WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team concluded its regular season by falling at Bentley University, 3-0 (25-15, 25-10, 26-24), on Friday evening during Northeast-10 Conference play in the Dana Center. The Purple Knights begin NE10 Championship play on the road with a Tuesday quarterfinal.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (8-16, 4-6 NE10), Bentley (20-5, 8-2 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 23 assists, 10 digs, 3 kills
• Sophomore Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 4 kills, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Kyla Farnan (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle), 17 digs, 3 aces
• First-year Nora Schulze (Hingham, Mass./Hingham), 12 kills
• First-year D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 6 kills

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Lauren McCloskey, 9 kills, .692 hitting
• Graduate student Natalie Thom, 14 assists, 7 aces
• Senior Jazzy Burke, 13 digs
• Senior Rachel Vitko, 15 kills, 9 digs, 4 aces
• First-year Tori Vitko, 20 assists

THE ACTION

• Neither team led by more than a point in the opening set until Schulze's kill produced an 8-6 edge, but five kills by Thom keyed a 12-0 response.
• The Purple Knights were within 5-4 in the second frame before Bentley put together a clinching 20-6 stretch.
• Two blocks and a kill from Almeida and a kill and block by Settles helped Saint Michael's grab a 7-1 lead to begin set No. 3, and the visitors still led 23-18 after a Bentley attack error. Rachel Vitko had a kill and a block in a tying 5-0 run before Settles' kill brought her team to set point, but the Falcons scored the final three points, as Rachel Vitko notched aces for the last two points.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Tuesday at TBA opponent, NE10 Championship quarterfinal.