HOBOKEN, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's volleyball team swept a home tri-match Saturday, rallying from two sets down against No. 18 Washington & Lee in their first match of the day, then knocking off Scranton in four sets in the second.

The Ducks won 16-25, 22-25, 25-20, 25-16, 15-8 against the Generals and 25-15, 19-25, 25-20, 25-18 against the Royals.

HOW IT HAPPENED (W&L)
Washington & Lee hit at least 25 percent in each of the first two sets. The Ducks led as late as 7-6 in the first and 8-7 in the second, but the Generals closed the first set with seven straight points and survived a second set rally from Stevens that closed a 22-16 margin to 23-21 & 24-22. Ella Boland (six), Alyssa O'Neal (five), and Sarah Bolduc (five) were the Ducks' early kills leaders.

The third set featured one run after another as a 4-2 W&L lead became a 6-4 Stevens lead, before alternating three-point spurts left the score 9-7 Stevens. After Stevens (11-7) went up 13-8, the Generals took 10 of the next 11 points, seizing an 18-14 edge before the Ducks rallied right back, taking a 20-19 lead. The Generals knotted the set at 20-20, but five straight for the Ducks pushed the match to a fourth set.

Stevens kept the Generals at bay throughout the fourth, taking a 9-6 lead and maintaining at least a three-point cushion the rest of the set, as Washington & Lee could not string three straight points together the entire set.

With the fifth and final set tied at 3, two kills from Boland bookended a 4-0 run, the sophomore later following a Lisboa kill with yet another of her own as the Ducks went up 9-4. The Generals worked back to 9-6, but three attack errors and three Bolduc kills closed out the match and reverse sweep for the Ducks.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE (W&L)

• Molly Harris set a new career-high with 60 assists, just three shy of the program single match record, while picking up 19 digs, also a career-high
• O'Neal fell one kill shy of her career high with 16 kills and nearly doubled her career high with 26 digs for a monster double-double
• Bolduc had a career-high 17 kills and 13 digs for the Ducks' second double-double of the match
• Lianna Schmieder dug 23 Generals' attack attempts, a new career-high
• Lisboa set a career high with six service aces, her seventh straight outing with multiple aces, and put away a season-high 10 kills

HOW IT HAPPENED (Scranton)
The Ducks came out on fire, winning the first five and nine of the first 10 points, Boland and Bolduc putting away three kills each during the stretch.

The Royals didn't close the margin under six the rest of the set, as O'Neal and Bolduc combined for seven additional kills among Stevens' final 15 points.

Scranton took a second set in which they amassed 14 kills and seven total blocks. Bolduc amassed four more kills during the frame, O'Neal collected two, with each picking up a service ace as well.

The two sides went toe-to-toe throughout the third set. Stevens led 8-3 thanks to two kills from Boland, two aces from Bolduc, and two Scranton attack errors. The Royals came all the way to grab leads of 13-9 and 15-11. Stevens responded with nine of the next 11 points for a 20-17 lead – Tarolli, Bolduc, and Boland all had a kill and three straight Scranton attack errors capped the Stevens run. The Royals got a point back, but three more attack errors, a Lisboa service ace, and Boland kill closed out the set.

Stevens started the fourth set on a mission to close out the match, opening a series of seven point leads, the last being 13-6 – Bolduc (two), Lisboa, Boland, Kraver, and Tarolli all had kills during the run. Scranton worked its way back to 14-12, then 17-14, but kills from Kraver (two) and Boland helped the Ducks stay comfortably in front, 20-14. (Tarolli (twice), Boland, and Kraver notched kills to put the Ducks on match point, and Kraver ended the action-packed day with an ace.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE (Scranton)

• Bolduc picked up her second double-double of the day with 14 kills and a career-high 21 digs to go along with a match-high five service aces
• Harris picked up her second double-double of the day as well with 41 assists and 13 digs
• Lisboa's multi-ace streak extended to eight consecutive matches

UP NEXT
Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom play resumes for Stevens Tuesday night at 7:00 in a road match at DeSales.

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