Box Score
Postgame comments (Nicole Bishop, Jasmine Marta and Ken Nichols)

The Northeastern women's volleyball team celebrated Senior Day by sweeping Georgia State, 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-19), on Sunday afternoon at Solomon Court. With the win, NU clinched a CAA postseason berth for the third-straight season and its sixth in the last seven years.

The Huskies (18-5, 7-2 CAA) finished their 2012 home slate undefeated, winning all eleven matches on their home floor. Northeastern's two seniors, Jasmine Marta and Nicole Bishop, were honored in a pregame ceremony and both turned in solid performances shortly after. Marta finished with nine kills, tying her personal season-high, while Bishop recorded seven kills, four total blocks and even notched her second-ever ace in the first set.

Junior Kelly Bacon recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 19 digs, leading NU in both categories. Sophomore Jillian Briner had a team-high 23 assists, while junior Ina Kamenova surpassed the 500-assist mark for the third-consecutive season with 16 assists on the afternoon. Sophomore Natalia Skiba had 14 digs in the game, and junior Hanna Gibeau posted a season-high six kills. Junior Brianna Hollis recorded a team-high three service aces.

The Panthers (4-18, 2-8 CAA) were paced by Dede Bohannon's 10 kills and Natalia Nieto's 26 assists. Eliza Zachary had seven kills and seven total blocks for GSU, and Jamiee Freeman recorded a team-high 17 digs.

Marta opened up Senior Day with a kill on the first point of the match, and notched three kills in Northeastern's first five points. The two teams found themselves tied at 7-7, before the Huskies went on a 4-0 run to take an 11-7 lead. Georgia State would get within one point at 11-10, 12-11 and 13-12, but NU would not relinquish the lead the rest of the set, winning 25-22.

Bacon led the Huskies in the first set with six kills, and she also tied Skiba for the team lead in digs with eight. Briner tallied nine assists, while fellow setter Kamenova chipped in five of her own. Marta finished the set with five kills, while Briner, Bishop and Kurz each had two total blocks. The Panthers were led by Zachary's four kills, Nieto's seven assists, and Freeman's 10 digs.

In the second set, Northeastern jumped out to an early 10-5 lead. A GSU timeout was unable to slow the Huskies, who pushed the lead to ten at 18-8 on a Gibeau kill. The Panthers went on a 10-5 run to cut the deficit to five, at 23-18, but NU took the next two points on a GSU error and a Kamenova service ace to win the set 25-18.

Gibeau, Briner and Kurz each had three kills in the second set to lead Northeastern's offensive efforts. Briner added seven assists in the frame, and Kamenova contributed six helpers. Bacon and Skiba both had five digs in the set to anchor the Huskies defense. Bohannon had four kills in the second set to lead Georgia State, while Nieto posted 12 assists and Zachary notched two more block assists.

The Panthers dominated the first set early, turning a 5-3 Northeastern lead into a 12-6 lead of their own thanks to a 9-1 run. Six of the nine GSU points during that stretch came on NU errors. The Huskies fought their way back from six down to tie the set at 18-18 on a Panther service error, and then Northeastern took the lead on a Gibeau kill. NU stretched its comeback into a 13-2 run to clinch the third set, 25-19, and the game, 3-0.

Marta, Bishop and Bacon had three kills apiece to lead the Huskies in the third set. Briner recorded a team-high seven assists, and Kamenova posted five assists in the frame. Bacon led the team defensively with six digs in the third set, and Bishop tallied two additional blocks. Bohannon had four kills in the set for the Panthers, while Nieto notched eight assists and five digs.

Northeastern will close out the regular season with three road games, beginning next weekend when they take on William & Mary on Friday at 7 p.m.