Box Score
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College volleyball team (14-19) blanked visiting Wells (5-23), 3-0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-15) Tuesday evening at Ben Light Gymnasium. The non-conference match doubled as senior night and the final regular-season home contest for the Bombers.
Ithaca, who has won six of the last nine, hit .356 for the match, committing just 11 errors on 90 swings.
Senior Justine Duryea matched a career-best with 13 kills while hitting .545 on 22 attempts. Rookie Shaelynn Schmidt added eight kills and junior Rylie Bean chipped in six. Freshman Molly Brown set for 18 assists. Sophomore Carly Garone had 16 assists and a match-best nine digs. The setters combined for seven of Ithaca's 11 aces. Brown tallied four and Garone three.
Ithaca opened the first set on a 6-1 run and powered to a double-digit lead, 18-7, en route to a 25-14 victory. The Bombers forced the Express to burn both timeouts with leads of 9-4 and 17-8 in the second stanza. They went on to claim a 25-13, 2-0 series advantage. Ithaca wrapped up the third with a 25-15 win, highlighted by a 7-0 opening run.
The Bombers improve to 8-0 all-time against the Express. The Blue & Gold most recently defeated Wells, 3-0, on Oct. 12 at the Ithaca Tournament.
Ithaca will conclude regular-season play Friday and Saturday at Oneonta's Dig Pink Invitational.