Bridgewater State Volleyball Falls to Westfield State, 3-0 Bears’ MASCAC Winning Streak Ends at 114 Matches

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. - The Bridgewater State College volleyball team saw their 12-year reign as MASCAC champions come to an end this evening as the Bears dropped a 3-0 (32-30, 30-22, 30-20) decision to the Owls of Westfield State College.

With the win, Westfield captures the MASCAC regular season title and will host the conference tournament on Saturday, November 3rd. Bridgewater had won 12-straight MASCAC titles beginning in 1995. The Bears also saw their 114-match winning streak versus conference opponents come to an end. BSC had not lost to a MASCAC team since the 1994 season.

Westfield was led by senior libero Krista Grifoni (Peabody, MA) who recorded a match-high 35 digs. Senior outside hitter Morgan Hosking (North Reading, MA) tallied 11 kills to go along with 3 aces, while senior setter Elissa Genereux (Belchertown, MA) registered a match-high 27 assists.

Senior middle hitter Kelsey Collasius (Rochester, MA) paced the Bears with 17 kills to increase her MASCACleading total to 412. Collasius now has 1,615 kills for her career as she is just the second player in BSC volleyball history to eclipse the 1,600-kill barrier.  Also highlighting the match for Bridgewater were senior setter Erica Kelley (Billerica, MA) and junior Elsa Apostoli (Natick, MA) who combined for 31 assists. BSC really struggled on serve as the Bears committed 14 serving errors in the match.

The Bears will host the BSC Halloween Classic on Friday and Saturday. Westfield travels to WesternConnecticut state University on Thursday night for a 7 o'clock match with the Colonials.