Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. - The No. 23 ranked Ithaca College volleyball team continued to roll on Friday night with a 3-0 sweep over Bard. The Bombers were saw impressive performances across the board as they improved to 18-4 overall and 6-0 within the Liberty League as well as 7-0 on the road.
VS. BARD (25-13, 25-12, 25-10)
Ithaca jumped out to a 6-1 lead scoring the first point of the set on a big time from
Ella Graper that was followed by efforts from
Faith Sabatier,
Jamie Koopman,
Ellie Benedict and
Karina Garcia. The Bombers would stretch their advantage to 11-5 with another successful swing from
Ella Graper and a
Maddie Cox service ace. The Raptors went on a mini spurt to cut the deficit to 14-8, but IC responded with a 2-0 run to force a Bard timeout. Coming out of the break, the Bombers continued to push with a push over from
Maddie Cox, a kill from
Alexandra Montgomery and an ace from
Bridget Altland made it 21-9. IC closed out the set going up 1-0 winning it 25-13 after another kill from Montgomery.
The Bombers scored the first point of the second set on a Raptors attacking error, as they opened a scoring run with a
Maddie Cox kill and ace and led 9-6. A 4-1 run in favor of the Bombers and out of the break they lead 14-7 with a service ace from
Ellie Benedict. They closed on a 4-0 run to take the set with a pair of kills from
Alexandra Montgomery and a
Faith Sabatier effort that closed it out at 25-12.
Faith Sabatier opened the third set with a kill as her and her teammates opened a 6-2 lead with a
Peyton Miller ace. The middle of the set saw back-to-back kills from
Naomi Clauhs with a third effort to cap it off making it 10-5 as
Wesley Slavin assisted. The Bombers held their opponents to just five more points throughout the set as they won it with a
Jamie Koopman kill and an opponent attacking error.
Koopman finished with nine points, which was a match high with three blocks and six kills on nine attacks.
Maddie Cox,
Ellie Benedict and
Peyton Miller each notched an ace.
REACTION FROM HEAD COACH JOHAN DULFER
"It was really great to have everyone play tonight and add new wrinkles to our game plan," Dulfer said. "We look forward to another Liberty League matchup tomorrow."
The Bombers will take on Vassar College at 2 p.m. in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
