Bryn Mawr College

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Bryn Mawr volleyball team picked up its first Centennial Conference victory since 2015, defeating Ursinus in a five-set battle on Saturday afternoon.
 
Highlights:

• Bryn Mawr (6-11, 1-6 Centennial) jumped out to a quick lead over Ursinus (5-14, 0-6) with a kill from Lucy Divis and an ace from Amelia Chen moving the score to 4-0. After the Bears earned their first point of the contest, the Owls went on a seven-point run that saw three kills from Divis, kills from Emma Loller and Abigail Quigley and an ace from Felicia Torrico moved the score to 11-1 in favor of the navy and gold. From there, the two sides exchanged points for much of the set while Bryn Mawr held off a late push to take the first set, 25-18.
• The second set saw much of the back-and-forth action that the end of the first set saw as Ursinus took a 6-5 lead. A kill from Loller and an ace from Divis kickstarted an 8-2 run for the Owls that gave them a 13-8 lead. Later in the frame, UC went on a 12-4 to take the second set, 25-22.
• An early start for the Bears in the third set gave the home team 9-6 lead to start the frame. A five-point run from Ursinus moved the score to 14-6 and gave the home team a lead that Bryn Mawr was unable to catch as the Bears took the third set, 25-19.
• Tula Rehiman opened the scoring in the fourth set helping the Owls to jump ahead to a 7-5 lead. Eight unanswered points for Ursinus put the home team ahead 13-7. Back-to-back kills from Loller swung the momentum back into Bryn Mawr's favor. After a kill from the Bears, the Owls embarked on a seven-point rally to take the lead, 16-14. The two sides traded points to a 22-21 Ursinus lead as the home team looked to close out the match. Quigley, Loller and Adelaide Grace each recorded kills to make set-point before Divis forced a fifth set with an ace.
• Two attack errors from the Bears and an ace from Chen put BMC up 3-0 to start the first set. After a quick back and forth, the Owls posted another three-point run to take a 7-2 lead. The two sides then traded points to an 11-7 score. Divis made it 12-7 with her 14th kill of the match before a pair of errors from Ursinus set the Owls up for match point. The Bears managed one more point before a service error gave Bryn Mawr its first Centennial Conference victory in over 11 years,
• Loller had a standout performance for the navy and gold, posting ten kills and five aces while recording a .533 attack percentage. Divis led the Owls with 14 kills while Quigley tallied 12 kills and 15 digs.
• Felicia Torrico became the first Owls since 2019 to record at least 30 kills in a contest since Nicole Wood on September 7 against Bryn Athyn.
• Charlotte Mullen fell just shot of hitting the 40-assist mark, posting a career-high 39 assists in the match.
• It is the first Centennial Conference victory for BMC under the guidance of head coach Hayley Kirby and the first road win in conference play since 2013.

 
Bryn Mawr heads to Haverford on Wednesday, October 28 for its next contest as they take on the Fords at 7 p.m.