BABSON PARK, Mass.—Senior
Hailey Fouche (Montclair, N.J.) finished with a .857 hitting percentage and led all players with 12 kills as No. 23 Babson College swept visiting Endicott College, 25-9, 25-16, 25-17, in non-conference women's volleyball action on Friday night inside Staake Gymnasium.
With its third consecutive win, Babson improves to 20-5 on the year. Endicott saw its modest two-match winning streak snapped and is now 15-7 overall.
Sophomore
Devon Burke (Newtonville, Mass.) hit .500 and registered 11 kills, junior
Angelina Holm (Denver, Colo.) added eight kills and senior
Zoe Ackerman (Aurora, Colo.) dished out 32 assists to go along with six digs and a match-high four service aces for the Beavers. Sophomore
Misaki Harte (San Jose, Calif.) contributed three aces and junior
Sabina Frosk (Coppell, Texas) led all players with 10 digs in the win.
First-year Jacquelyn Marion (Pleasant Garden, N.C.) finished with five kills and a match-high six blocks, junior Ava Grace Dresback (Westerly, R.I.) provided five kills and five blocks, and classmate Hannah Maguire (San Jose, Calif.) handed out 15 assists for the Gulls.
The trio of Burke, Fouche and Holm combined for seven kills and Ackerman contributed two aces as the Green and White scored the first 10 points of the match. Burke had six kills and Fouche chipped in with five as the Beavers hit a blistering .565 in the opening frame.
The second set featured seven ties and four lead changes before Babson went on an 11-2 run to break away from a 12-all deadlock. Burke and Fouche combined for four consecutive kills to build a 16-12 advantage and Holm followed with two of her own as the hosts scored seven consecutive points to claim their largest lead of the stanza at 23-14.
The Beavers started fast again in the third set, using two kills apiece by Fouche and sophomore
Liberty May (Grapevine, Texas) as well as two more aces from Ackerman to build an 8-1 cushion. The Green and White led by as many as 12 at 19-7 on a kill by senior
Nora Whitehurst (Atlanta, Ga.) and got a kill from junior
Emma Watts (Northport, N.Y.) while taking advantage of a pair of errors to close out the match after Endicott had closed within 22-17.
The Beavers hit .357 as a team in the victory while limiting the Gulls to their fewest kills (18) and lowest hitting percentage (.058) of the year.
Babson returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Clark at 7 p.m., while Endicott faces Suffolk on Saturday at 12 p.m.
MATCH NOTES
• The Beavers are 15-9 all-time against Endicott, have won four straight in the all-time series and recorded their first three-set victory over the Gulls since 2014 on Friday night.
• Babson improved to 10-1 inside Staake Gymnasium with Friday night's triumph and has now won 16 straight matches versus non-conference opponents at home dating back to early September 2024.
• The Green and White has now won at least 20 matches in nine consecutive seasons and 12 times in 15 years under the direction of head coach
Eric Neely.
• The Beavers are now 14-0 on the year and 60-1 over the last four seasons when their opponents finish with a hitting percentage of .150 or below.
