SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - The American International College womenl's volleyball team took down Northeast 10 Conference foe Southern New Hampshire University 25-17, 25-10, 25-18 on Thursday, October 15.
AIC is now 18-2 overall and 3-1 in the NE10.
Despite the Penmen starting the match on a 4-0 run, AIC quickly took control, scoring seven of the next eight points to take the lead, which the Yellow Jackets did not relinquish.
Carissa Michel led the way with four of AIC's 14 kills, including the set-point score to end the opener.
The second set opened with a bang for AIC, as
Selin Guler aced the opening serve to start a 7-0 run. Ultimately, AIC led 10-1 and forced both SNHU timeouts, and kept dominating from there.
Defne Aydin scored five kills on seven swings, while Lajla Raslhanin was part of all five blocks in the set. Aydin put down the final kill to put away the set and give AIC a 2-0 lead.
Head Coach
Eli Irizarry went to his bench in the fhird, bringing on
Yuleishka Alvelo Melendez at libero and
Selen Ozgur at setter, but there was no drop-off; AIC hit .414 to put the match away, led by four kills each from Guler and Michel. Match point was anticlimactic; AIC won on a Penmen serving error.
Aydin led the match with 10 kills and hit .444 with nine digs, while Michel had nine kills and nine digs. Rasljanin landed four kills and totaled six blocks in just two sets.
Victoria Mendez dished 26 assists, while Guler scored 10 points on six kills, three aces, and two block assists.
AIC returns to action Tuesday, October 20 at 5:00 p.m. at Southern Connecticut State University.
