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Bellevue College volleyball swept visiting Whatcom 3-0 (25-9, 25-13, 25-14) at Courter Family Athletic Pavilion. The match was also the Bulldogs’ final home match of the 2025 season as eight sophomores were honored in a pre-match ceremony. Coach Jocelyn Lawrence spoke and gave thanks to the departing Gillian Merhoff, Mya Hejl, Karisa Martin, Kiana Cueto, Kawehi Sarono, Olivia Chilton, Mailina Burke, and Olivia Deckard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bulldogs had only 10 total swing errors all night hitting at a .324 clip. In set one BC jumped out early 7-0 on a serve run by freshman Ava Nowak. After the Orcas finally got on the board with a service error, the Bulldogs went on a 6-0 run later in the set to make it 23-8 in the runaway win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set two was more competitive early on as Whatcom stayed within three at 11-8 until the ‘dogs went on a 10-0 run to put set two away. Gillian Merhoff had five kills in the set to lead Bellevue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Orcas gave BC momentum with four errors early on in set three as the Bulldogs moved the needle to a commanding 14-5 lead on a kill by Kiana Cueto. Merhoff had two key swings near the end of the set to lead the sweep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merhoff was on fire hitting .737 with 14 kills and no errors. Mya Hejl hit .556 and had five solo blocks up front for Bellevue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellevue ends their regular season at 9-2 in region play and 27-2 overall; their best overall record in program history. The Bulldogs will open up the NWAC Regionals on Sat. Nov. 15 at 10:00 a.m. against the South Region third seed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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