COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - Ursinus scored a 3-0 victory over Bryn Mawr on Tuesday night in a Centennial Conference volleyball match.

The Bears won the first two sets, 25-15 and 25-16. In the third set, the Bears fended off two set points, taking the set and match 28-26.

Ursinus (5-10, 1-3 Centennial) got 13 kills from junior outside hitter Gabriella Galleo (Reading, Pa./Spring-Ford) and 11 kills from junior outside hitter Mary Kate Wilmoth (Wilmington, Del./St. Mark's). Sophomore setter Elizabeth Roth (York, Pa./Dallastown) had 31 assists, while Galleo had 14 digs. Wilmoth added in 11 digs of her own, while senior libero Jennifer Fargo (Secaucus, N.J./Lacoradire Academy) had ten.

For Bryn Mawr (4-8, 0-3 Centennial), sophomore middle blocker Mikecia Witherspoon had 13 kills, while sophomore middle blocker Katie Merrill had 11. Sophomore setter Erika Takeuchi-Miller had 25 assists, while senior libero Katie Solook had 12 digs.

In the first set, Ursinus went up 8-1 on a kill by Wilmoth. The Bears increased the lead to as high as 12-2 on a kill by sophomore outside hitter Kimberly Goldberg (Sarasota, Fla./Out of Door Academy), as Bryn Mawr got no closer than five the rest of the way.

In the second set, Ursinus went up 4-1 to start the set, then pulled away to a 15-6 lead following an Owl timeout on a setting error. The third set turned out to be the most exciting of the night. Facing set point at 24-22, Merrill committed a service error to put the Bears within one. After tying the score at 24-all, the Owls got a kill from Witherspoon to again set up set point at 25-24.

However, Witherspoon would commit an attack error, which allowed to Bears to tie it at 25, then go up 26-25 on a service ace by Wilmoth.

Bryn Mawr would tie it one last time 26-all, but, Ursinus got two kills from Galleo to win the match.

Ursinus will host Gettysburg on Saturday