Ithaca, N.Y. – With its latest victory, the Ithaca College volleyball team remain unbeaten in Liberty League play with a dominating win over Bard College in a three-set sweep on Saturday in Ben Light Gymnasium.
Prior to the match the Bombers honored it's three seniors
Grace Isaksen,
Camryn O'Leary and
Jennifer Pitts for their integral contributions to the IC volleyball program.
Ithaca set the tone with a 9-1 run to open the first set. The run featured two kills from
Camryn O'Leary, an ace from
Amanda Zweifler and two aces from
Aleka Darko. The Bombers held the big lead for the rest of the set, finishing on a an eight-point run to close out the set 25-10. O'Leary would go on to finish with seven kills in the first frame.
The Bombers came out hot again to start the second with a 13-2 run, getting five kills from five different athletes. Ahead 15-5, the Bombers went on a six-point run to take a 21-5 lead. Darko and
Samantha Klemm each earned a kill during the run, and Zweifler added two more aces to her tally on the day. The Bombers finished out the final five points, wining the set 25-7.
The third set got out to a back-and-forth start. The Raptors took an early advantage and the Bombers fought back quickly to take a 4-3 lead. The Bombers used two different five point-runs to get out to a big lead. The Bombers controlled the remainder of the set, winning 25-13.
Camryn O'Leary led all student-athletes on the day with 14 kills for the Bombers.
Elli Gaskill led the Bombers defensively, earning 11 digs.
Jennifer Pitts and
Leila Chipepo were also great defensively, each getting three total blocks on the day.
REACTION FROM HEAD COACH JOHAN DULFER
"What a wonderful way to honor our senior class through such a focused, well executed performance. I'm proud that we ran our offense so efficiently and took care of business today. Bard is having a wonderful season, but we weren't going to be denied today and our senior class really led the way."
The Bombers move to 20-4 on the season and 6-0 in Liberty League play. Ithaca will now play its last two matches of the regular season on the road, traveling to St. Lawrence University for a Liberty League matchup at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28.
