BRUNSWICK, Maine – Wellesley College volleyball competed in tri-match at Bowdoin College, falling to the hosts and Lasell University on Saturday. The Blue now stand at 12-9 on the year.
Lasell 3, Wellesley 2 (22-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 15-13)
First-year Delia Noel (Telluride, Colo.) put up an eye-popping 25 kills for the Blue with eight digs. Junior Else Kunze-Hoeg (Eagan, Minn.) assisted on 41 kills with 16 digs and 10 kills for a second triple-double of the year. Senior Caroline Meyer (Indianapolis, Ind.) had 12 digs while first-year Ashlyn Nam (Los Angeles, Calif.) served four aces.
Sophomore Estella Feenstra (Stratford, Conn.) and first-year Nadia Shloul (Upton, Mass.) combined for 35 kills for the Lasers (13-10). Junior Trinity Silva (Atascadero, Calif.) had a game-high 44 assists while classmate Analee Ronas (Daly City, Calif.) put up 20 digs.
The Blue took the first set 25-22 before Lasell countered with a five point win in the second set.
Wellesley was able to push its match lead to 2-1 in a narrowly contested 25-22 third. The Lasers countered by evening the match up with a 25-22 rebuttal in the fourth.
In the decisive fifth, the teams played even throughout, with the score tied at 13 all after 26 total points. A late pair of Shloul kills gave Lasell the victory.
Bowdoin 3, Wellesley 1 (25-16, 25-17, 17-25, 25-20)
The Polar Bears (14-8) picked up a four-set win over the Blue. Junior Ella Mancuso (North Andover, Mass.) led the Blue with 10 kills while Kunze-Hoeg had 19 assists.
The hosts recorded 10 kills on a .250 hitting percentage in the opening frame. Bowdoin's lead reached 10 by 16-6 and pushed the set out of reach.
The second frame told a similar story, with Wellesley competing hard but coming up a bit short in a 25-17 showing.
Wellesley began to mount a comeback with a 25-17 third set, as the team's kills and hitting percentage began to rise.
Bowdoin ensured a turnaround would not occur with a 25-20 final frame.
Up next, the Blue compete at MIT at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, October 27.
