sam Mohammed. Both teams traded small leads until the score was 18-18, as Middlebury posted seven of the final eight points of the set to take a 2-0 lead.

The final set saw the hosts claim a 10-4 lead on a kill by Wise. The Chargers cut it to four (12-8) on a kill by Naarah Cox, but point-scoring swings by Jaime Donnelly and Nelson made the score 14-8 in favor of Middlebury. The Panthers maintained between a five and eight-point lead over the remainder of the set to earn the sweep.

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--courtesy of Middlebury