Women's Volleyball Continues Conference Success with 3-0 Win at Bay Path

Women's Volleyball Continues Conference Success with 3-0 Win at Bay Path

LONDMEADOW, Mass. – Keeping its momentum going, the Southern Vermont College women's volleyball team succeeded in remaining undefeated in New England Collegiate Conference play as the Mountaineers took down Bay Path College 3-0 on the road at Holyoke Community College Saturday afternoon.

Southern Vermont took the match with game scores of 25-21, 25-14 and 25-12.

Bay Path managed to stick with the Mountaineers for the first 10-12, points flip-flopping in the second and third sets in addition to leading Southern Vermont until the 20th point of the first game. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, Southern Vermont managed to pull ahead late in each of the three games for the win.

SVC was led by senior outside hitter/setter Carrie Baltazar (Whittier, Calif.) and junior outside hitter/setter Jessica Delgado (Los Angeles, Calif.).  Baltazar finished with a .353 hitting percentage tallying nine kills and adding 12 assists and ten digs, one kill shy of a triple-double. Delgado notched a match-high 10 kills while adding a team-high 15 digs.  She had a .310 attack percentage for the day.  Senior libero Vanessa Ruelas (Paramount, Calif.) pitched in 10 digs.

Bay Path's sophomore middle hitter Elizabeth Haylette (Terryville, Conn.) finished with five kills, ten digs, one block assist and a solo block to suit with a .417 hitting percentage. Senior outside hitter Kate Bartels (Dalton, Mass.) led the Wildcats with six kills while junior libero Kacie Bayreuther (East Lyme, Conn.) recorded a match-high 28 digs.  Freshman setter Aaliyah Gordon (Springfield, Mass.) came away with a double-double with 13 assists and 10 digs.

Southern Vermont advances to 6-6 on the season and 3-0 in conference play. Bay Path is now 1-15 and 0-3 in the NECC.

The Mountaineers continue with the NECC schedule Wednesday when they visit Becker College for a 7 p.m. match, and Bay Path holds its Pink Out Day Wednesday night during a 7 p.m. conference contest against Daniel Webster College.