WORCESTER, Mass. — The Connecticut College women's volleyball team picked up a pair of 3-2 victories over WPI and Clark University on Saturday afternoon at Kneller Gymnasium.

In the opener against WPI, the Camels won by set scores of 23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 14-25 and 15-12. Rae Wartelle (Tacoma, Wash.) led all players with 16 kills on 41 swings while Riley Lord (Exeter, N.H.) and Grace Anderson (Pawling, N.Y.) added 14 and 10 kills, respectively.

Conn captured the first two sets in the late match against Clark and held on to win by final scores of 26-24, 25-13, 24-26, 16-25 and 15-10. Vibha Sheth (Austin, Texas) supplied a team-high nine kills in a balanced offensive effort for the Camels, who had 10 players record a kill.

Conn (6-7 overall) will next host the University of Saint Joseph on Tuesday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m.

Match 1 – Conn College 3, WPI 2

In the opening set, Conn fell behind 7-3 but rallied back to tie the score at 9-9 as Wartelle supplied three service aces. Neither team led by more than two the rest of the way, but a late kill by Bridget Spees and an ace from Olivia Hutchinson secured the 1-0 lead for the Engineers.

The Camels snatched the momentum in the second and third sets with late comebacks. In the second, Conn outscored WPI 9-3 down the stretch as Lord and Sheth provided the spark. The story was nearly the same in the third, which saw the Camels win seven of the final 10 points to grab a 2-1 advantage in the match.

The Engineers bounced back for a convincing win in the fourth, but Conn held on in the fifth to nail down the victory. The Camels used an 8-2 run to seize control—Aubrie Letourneau (Mattapoisett, Mass.) contributed a pair of aces during the spurt—and late errors by WPI provided the final two points.

Letourneau finished with a season-high 47 assists to pace the offense while Dylan Kokkinos (Aurora, Ill.) racked up a season-high 25 digs to lead the defense. The Camels also finished with seven team blocks, with Wartelle having a hand in four. 

Match 2 – Conn College 3, Clark 2

The Camels got off to a strong start, edging out a close win in the first set before coasting in the second. Sheth was key in the opening stanza, supplying kills for Conn's final three points in the 26-24 finish. A 14-1 run then helped the Camels open a big lead in the second, as Lord and Kokkinos each chipped in three aces apiece during the rally.

Clark staged a late comeback in the third to extend the contest, and then followed with a dominant fourth set to even the match. In the deciding fifth set, Conn trailed 8-7 at the side switch but responded with a 6-0 run to take over. Sheth provided two kills and a block during the span, and she later tacked on her final kill of the day to give the Camels the match.

Tilde Keatley (Pasadena, Calif.) finished with eight kills in her first extended action of the season. Anderson, Wartelle and Zoe Watts (Chicago, Ill.) also recorded eight kills apiece, while Sarah Woodhouse (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Taylor Chatigny (Naples, Fla.) also tacked on five kills each. Letourneau recorded a double-double of 45 assists and 11 digs while Kokkinos added five aces and 24 digs.