GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Ithaca College women's volleyball team was back in action on Saturday afternoon when it concluded its road trip to the Midwest Invitational with a non-league battle against Elmhurst. The Bombers shrugged off their sour feelings from Friday, surging past the Bluejays for a three-set victory (25-23, 25-14, 25-22). The victory improves Ithaca's record to 14-7 overall on the year.
 
"While losing yesterday was not much fun, I think we learned some valuable lessons in the areas of work ethic, serve receive and serving that served us well today and will continue to do so for the rest of the year," head coach Johan Dulfer said. "Today against Elmhurst, we applied some of those lessons and the result was a very confident performance from our team. It was great to see us play with great energy and purpose, while winning the serve-pass battle against a very disciplined defensive team like Elmhurst. We can't wait to bring back what we've learned to the Liberty League and are excited to take-on the challenge with some big matches this upcoming week."
 
Today was a much more efficient attacking day for the Bombers, as IC was able to clean up some of its passing struggles from Friday to run a more synchronized offensive. Ithaca finished the day with 37 kills on a strong .300 team hitting success. In particular, Ithaca was razor sharp during the second and third sets, limiting its attacking errors to just two in each of the final two frames. IC posted a .409 hitting percentage in the middle set, which resulted in a commanding 25-14 set win, while Ithaca closed out the weekend a strong note with a .353 hitting rate in a 14-kill clinching third set.
 
Junior right-side Reagan Stone paced the Bombers with a 15-kill outing. She finished with a scintillating .324 hitting percentage for the match. Defensively, she chipped in six digs and one block assist, while she led the Bombers with two service aces.
 
On the opposite pin, sophomore Alison Lipton continued her solid weekend with a seven-kill performance on .263 hitting success. Junior Sarah Jennison added four kills on 15 total swings.
 
In the middle, sophomore Monet Peoples swung the hot-hand with four kills on .667 hitting success. First-year Jennifer Pitts matched her counterpart with four kills of her own. Peoples added a strong blocking effort with two solos and two assists, while Pitts added two block assists as well.
 
Senior setter Caitlyn Floyd topped the 30-assist mark, finishing with 31 in the three-set match. She added three kills on five attacks, while she also chipped in six digs and one block assist.
 
The backline overall faired much better in the serve-receive on the day, setting the tone for the Bombers. Sophomore libero Jordyn Lyn Hayashi was the lone IC player to reach double-digits in digs, finishing with a match-high 12, while also adding two assists. First-year Hannah Hughes nearly notched double-digits, falling one shy of the mark with nine digs and one service ace, while classmate Grace Isaksen delivered five digs.
 
Ithaca is set to get its final week of Liberty League regular-season action underway on Wednesday, October 23, when the Bombers hit the road to face RIT in a huge match at 7:00 p.m. The contest will set the tone ahead of the final weekend, which features a challenging back-to-back at Clarkson on Friday, October 25, before capping the regular-season home slate with a Senior Day match against St. Lawrence at Ben Light Gymnasium on Saturday, October 26.