Claire Naughton registered 16 kills and an attack percentage of .516 in Bates' 3-0 victory over the University of New England on Oct. 27, 2015. (File photo by Josh Kuckens/Bates College) 

LEWISTON, Maine -- First-year middle hitter Claire Naughton had a career-high 16 kills with no attack errors and senior libero Laryssa Schepel had 11 service aces, leading the Bates College volleyball team to a 3-0 (25-18, 25-11, 25-18) non-conference victory over the University of New England Tuesday night in Alumni Gym.

Bates (9-13) won its second straight match and raised its home record to 5-2. The Bobcats will host Bowdoin on Saturday at noon in their final NESCAC match of the regular season, followed the same day by a 4pm match against Husson.

The Nor'easters dipped to 6-14 with their fourth straight loss. They will host St. Joseph's College of Maine in a non-conference match on Thursday at 6:30pm.

Naughton was the only Bobcat with more than five kills in the match, and her attack percentage was her best this season as well, at .516. Jacqueline Forney had her second double-double of the season with team highs of 17 assists and 13 digs.

For UNE, Courtney Lambrese notched 11 kills against three errors (.242). Brittany Morrison had a team-best 15 digs and Brooke Gibbons passed out a match-high 18 assists.

Bates established big early leads in each set, powered each time by effective serving. Forney opened the match with nine serves in a row as Bates established an 8-0 lead in the first set. Schepel had five aces during a 9-0 Bates run early in the second set. The third set began with an ace by Forney, and three aces in a row by Schepel gave the Bobcats a 9-3 lead.

UNE came back from a 17-7 deficit in the first set to close within four points at 22-18, highlighted by Brittany Morrison's kill on a free ball that traveled from behind UNE's baseline, through the rafters and landed just inside Bates' back line to make it 19-14. Naughton finished off the set with three kills in a row.

UNE posed little resistance in the middle set, falling behind 11-2 and 19-5 before a late 4-0 run, fueled by two aces by Emily Rumery, closed it to 23-11. Bates' Reilly Murphy's kill ended Rumery's service, and Schepel made it a 2-0 match with another ace.

UNE rebounded with its best set in the third frame, attacking at a .300 percentage against Bates' .393. Lambrese had four kills in the set and Szczepaniak added three, while Gibbons posted eight assists. But Naughton came on strong for Bates with eight kills in the set on 11 attempts, for a sparkling .727 attack percentage, while Forney posted seven assists and five digs in the clinching frame.