Reading, Pa. (Sept. 23, 2017) - Alvernia University (10-5) earned its 10th win of the season in September for the first time since 2004 with a tri-match sweep of Bryn Mawr and Gwynedd-Mercy Saturday afternoon at the Physical Education Center.

Alvernia opened with a 3-0 win over Bryn Mawr.  Gwynedd-Mercy knocked off the Owls 3-0 in the second match of the day, and Alvernia closed with a 3-0 win over the Griffins.

Match One | Alvernia 3, Bryn Mawr 0
Kristen Sipling and Laura Wachowicz led the offense with 12 and 10 kills respectively and Abby O'Donnell dished out 32 assists.

???????Alvernia jumped out to a 12-3 lead in the first set scoring seven straight points on O'Donnell's serve.  The lead grew to 19-4 and the Golden Wolves closed out a 25-7 win to go up 1-0 in the match.

The second set was closer until the hosts put together a run on Sipling's serve to take a 13-5 lead.  A second run had them up 21-6 before closing out a 25-10 win.

???????Alvernia broke a 17-all tie in the third set with a quick spurt and won the match with a 25-21 decision in the third.

Match Three | Alvernia 3, Gwynedd-Mercy 0
Sipling pounded down 13 kills, O'Donnell had 28 assists, and three different players reached double figures in digs led by Laura Wachowicz who had 12.

Trailing 14-11 in the opening set, Alvernia put together a run of 10 straight points to take a 21-11 lead.  GMU managed to stem the tide on an Alvernia service error, but O'Donnell took her turn in rotation and served out a 25-15 win.

Aubrey Gruwell-Keating ran off another run early in the second set as the Golden Wolves jumped out to an 8-1 lead.  The lead grew to 14-2 and Alvernia cruised to a 25-7 win in the second set.

Gwynedd-Mercy opened up a 9-4 lead in the third set, but Alvernia stormed back to take an 11-10 lead.  The hosts kept up the pressure moving ahead 16-13 and 18-14 before winning 25-15 in the final set.

???????Alvernia returns to the conference schedule at Widener on Tuesday.

???????Alvernia 3, Bryn Mawr 0 (Match One)
Alvernia 3, Gwynedd-Mercy 0 (Match Two)