Volleyball Sweeps Away Bay Path

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The MCLA Volleyball team welcomed Bay Path University to the Amsler Campus Center Gymnasium this afternoon for a non-conference clash with the Wildcats. Elizabeth Brown and Makenna Carter would lead the Trailblazers' attack with 11 and 10 kills each.

THE BASICS:

• Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025

• Score: Bay Path 0, MCLA 3
• Records: Bay Path University 4-4 (USCAA 0-0) | MCLA Trailblazers 6-3 (MASCAC 0-0)
• Series History: MCLA leads the all-time series 23-4. Bay Path won the last meeting of the teams, 3-0 as part of a tri-match at Mass. Maritime on October 12, 2024. The Trailblazers won the first ever meeting of the teams by a score of 3-0 on October 2, 1999, in North Adams.

HIGHLIGHTS

• MCLA took all three sets by scores of 25-21, 26-24, and 27-25.
• The Trailblazers opened and closed the first set with runs of 4-0 and 5-2. The first run included a pair of kills by junior middle hitter Makenna Carter (Averill Park, NY). The closing run included a pair of service aces by senior outside hitter Elizabeth Brown (Lee, MA). Still, the set ended with a kill from first-year outside hitter Kaelynn Greeley (Corona, CA), assisted by sophomore setter Addison Decaro (Eagle River, AK). The first set included five ties, but the home team never trailed during the set.
• While the first set was back-and-forth, the second set saw the MCLA have to work their way back from a large deficit. With the set tied and 3-3, the Wildcats took 12 straight points, including five aces by Michelle Santiago. The Trailblazers chipped away at that deficit and wouldn't take their first lead of the set until Greeley notched her second kill of the set to make the score 25-24. Brown then closed out the comeback with a kill to put the hosts up two sets.
• What would be the final set was also the most exciting of the afternoon, featuring nine ties and six lead changes. Five kills each from Carter and Brown in the third set helped MCLA keep the upstart Wildcats at bay until Brown closed out the afternoon with a pair of service aces to secure the win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Trailblazers' Brown and Bay Path's Anastasiya Tsetsko shared the game-high in kills with 11 each. MCLA's Carter was the only other player with double-digit kills, totaling 10.
• Shannon O'Brien (Unionville, CT) led all players with 22 assists, while the Wildcats' Zormar Betancourt and Santiago each recorded 12.
• Bay Path's Santiago led all servers with six service aces while Betancourt added four. The Trailblazers were led by five aces from Brown and three by Greeley.
• Junior libero Beth Harris (San Antonio, TX) led all players with 16 digs, followed by Greeley with 12. Shanayah St. Phard paced the visitors with nine digs.

UP NEXT:

On Tuesday, MCLA will be back in action when they play host to New England College for a non-conference matchup with the Pilgrims in the Amsler Campus Center Gym. The match is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start.

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