(Valhalla, NY) - For anybody thinking that next week's Mid-Hudson Conference Volleyball Championships would be another fight to the finish between Rockland Community College and Orange Community College, those plans may in fact be on hold. In front of a raucous Viking Gymnasium on Tuesday night, Westchester Community College pulled off the upset of the season, and their biggest win in years, sweeping Rockland CC - the 2017 Mid-Hudson Conference Champion - 3-0. With the win, WCC improves to 12-7 overall, 6-3 in the Mid-Hudson Conference, and 12-6 in Region XV competition.

Westchester won the match with scores of 25-15, 25-19, and 25-22. The Vikings are now tied with Rockland for second place in the Mid-Hudson Conference heading into the final evening of conference play on Thursday. A Westchester win over Ulster CC would mean that the Vikings cannot finish worse than third in the conference, setting up a rematch with Rockland in the conference semifinals. A WCC loss would drop the Vikings to fourth in the Mid-Hudson Conference, and the Vikings would play top-seeded Orange Community College in the Mid-Hudson Semifinals. The Mid-Hudson Conference Championships will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at Orange Community College.

48 hours before sophomore night at Westchester Community College, it was the four WCC sophomores to lead the Vikings to the biggest win of their WCC careers. Taylor Mello (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Putnam Valley HS) registered her second double-double of the season with 11 kills, and 10 digs, to go with seven service aces on a night when the WCC service game proved to be an enormous difference. Also for Westchester, fellow sophomore Madison Young (Greenburgh, NY/Woodlands HS) broke the 20-kill mark for the third time this season, notching 20 kills, five blocks, five digs, and four service aces.

Westchester CC also had key contributions from Lindsay Leggio (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac HS) and Alysha Owens (Mount Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon HS). Leggio registered a match-high 25 assists to go with eight digs, while Owens turned in perhaps her finest performance of the season with 15 kills, seven digs, four service aces, and two blocks.

Thursday's 2018 regular season finale against Ulster Community College will begin at 7:00 p.m. at Viking Gymnasium, and carries with it huge Mid-Hudson Conference seeding implications. Prior to the match, the four Viking sophomores will be honored for their meritorious service to the Women's Volleyball program, and Athletic Department as a whole.