Swarthmore College Athletics

WESTMINSTER, MD - The Swarthmore College volleyball team remained perfect in the Centennial Conference with a swift 3-0 victory over McDaniel College on Saturday. The Garnet won their seventh-straight game, improving to 7-0 in the conference. 

Isabel Adam led the charge with a game-high 10 kills and five service aces. Maggie Rankin held down the defensive side of the ball with four blocks, while Melissa Eyer had a game-high 12 digs. 

Swarthmore outplayed the Green Terror from the jump with a 12-2 advantage in service aces. Five different players recorded aces for the Garnet with four tallying multiple aces. 

SWARTHMORE 3, MCDANIEL 0
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Garnet went on an 8-0 run to build a commanding 13-4 lead in the opening set. Adam led the surge with three kills, while Keira Miles added a couple service aces to fuel a Swarthmore run. McDaniel chipped away, eventually cutting its deficit to six points, until Ella Tsai closed the set with a clinching kill, winning 25-18. 

- Swarthmore kept its foot on the gas with the first three points of the second set. Tsai totaled a pair of kills, while Maya Sheridan collected a service ace to send an early message. Midway through the stanza, the Garnet began to further distance themselves with five-straight points, building a 13-4 lead. Adam sparked the 5-0 rally with three aces as her team never looked back, eventually capturing the set, 25-12, with a clinching kill from Tsai.

- The Green Terror hung with the Garnet early in the third set before Swarthmore took control with six-straight points, pulling ahead 9-4. Adam created further separation with a pair of aces to lead a 6-1 charge, and eventually closed the match with a kill to claim the final set 25-14. 


GARNET LEADERS
Kills: Adam 10
Assists: Sheridan 20
Aces: Adam 5
Blocks: Rankin 4
Digs: Eyer 12

UP NEXT
The Garnet (16-3, 7-0) hosts Rowan University on Thursday.