WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Bowdoin College volleyball team held off a late rally to defeat Wellesley 3-2 in a non-conference match on Friday evening. The Polar Bears improve to 11-7 while the Blue fall to 8-8.
 
Match Highlights

• Bowdoin earned the win by set scores of 25-23, 25-20, 16-25, 15-25, 15-8.
• After taking the first two sets, Wellesley battled back to force a deciding fifth.
• The Polar Bears took command early in the fifth, scoring the first five points to jump ahead.
• Bowdoin extended its lead to 11-4 and, after Wellesley trimmed the lead to 13-8, scored the final two points to win it, ending on a service ace from Cameron Shelly.

By The Numbers

• Skye LaMendola had 23 kills against just three errors, with a team-best 20 digs and three blocks in the win.
• Alison Smith had seven kills while Mina Mittler and Haley Campau had six each.
• Campau also had five blocks while Anna Yeh had 19 digs for the Bowdoin defense.
• Cameron Shelly and Paige Butler had 22 assists apiece in the win.

Up Next

• Bowdoin will play a doubleheader at Smith College on Saturday, facing Smith at noon before playing Plattsburgh State at 2:00 p.m.