NORTHFIELD, Vt. - The New England College Women's Volleyball team won their third match of the season with a three-set sweep over Norwich University on Friday. 

On the first serve of the match, senior Aurora Gutierrez-Macias (El Paso, Tex.) delivered a service ace to give the Pilgrims a 1-0 lead. Gutierrez-Macias and junior Samantha Winters (Dover, N.H.) scored kills for the next two NEC points. Junior Maeve Amarosa (Madbury, N.H.), senior Kaylee Montgomery (Weare, N.H.), and sophomore LisaRaye Placencio (Maricopa, Ariz.) each got kills as the Pilgrims took the 11-10 lead. A kill from Norwich tied the set at 11 before the Pilgrims surged to a 22-11 lead led by two kills from freshman Teagan Saner (Plains, Mont.). Winters added another kill to cap off a 25-13 set win for NEC. 

Norwich started the second set with a 5-2 lead before a service ace from graduate Alexandra Seijas-Quea (Fort Myers, Fla.) started a run for the Pilgrims. Seijas-Quea, Saner, and Placencio each scored kills as NEC jumped ahead 19-11. Montgomery and Winters joined in before a kill from Saner closed the set to give the Pilgrims a 2-0 set lead. 

The Cadets jumped to an 8-3 lead in the third set before senior Jamie Hansen (New Underwood, S.D.) scored a kill. A service ace from Gutierrez-Macias started a run where the Pilgrims tied the set off kills from Saner and junior Tyra Kelly (Fresno, Calif.). The Pilgrims kept the run going to cap off the three-set sweep. 

Saner led the Pilgrims with 11 kills while Kelly scored five, and Winters and Placencio each got four. Seijas-Quea and Gutierrez-Macias combined for 27 assists with 14 and 13, respectively along with four service aces apiece. 

Senior Kristina Cardello (Peabody, Mass.) tallied 18 digs on the afternoon, which pushes her just six away from the New England College all-time record. 

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