The Mount Ida Women’s Volleyball team hosted Regis College on Senior Night to recognize captain middle hitter Adrienne Xenos (Brockton, MA/Brockton) on her contributions as a Mustang.

Game one was all Mount Ida scoring the first seven points on some serious offense. Xenos dominated the middle with some vicious hits putting the momentum on the home side right away. MIC led by as many as 12 towards the end of the first set at the 25-13 mark they would wrap things up to go ahead 1-0 on a 30-18 score.

The Mustangs lost their touch in the beginning of game two with a carnage of errors with the Pride showing signs of offense by freshman Shelia Curtis (Canon, MA/Fontbonne Academy) who capitalized on key mistakes. But the Mustangs came stampeding back to tie the game at 17-17 only to take the lead. Outside hitter’s Chelsea Darnell (Dublin, OH/Dublin Scioto) and Amanda Pereira (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford) led the charge, along with outstanding leadership by Xenos, to reenergize her teammates to a 30-21 game two victory, going ahead 2-0.

Game three was tight in the beginning until the Mustangs crept away at the 16-11 mark. There was a key injury for MIC when libero Andrea Bobadilla (Marshfield, MA/Marshfield) dove for a ball and tweaked her shoulder, leaving them without a defensive specialist. But the leadership of Xenos and the drive of her teammates gave them the chance to close out the match 30-19 with the 3-0 shutout.

Mount Ida will get on the road to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament this Tuesday; they will wait to see who their opponent will be over the weekend.