NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Connecticut College volleyball team picked up a 3-1 victory over Trinity College on Friday night in NESCAC action at Luce Field House.
The Camels secured their first league win of the season by set scores of 25-21, 21-25, 25-22 and 25-20.
Rae Wartelle (Tacoma, Wash.) paved the way with a match-high 16 kills while
Tilde Keatley (Pasadena, Calif.) added 10.
Aubrie Letourneau (Mattapoisett, Mass.) and
Lexi Rosenblatt (Austin, Texas) combined to dish out 40 assists while
Taylor Merrifield (Honolulu, Hawaii) contributed a season-high 21 digs.
Conn trailed 14-10 in the first set but pulled even behind a 4-0 burst. Another 4-0 spurt later put the Camels on top by an 18-16 count, and the hosts rallied for the final four points of the set to go up 1-0 in the match.
Vibha Sheth (Austin, Texas) supplied a pair of kills during the finishing flurry on her way to seven for the night.
After Trinity bounced back to even the match at 1-1, Conn took control in the third with an 8-1 run that produced a 16-11 lead. The Bantams then cut the deficit to 23-22 before a bad serve and a block by Letourneau and Wartelle wrapped up the set for the Camels.
Conn used a 6-1 run—which included a pair of kills from Wartelle and a service ace by
Caroline Festersen (Omaha, Neb.)—to build a 17-11 cushion in the fourth. Wartelle added two more kills down the stretch and finished with five in the frame as the Camels closed out the win.
Emma Ewart led Trinity (6-3 overall, 0-3 NESCAC) with 12 kills, one of three Bantams with double-digits kills in the contest.
Conn's weekend tri-match at the University of Mount Saint Vincent has been canceled due to weather. The Camels (4-6 overall, 1-2 NESCAC) will next host Amherst College on Friday, October 2 at 7:00 p.m.
