New London, Conn. — October 13, 2026 — The Springfield College women's volleyball team defeated Coast Guard in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) matchup on Tuesday evening, 3-1 by set scores of 25-17, 22-25, 25-17, 25-17.
The Pride improve to 12-4 overall and 4-2 in the conference while the Bears drop to 9-6, 1-4.
Alexa Bonato (Woodbridge, Conn.) led Springfield with 15 kills while hitting .387 and Gabbie Weissgarber (Colorado Springs, Colo.) had nine kills, three aces and three blocks. Tori Colosimo (Fairport, N.Y.) notched her eighth double-double of the season with 36 assists, 20 digs, six kills, four aces and three blocks.
Springfield jumped out to a quick 8-4 lead after going on a 5-1 run highlighted by a service ace and kill from Colosimo and two kills from Ahunna James (Plainville, Mass.). Both teams went on to exchange points before the Pride went on back-to-back 4-0 runs to increase its lead, 20-10. Avery Chandler (Stoneville, N.C.) and Urissa Stephens (Spicewood, Tx.) each had service aces in the run while Bonato and Jodi Saelua (Mililani, Hawaii) had two kills apiece. The Bears later registered two straight errors to seal the win for Springfield, 25-17.
Bonato led off the set with a kill to power the Pride to four straight points before Springfield continued to expand upon its lead. Coast Guard tied it at 12 before tying the game again at 18 as a kill from Abigail Schweitzer gave the Bears their first lead of the game that they would not relinquish as a kill from Alania Corbin allowed Coast Guard to win it, 25-22.
The Pride came out firing in the third set as Chandler led Springfield to an 8-0 lead after four service aces. The Bears looked to get back into the game, tying it at 12 before Springfield quickly regained the lead with another eight straight points powered by aces from Colosimo, kills from three different Springfield student-athletes and errors from Coast Guard to take a 22-14 lead. The Pride pushed ahead to win it 25-17 after another error from the Bears ended the set.
Five consecutive points gave Springfield an early 9-4 after back-to-back service aces from Weissgarber. Springfield continued to add on to its lead, outscoring the Bears by just four points the rest of the way as an attack error from Coast Guard gave Springfield the win, 25-17.
The Pride will host nationally-ranked No. 3 MIT on Saturday at 12:00 pm in Blake Arena.
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