MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The No. 15 ranked Wesleyan volleyball team dominated yet another opponent, earning a fourth straight 3-0 sweep to remain undefeated, moving to 8-0 on the season. The Cardinals toppled Susquehanna in straight sets (25-21, 25-17, 25-18) on Friday night from Silloway Gymnasium, giving Wesleyan their sixth sweep in eight matches this season.
 
Defense played a big role in the outcome as Wesleyan racked up 12 total blocks, a new season-high for the team in a three-set match this season. Bianca Gonya '25, who came into tonight ranked second in the NESCAC in blocks per set, now leads the NESCAC as she totaled eight blocks, just one shy of her career-high which came in a five-setter against Amherst last season. Michelle Jorba '25 and Sophia Lindus '26 added four blocks apiece.
 
Lindus contributed all over the court, posting a match-high 14 kills on 25 attempts (.480 attack percentage) to go along with a season-high 14 digs. This is the first double-double of the season for Lindus and the 10^th of her career. Jorba added eight kills while Kathryn Morton '24 tallied six kills on 12 attempts with three blocks and two digs.
 
Bianca Ortiz '24 continues to excel along the back row in the libero position, totaling 17 digs to up her NESCAC-leading season total to 164 through eight matches. Her 6.07 digs per set average is easily tops in the NESCAC as the next-closest player sports a 4.72 average.
 
The opening set saw the Cardinals in complete control, rattling off four unanswered points to take their biggest lead of the set at 19-12. Susquehanna then began chipping away, going on a 9-4 run, closing the deficit to 23-21. However, this was as close as the River Hawks would get as a bad set from Susquehanna led to set point which the Cardinals didn't squander as Lindus slammed home her fifth kill of the set to send Wesleyan to a 25-21 win.
 
Wesleyan dominated the second set, limiting the River Hawks to just eight kills with eight errors. The Cardinals had nine attack errors themselves in the second set, but 23 digs compared to just 10 for Susquehanna kept Wesleyan out in front. It was 10-4 Cardinals following a Morton and Jorba block. Wesleyan's lead hovered around seven points for the majority of the set, as the Cardinals finished off a convincing 25-17 second set win.
 
Lindus took over in the third set, contributing five kills with no errors on eight attempts, leading Wesleyan to a .293 attack percentage in the third. Bella Ahearn '23 (three kills) and Jorba (two kills) combined with Lindus to total 10 kills with no errors in just 16 attempts combined for the set. Wesleyan opened up a 23-12 lead before the River Hawks cut into the lead, but not before Keira Sweetnam '27 finished off the match with consecutive kills.
 
The Cardinals complete a weekend of action on Saturday morning with a trip to Tufts University to take on RIT in a neutral site match at 11 AM.