THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 19 MIT 3, Wellesley College 0 (25-13, 25-12, 25-16)
 
- Records: No. 19 MIT (9-1, 3-0 NEWMAC), Wellesley (3-6, 0-3 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
- The Lead: The nationally-ranked No. 19 MIT women's volleyball team extended its winning streak to four following a 25-13, 25-12, 25-16 victory over Wellesley College in NEWMAC action on Tuesday night.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Set 1: MIT jumped out to a 7-1 lead and maintained a small cushion during the early stages of the set. An ace by Mikayla Tansil brought Wellesley within 12-7, however, this was as close as it would get as a serving error kicked off a 13-6 set-ending run by the Engineers.
 
- Set 2: MIT gradually built a 10-3 advantage after a kill by senior Lilly Edwards (Kansas City, Mo.). The Blue capitalized on a pair of errors, but the Engineers' lead grew to 17-9. A kill from TylerBell Smith and a block by Smith and Rachel Xu kept Wellesley within striking distance. MIT responded by winning eight of the final nine points to capture a 25-12 win.
 
- Set 3: Back-to-back kills by Xu along with a hitting error gave the Blue a 4-1 lead. A kill from sophomore Ella Gragg (Morganton, N.C.) and two hitting errors evened the score, but Wellesley used a Xu kill and a block by Kennedy Mayo and Xu to inch ahead. Sparked by another Gragg kill, the Engineers rattled off seven unanswered points to claim the lead. The Blue stayed close as it came within two points on two occasions, the last at 15-13 on a hitting error by the hosts. A four-point spurt created some breathing room and fueled a 10-3 run that wrapped up the match.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Sophomore Lauren Keller (Albuquerque, N.M.) led all players with a career-high 12 kills on a .550 hitting performance to go along with a career-high four blocks. Gragg finished with nine kills as senior Sofie Kupiec (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) tallied 29 assists, nine digs, and two aces.
 
- Sophomore Ottavia Personeni (Bethesda, Md.) paced MIT with 11 digs while first-year Daphne Gavros (Tiburon, Calif.) produced six digs and five aces. In two sets, senior Alyssa Unell (Scottsdale, Ariz.) contributed five kills and three blocks.
 
- Smith paced Wellesley with nine kills and added two blocks as Xu totaled seven kills, a .375 hitting effort, and four blocks. Tansil recorded 18 assists and six digs while Kaija Kunze-Hoeg collected a match-high 13 digs.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Saturday, Sept. 24 when it hosts NEWMAC foe WPI and Colby-Sawyer College in a tri-match starting at 12:00 p.m. Wellesley, meanwhile, has a quick turnaround as it will host Keene State College on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7:00 p.m.
 
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