Box Score

HAMILTON – The Colgate women's volleyball team improved to 2-0 in Patriot League play with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-23, 25-12) sweep of Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon with the Raiders hitting 32 percent.

Colgate (9-5, 2-0 PL) was led by Diane Seely with 12 kills, while Lindsay Young added eight kills. Kathleen Harris and Kenzie Hume added seven strikes in the win with Kaylee Fifer earning another double-double with 19 assists and 10 digs. Jackie Macy got some time at setter and put up 15 assists and Caitlin Cremin had 11 digs.

The Crusaders (6-8, 1-2 PL) played their lone game of the weekend this afternoon and got eight kills from Katie McKernan and she also had 11 assists, 11 digs and two blocks.

Holy Cross hung around with the Raiders early in the opening set, but a 5-0 run gave Colgate a 12-6 lead after kills from four different players and an ace from Madison McAndrews. The Raiders let the Crusaders get three back, but then they poured it on with nine-straight points to increase the lead to 21-9. Harris had four kills during the run and Hume had two. Colgate took the 1-0 lead with a 25-13 win after a service ace from Allie Dyer. A big reason for the easy set for the Raiders was that Colgate hit over 33 percent to the Crusaders' six percent.

The second set was a lot more competitive with Holy Cross earning their first lead in the match at 12-11 after kill by Alex Aycock and a Colgate error. The Crusader advantage got up to a pair of points, but Colgate responded with a short 3-0 run with two attack errors from the visitors and a block and kill by Hume. The teams traded momentum over the next nine points and then the Raiders took a two-point lead on a kill by Seely and an ace from Harris to make it 24-22. Young ended the match with a strike to put Colgate up 2-0 with a 25-23 win.

The Raiders jumped out to an 8-3 lead in the third set with Fifer adding a pair of kills and Seely posting a couple as well. Holy Cross never got back into the set after that as Colgate cruised to a 25-12 win to earn the sweep. The Raiders finished of the Crusaders by scoring 15 of the final 21 points. Seely had three kills and Katie Stebbins had two.

Colgate is back in action next weekend with a visit to Lehigh on Friday night and then Navy on Saturday afternoon.