The Bridgewater volleyball team hosted Hollins University and Goucher College in a tri-match on Saturday afternoon, winning both contests.

Against Hollins, the Eagles opened the first game with a 25-9 win.  Freshman Beth Soles (North, VA/Mathews) had six kills as the Eagles opened a 13-4 lead.  Hollins closed the gap to 10 but could not get any closer.

After  the Eagles took a 5-2 lead in game two, Hollins battled back, tieing the score at 11.  From there the team traded points with Hollins going ahead 15-14.  Hollins then opened the lead to five, 18-23.  BC battled back before dropping game two, 23-25.

Candice Guy (Fishersville, VA/Wilson Memorial)led the the Eagle attack in game three with nine kills.  After Hollins closed the gap to five, 15-10, the Eagles went on a 10-2 run for a final of 25-12.

Game four saw another battle.  The teams traded points with no one able to gain control.  After Guy's kill made the score 14-16, BC battled to a 17-17 tie.  Junior Katie Baker (Strasburg,  VA/Strasburg) had a kill of an assist from Kai-Lynn Stoker (Potomac, Md/Jack Britt) to again tie the score at 22.  Baker then had a solo block and an assisted block with Lindsay Kallam (Virginia Beach, VA/Princess Anne) to give BC a 24-22 advantage.  The Eagles went on to win 25-23.

Guy led the Eagles in kills with 16 and in digs with 15.  Kallam had 35 assists.

In their game with Goucher, BC jumped out to an 8-2 lead before the Gophers began chipping away.  With the score tied at 16, Goucher took the lead 17-16 and never trailed again.  The Eagles cut the lead to one, 22-23 but could not get any closer, losing 22-25.

The second game saw BC dominate on their way to a 25-13 victory.  The Eagls jumped on the Gophers 9-1 and GC could never recover.  The Eagles carried that momentum into game three jumping out to a 10-6 lead.  Goucher fought back and closed the gap to three, 12-9.  BC continued to build on the lead and won 25-20.

In game four, neither  team could gain a significant lead.  BG got up by as many as five at 9-14 but Bridgewater rallied to tie the score at 14's and go ahead.  After the Eagles took a 15-14, they never trailed and went on to win 25-20. 

Baker and Guy lead the Eagles in kills with 13 each, while Mara Hogan (Bridgewater, VA/Turner Ashby) had 22 digs.  Kallam had a career high in assists with 46.

BC improved their record to 9-8 and will travel to Virginia Wesleyan on Tuesday, September 28^th.