NEW LONDON, N.H. – The Colby-Sawyer College women's volleyball team delivered a commanding performance on Saturday evening, hitting .363 as a team to sweep Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) opponent Elms College, 3-0 (25-9, 25-9, 25-17), at the Dan and Kathleen Hogan Sports Center.
Rapid Recap:
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Colby-Sawyer set the tone early in the opening set, racing out to a 5-0 lead behind back-to-back aces from senior Bree Bacon. Sophomore Maggie Wilder blew the frame open midway through with a nine-point service run—featuring three service aces—to propel the Chargers to a 25-9 victory on .389 hitting.
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The Chargers carried their momentum into set two, jumping ahead 7-2 on a pair of aces by junior Kamryn Brakemeier. Colby-Sawyer limited Elms to negative hitting (-.049) while sophomore Addison Sasnett and Brakemeier dominated the net, closing out another 25-9 win with a Brakemeier kill.
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Colby-Sawyer displayed its depth in the third set, hitting a match-high .455 with 12 kills. After the Blazers trimmed the deficit to 20-14, the Chargers clamped down with late blocks from first-year Hayden Blanchard, senior Brooke Tasker, and first-year Reese Pike before an Elms attacking error sealed the sweep at 25-17.
Inside the Numbers:
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Brakemeier and Sasnett paced the attack with 10 kills apiece. Brakemeier hit an efficient .450 with two aces and a block, while Sasnett hit .421.
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Wilder served up a match-high three aces, while Bacon, Brakemeier, and first-year Madison Sinatro recorded two aces each as the Chargers racked up 10 service aces.
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Bacon orchestrated the offense with 23 assists, eight digs, two kills, and two aces. Pike dished out four assists to go along with a kill, an ace, and a block.
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Sinatro anchored the back row with a match-high 10 digs and three assists, while first-year Liv Chandonnait added six digs and three kills.
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Blanchard led the defensive wall at the net with three total blocks, while sophomore Haley Arp contributed two blocks and three kills.
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Colby-Sawyer held decisive advantages across every category, leading in points (50.0 to 20.0), kills (35 to 15), service aces (10 to 4), total blocks (5 to 1), assists (32 to 15), and digs (47 to 35).
Up Next:
The Chargers (9-13, 5-4 GNAC) return to the court on Tuesday, October 27, traveling to Nashua, N.H. to take on Rivier for another GNAC clash at 6:00pm.
