Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The Ithaca College women's volleyball team went undefeated in Empire 8 action at Hartwick, sweeping both Hartwick and St. John Fisher on Saturday. The Bombers improved their overall record to 10-3 on the year and 3-0 in conference play. In Saturday's 11 a.m. match, Ithaca defeated Hartwick in three sets, 25-22, 27-25, 25-12. The Bombers went on to take a three-set match from St. John Fisher, 25-14,25-16,25-18. Ithaca travels to Keuka on Wednesday to face the Wolfpack at 7 p.m. at Keuka Park, N.Y.
 
Ithaca 3, Hartwick 0 -- 25-22, 27-25, 25-12

The first set was evenly matched with Ithaca and Hartwick going point for point for a majority of game play. Ithaca took the largest lead of the set with four points, leading by a score of 12-8. Ithaca led by four points just one other time in the set at 24-20 after an attack error by Hartwick. The Bombers finished off the first set with a service ace by Rylie Bean and another attack error by Hartwick. The second set was fairly close as well, forcing the Bombers to earn 27 points for the win. Ithaca sealed the last two points of the second set with a kill by Joelle Goldstein and a service ace by Bean. The Bombers ran away with the match in the third set by earning a game-high five points in a row, off of two kills by Bean, one by Dylan Gawinski-Stern and two Hawk errors.

Bean led the Bombers with 11 kills. Goldstein put away 10 kills on the Hartwick Hawks. Kayla Gromen tallied 30 assists for Ithaca, while Bean and Marlee Wierda each added one assist for the Bombers.

Gromen led the team in digs with 23 and Maggie Mutschler recorded 14 digs.
 
Ithaca 3, St. John Fisher 0 -- 25-14, 25-16, 25-18

In the first set against St. John Fisher, the Bombers never gave up a lead. After three early kills by Rylie Bean, Joelle Goldstein and Caroline Gerulskis, Ithaca ran with the three point lead to go on and win 25-14. Fisher started off the second set with a two point lead. After going back and forth the score was tied at 8-8, until two Cardinal errors and a kill by Bean gave Ithaca an 11-8 lead. Ithaca stayed ahead for the rest of the set, sealing the game with another kill by Bean and an error by Fisher. Ithaca started and ended strong in the third set, scoring four or more points in a row on four separate occasions. After being tied 14-14, Ithaca outscored St. John Fisher 11-4 sealing the match with a score of 25-18. The Bombers kept the Cardinals below 20 points in all three sets of the match.
 
Bean once again led Ithaca with 11 kills on 19 attempts, while Goldstein added nine kills on 18 attempts. Gerulskis also tallied six kills and Katie Hartman gave the bombers three points on three kills, totaling 37 kills for Ithaca.

Maggie Mutschler recorded 10 digs, while Kayla Gromen added six for the Bombers. Bean recorded a solo block for the Bombers as well.