ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - It was just about as close as a sweep could be.

The Bard College women's volleyball team defeated Purchase College, 3-0, in a non-league contest on Wednesday night. Set scores were 25-23, 26-24, and 25-19.

The first set was tied eight times. Bard trailed 14-10 at one point, then tied it at 20-20. The final tie was at 23-23, before a service error and an attack error by Purchase gave the Raptors the first set, 25-23.

Bard (2-10) was down most of the second set, including 6-2 and 20-16. They eventually tied it on an ace by Zoe Morgan-Weinman at 22-22, then fought off two sets points with consecutive kills from Rebecca Speckenbach to tie it again at 24-24. An ace by Lexi Cooper and another kill from Speckenbach closed out the set, 26-24.

Bard jumped out to a 19-9 lead in the third set and the Panthers (1-13) battled but never caught up. They got as close as 21-18, but Bard finished the match, 25-19.

Purchase got six kills from Jenn Nardi (Yorktown Heights, NY), 18 assists from Alex Lally (Sunnyvale, TX) and 10 digs from Sarah Gabler (East Concord, NY).

Bard got eight kills, three aces and 11 digs from Philippine Alba; four aces and 13 assists from Lexi Cooper; 14 assists from Amy Kassowitz and 14 digs from Daniella Azulai.

Up next for Bard is Liberty League action this weekend. On Friday, Bard will host Vassar and Clarkson, and on Saturday the Raptors will play St. Lawrence and RIT at Vassar. You can follow those matches via Live Stats right here.