WALTHAM, Mass.—The trio of senior Erin Gray (Oakland, Calif.), classmate Lulu McShane (Glencoe, Ill.) and first-year Allison Molendyk (Danville, Calif.) combined for 23 kills as visiting Babson College recorded a three-set sweep (25-22, 25-23, 25-15) of Brandeis University on Tuesday night inside Red Auerbach Arena. 

With its second consecutive win, Babson improves to 5-1 on the year. Brandeis, which has dropped its last two matches, slips to 4-2 overall. 

Gray had a team-high nine kills, McShane and Molendyk added seven apiece and first-year Zoe Ackerman (Aurora, Colo.) added 19 assists and 10 digs to lead the Beavers. Fellow rookie Nora Whitehurst (Decatur, Ga.) tied for match-high honors with four blocks to go along with three kills and sophomore Roz Cabuena (Kailua, Hawaii) led all players with 11 digs in the victory. 

Senior Lara Verstovsek (Bellaire, Texas) finished with a match-high 14 kills, sophomore Anna Ertischek (Montgomery, Texas) contributed eight kills and senior Ines Grom-Mansencal (Cincinnati, Ohio) dished out 21 assists and had eight digs to lead the Judges. 

The opening set featured 11 ties and five lead changes with the largest lead for either team coming when Gray put away back-to-back kills to cap a five-point run to make it 15-11. Brandeis pulled even twice late in the stanza, the final time coming on a kill by junior Arianna Jackson (Lewis Center, Ohio) to make it 22-22 before Babson got a block from Whitehurst and sophomore Lilly Steiner (Hingham, Mass.) and took advantage of three straight errors by the hosts to close out the frame. 

Down as many as six in game two, the Green and White got a pair of kills from Steiner, another from McShane and a service ace from Ackerman to pull back within 13-12. The Judges pushed the margin back to 17-14 only to see Babson get kills from Whitehurst and Gray to spark a six-point run to go in front for good. The hosts got as close as one twice late in the set but McShane made it 24-22 with a kill and a service error two points later gave the Beavers a 2-0 lead. 

Babson dominated the third set scoring five straight points on the wa to building a commanding 12-2 edge. A pair of kills by Molendyk and an ace from Ackerman made it 16-5 and junior Tatum Stelter (Glendale, Ariz.) served up three more aces during another six-point run as the Green and White extended its lead to as many as 15 at 22-7. 

Babson returns to action on Friday when it takes on Roger Williams as part of the UMass Dartmouth Invitational at 8 p.m., while Brandeis travels to Clark on Thursday at 6 p.m. 

MATCH NOTES
•    The Beavers are now 14-25 all-time against Brandeis and have won eight straight matches between the teams since 2014.
•    All five of Babson's victories this season have come in three sets. 
•    The Green and White has won 24 straight contests when claiming the first set. 
•    The Beavers held Brandeis to a .068 hitting percentage and are now 23-2 since the start of last year when its opponents hit .150 or below.