Erin Johnson and the Skyhawks were looking at a 3-0 conference record following a sweep of Bentley.

Johnson leads Skyhawks to sweep

WALTHAM, Mass. (September 28, 2010) – The Stonehill College volleyball team won their third straight Northeast-10 matchup on Tuesday, defeating host Bentley University 3-0 (33-31, 25-17, 25-17).

Senior Erin Johnson (Centerville, Mass./Barnstable) led the Stonehill offense with a .300 hitting percentage on a game-high 14 kills, supported by seven each from junior Laura Huselton (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) and freshman Kirsten Arvidson (Andover, Mass./Andover) and eight from freshman Sydney Maxey (Hutto, Texas/Hutto), who also tallied 10 digs. Senior Justine Thompson (Merrimack, N.H./Bishop Guertin) recorded a team-high 16 digs and added three service aces.

Bentley was led by eight kills from sophomore Bridget Lawson (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West HS) and 16 digs from senior Maitlyn Kraft (New Braunfels, Texas/St. Mary's Hall).

The opening set proved to be the toughest challenge of the night for the Skyhawks, who needed 33 points to finish it off after the lead changed sides ten times. With the Skyhawks down 31-30, Johnson put down a kill to tie the score and spark a three-point run for Stonehill, who finished the set on a kill from Maxey.

The Skyhawks pulled away in the second set with a seven-point run including two kills by Maxey and two service aces by senior Anna Berthiaume (Somersworth, N.H./Somersworth), and sealed the 25-17 win with kills from Johnson and Arvidson. Stonehill then went ahead 3-2 early in the first set and never gave up the lead on the way to a matching 25-17 score.

Stonehill (5-6, 3-0 NE-10) next hosts the University of Bridgeport in an Alumni Weekend match on October 2 at 1:30 p.m.