MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - The Bowdoin College women's volleyball earned its second consecutive NESCAC win in a 3-1 triumph over Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears move to 8-4 (2-3 NESCAC) with the victory

Match Highlights

• The Polar Bears scored the first five points of the first set and never looked back. Ahead 22-15, Bowdoin rallied three straight points off a kill, service ace and another kill to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
• Wesleyan responded in the second frame and went on a 5-0 run early to go ahead 11-5. The Polar Bears then evened the score at 11-11, as the rest of the second set went back-and-forth. In all, the second set featured 13 ties and five lead changes. Down 25-24, a service error by Bowdoin followed by a kill and a service ace gave the Cardinals the 27-25 advantage to even the match at 1-1.
• Bowdoin again jumped out to an early lead in the third set, going up 4-0, and never looked back. Wesleyan tied it at 10-10, but a 6-0 run by the visitor's put them ahead for good. The Cardinals got within two, 23-21, but a kill from Erika Sklaver followed by a Wesleyan error gave the Polar Bears a 2-1 lead.
• In the fourth set, Wesleyan overcome an early 5-1 deficit and eventually went ahead 23-22. However, Bowdoin would go on to score the final three points to claim the set and seal the match, 3-1.
• Three players recorded double-digit kills for the Polar Bears, as Caroline Flaharty led the way with a game-high 15 while adding 13 digs. Sklaver finished with 13 kills and Sydney Salle totaled 10.
• Quincy Leech led all players with 42 assists, while Katie Doherty posted a game-high 38 digs. In all, five different Bowdoin players had double-digit digs.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears return to the court Friday as well and will face Middlebury on the road at 8 p.m.