The Mount Ida College Women’s Volleyball team started their season with a bang going 5-0 in the Regis College Tournament taking a first place trophy home knocking off New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) powerhouse Wheaton College for the title this past weekend. This should give them the confidence they need going into a new conference (GNAC) with different competition.

The Mustangs only lost one game in three matches against Regis College, WPI, and Mass. College of Liberal Arts. They racked up 83 kills in three games and 171 in the tournament. This was without the services of junior captain Stephaine Saito (West Linn, OR/West Linn) who was not present due to a family engagement.

After disposing of Worcester State in the semifinal match, it was on to Wheaton where it went down to the final game. Wheaton closed the gap quickly going up two games to none by scores of, 32-30 and 30-20. But MIC would not be denied winning the next three consecutive games (30-25, 30-28, 15-9) for the victory and the tournament trophy. They were perfect in their attack with a percentage of 1.000 in the last two games.

Sophomore libero Megan Svendsen (Sebastopol, CA/Analy) received All-Tournament team honors with 147 digs throughout the tournament with her impeccable defensive. Freshman setter Kira Feeter (Keene, NH/Keene) gathered the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award with 140 assists and eight service aces.

The Mustangs will replay Worcester Polytech on Wednesday, September 5 at home.