WALTHAM, Mass. – Call it a three-peat! The Bentley volleyball team swept Mercy (25-20, 25-20, 25-12) in the NCAA DII East Regional Championship match Saturday night, as the Falcons captured their third consecutive NCAA DII East Regional title. Prior to 2023, the Bentley program had never won the regional championship.

Bentley makes a return to Sioux Falls, South Dakota this coming week as one of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Championship. It is the same site as the 2024 NCAA Championship in which the Falcons reached the final four.

Bentley attacked at a .324 clip in the Regional Championship against Mercy, marking the team's best hitting percentage since a late October match against Southern New Hampshire.

Sophia Poehlein had a match-high 14 kills, while Elena Coban and Elizabeth Blinn both added nine. Blinn and Tory Vitko both finished with four blocks, and Erica Borzone joined the defensive efforts by leading all players in digs with 12.

Vitko had 38 assists against Mercy, bringing her total to 112 assists through 11 sets in the NCAA DII East Region Tournament.

Bentley is the first program from the region to win three consecutive regional titles since Dowling did it 2005-07.

More details will follow in the coming days about Bentley's 2025 NCAA Championship run.