WORCESTER, Massachusetts - The American International College women's volleyball team won its 20th game of the season, downing Assumption University 25-16, 14-25, 25-13, 25-23 in Northeast 10 Conference play on Friday, October 23.
AIC is now 20-2 with a 5-1 NE10 mark.
The Yellow Jackets and Greyhounds both had 13 kills in the first set. However, AIC had just one attack error in the set, in comparison to eight by the hosts.
Mia Berdecia ended the set with an ace, and AIC held a 1-0 lead.
If the first was clean, the second was anything but for AIC. After hitting .400 in the opening stanza, AIC hit just .094 in the second, with eight errors, while the Greyhounds hit .333, helped by an early 6-0 run to set the tone and allow the home squad to even the match at 1-1.
AIC turned it around in the third; after conceding an ace on the opening serve, the Yellow Jackets went on a five-point run with two
Victoria Mendez aces. The line proved kind all set long, with four more along the way from various players, including
Janelys Perez Cortes on set point to cap a three-point run and put AIC in control.Â
Now in sight of a win, AIC finished the job. The Yellow Jackets totaled 17 kills in the final set, against just one error on attack, for a blistering .457 attack percentage in the fourth set.
Carissa Michel put away the final kill on a Mendez pass to give AIC the victory.
Michel led AIC with 16 kills, with Perez Cortes behind her at 10. Mendez dished 38 assists, while Berdecia notched 13 digs.Â
AIC resumes play on Tuesday, October 28 at the University of Bridgeport in a nonconference match.
