Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HOUGHTON, N.Y. -- The Ithaca College volleyball team continued its run of good play with two more wins Saturday to improve to 14-3 overall and 6-0 in the Empire 8. Ithaca won conference matches hosted by Houghton. Ithaca started the day with a five-set win over Houghton by scores of 15-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-22, 15-13. Ithaca then took on Utica and won 3-0 by scores of 25-18, 25-19, 25-22.
 
Ithaca has won eight matches in a row and returns to action Tuesday night at Cortland.
 
Ithaca 3, Houghton 2 (15-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-22, 15-13)
 
Ithaca rallied to win the match in five sets. Houghton won the first set convincingly, then Ithaca answered with a 25-17 win in the second set. After the Highlanders won 25-20 in the third set, Ithaca closed things out with a 25-22 win and then won the tight fifth set by a 15-13 score.
 
Rylie Bean totaled 18 kills in the match, her second time this season hitting that mark, and Joelle Goldstein had a career-high 16 kills. Setter Kayla Gromen had a career-high 46 assists. Katie Hartman had three solo blocks and two block assists. Other defensive standouts were Maggie Mutschler with 16 digs and Myan Idziur with 11.
 
Ithaca 3, Utica 0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-22)
 
Ithaca hit .290 for the match in a sweep of Utica. Joelle Goldstein and Rylie Bean had nine kills each. Kayla Gromen had 25 assists and Molly Brown had 13 assists. Myan Idziur led Ithaca with 11 digs, and Katie Hartman had two blocks, one solo and one assisted.