Lowell, Mass. - Alex Kearney recorded 13 kills to lead third-seeded Bentley to a 3-1 win over sixth-seeded Le Moyne in the first round of the Northeast-10 Conference Volleyball Tournament on Friday evening at the Costello Athletic Center.

The Dolphins rallied midway through the opening game to defeat the Falcons by a score of 25-22. Bentley jumped out to a 10-3 lead early in the game to force a Le Moyne timeout. After splitting the next two points, the Dolphins tallied five straight points before Bentley called a timeout of its own. The two teams then exchanged points to push the score out to 18-16. Le Moyne followed with a five consecutive points off the serve of junior outside hitter Krista Prentice (Amherst, N.Y./Sweet Home) to take a lead it would not relinquish. After the Falcons pulled to within 23-22, freshman middle hitter Morgan McDermott (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) and senior outside hitter Elizabeth Cheek (Huntington Beach, Calif./Rosary) landed back-to-back kills to close out the game.

The Falcons evened the match at one game apiece by downing the Dolphins with a similar score of 25-22. After Le Moyne scored the game's first two points, Bentley recorded the next six points off the serve of Kearney to take control of the game. Despite falling behind by six points on three occasions, the Dolphins were able to pull within 24-22 on a kill by Cheek. Following a Bentley timeout to halt the Dolphins' momentum, Kearney registered a kill off a pass from Kelly Mee to end the game.

After falling behind 8-6 in the third game, Bentley scored seven straight points en route to a 25-15 win. The Falcons pushed out to leads of 18-12 and 21-13 before scoring the final four points of the game on three Le Moyne errors and a kill by Kearney. Kearney led the Falcons in the game with five kills, while Mee posted 14 assists.

Bentley closed out the match with a 25-18 victory in the fourth game. The two squads split the game's first six points before Le Moyne pushed out to a 12-9 lead. After Le Moyne was able to take a 15-14 lead, Bentley posted the next three points to take the lead. The Falcons later scored five consecutive points to open up a game-high six-point lead at 22-16. Le Moyne closed its deficit to 22-18, but Bentley tallied the game's final three points to end the match.

Cheek registered a match-high 16 kills and 23 digs to lead the Dolphins in her final collegiate match. Cheek, who became the program's all-time leader in kills at Franklin Pierce on Nov. 1, closed out the season with four consecutive double-doubles. McDermott finished the match with 11 kills to end the season with the sixth-best hitting percentage (.359) on the program's single-season chart. Senior setter Kaylin Brainerd (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) dished out 37 assists and 10 digs to join Cheek in posting a double-double. Senior libero Lindsey Gleason (Hamburg, N.Y./Frontier) and freshman outside hitter Bethany Fabian (Lake View, N.Y./Frontier) recorded 17 and 14 digs, respectively.

Le Moyne (17-10) finishes the season with its highest winning percentage (.629) since the 2005 season.