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On This Day, 2014: Bentley Sweeps Le Moyne on Senior Day to Gain Share of NE-10 Title

On November 8, 2014, the Bentley Falcons swept Le Moyne, 3-0, to capture a share of the Northeast-10 Conference women's volleyball regular season championship at the Dana Center. The scores of the Senior Day victory were 25-10, 25-15 and 25-22.

The win, coupled with Saint Rose's five-set win at Stonehill and Southern New Hampshire's 3-0 upset of New Haven, created a three-way logjam at the top of the NE-10 standings with Bentley, Stonehill and New Haven all finishing the regular season 11-3 in conference play.

Simone Silvera, one of six seniors honored before the match, led the Falcons with 13 kills, one shy of her career high. She hit .400 and also had three blocks. Another senior, setter Alex Tator, was also instrumental in the win with 32 assists and five kills in seven opportunities.

Junior Jaci Buscher provided nine kills, nine digs and three aces, and freshman Shannon Kelly served four aces.

It took the Falcons, the number four team in the NCAA Division II East Region rankings, a while to get untracked as they faced a 12-8 deficit in the opening set. Seven straight points, a run that included three Kelly aces and two Silvera kills, put the Falcons in control and the home team only faced one more deficit the rest of the match, 1-0 to begin the second.

Bentley closed the second set with a 13-4 run that included three blocks and a kill by Silvera. She had five kills early in that set and a total of six in the second.

The third set was the closest of the three but was the only one that the Dolphins (10-13, 7-7) never held a lead.

Bentley's .375 hitting percentage was a season-high and included .444 in the second and .433 in the third.

In addition to Silvera and Tator, it was the final regular season match for Lauren Colasanti, Tatiana Froehlich and Kaleigh Sullivan. Colasanti had 12 digs, Froehlich had seven kills and Sullivan hit .500 with six kills. The team's sixth senior, Savannah Dominguez, missed the match due to injury.

This marked the 12th time overall, and the first time since 2005, that Bentley has had a share of the Northeast-10 regular season championship.