WALTHAM, Mass. – Junior middle hitter Savannah Dominguez (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity HS) hit .556 and finished with 11 kills and four service aces as Bentley University swept Adelphi University in Northeast-10 Conference Senior Day women's volleyball action Saturday afternoon at the Dana Center. The scores were 25-17, 25-20 and 25-17.

The win, coupled with Saint Rose's 3-2 setback at Franklin Pierce, gave Bentley sole possession of second place in the NE-10 and put the Falcons in position to climb in this coming week's NCAA Division II East Region rankings. The Falcons (15-8, 9-2 NE-10) were eighth last week while Adelphi (17-11, 9-4 NE-10 after its second loss in as many days) was fifth.

The opening set featured four kills apiece from sophomore Jaci Buscher (Lakewood, Colo./ Green Mountain HS) and senior Ashley Ahearn (Marshfield/Marshfield HS). The Falcons ran off five straight points, the last two coming on Dominguez kills, to take a 5-1 lead and put the set away with an 8-2 closing run.

The second was tied at 19 before a kill from junior Simone Silvera (Bolingbrook, Ill./ Bolingbrook HS) began a set-ending 6-1 spurt. Junior Kaleigh Sullivan (Naples, Fla./Harley School (N.Y.)) had three of her seven kills during that stretch.

A 10-1 burst opened a 14-6 lead in the third and the Falcons finished the match with three consecutive kills, by Ahearn, Dominguez and Buscher.

Sullivan (.700) and Silvera (6 kills, .500) also had impressive hitting games for the Falcons without committing an error, and Buscher finished with nine kills. Junior setter Alex Tator (Los Angeles, Calif./Marlborough School) provided 32 assists and junior libero Lauren Dominguez (Northville, Mich./Northville HS) recorded a team-best 11 digs.

Freshman Shelby Stoner (Anchorage, Alaska) led the Panthers with nine kills and a .667 success rate.

Bentley will close out the regular season this week with matches at Stonehill Tuesday, Saint Rose Friday and Le Moyne Saturday.