COLLEGE
VOLLEYBALL FINAL SCORES
Brandeis Invitational
UMass Boston 3, Tufts 2 (28-26, 22-25, 17-25, 25-18, 15-8)
Tufts 3, Gordon 0 (25-15, 25-9, 25-12)
At Waltham, MA
Friday, September 11, 2009
UMass
Boston Match Statistics
Gordon
Match Statistics
WALTHAM -- The Tufts University volleyball team opened the
2009-10 Year in Jumbo Sports by splitting a pair of matches at the
Brandeis Invitational on Friday night. Tufts (1-1) lost to UMass
Boston in five games to open their season, but bounced back with a
three-game victory against Gordon College.
When tournament action continues on Saturday at Brandeis, Coach
Cora Thompson's Jumbos will face the host Judges (6-2) at 11:00 in
the morning and then conclude their action with a match against
Babson (2-3) at 1:00 pm.
On Friday, the Jumbos could not hold on to a 2-1 lead in games
against UMass Boston in the first match. After losing a close first
game 28-26, Tufts posted 25-22 and 25-17 wins to gain an advantage.
However, the Beacons (5-2) rallied for the victory with a 25-18 win
in the fourth game and a 15-8 final in the decisive fifth game.
The Jumbos were rusty in their opener, making 27 hitting errors
and seven service errors. They were led offensively by senior
co-captain Brogie Helgeson (Santa Cruz, CA), who
had 12 kills and two errors in 29 attempts. Senior co-captain
Dena Feiger (Long Grove, IL) finished with 41
assists. On defense, sophomore Audrey Kuan (Los Altos,
CA) debuted as the starting libero with 13 digs, while
Helgeson added nine.
Tufts came back to steamroll Gordon (0-7) in their 8:00 match,
with scores of 25-15, 25-9 and 25-12. A more effective offense was
paced by junior Dawson Joyce-Mendive (Minden, NV)
with nine kills and nearly 10 assists per game by Feiger. Sophomore
Nancy Shrodes (Manhattan Beach, CA) led the
defense with 10 digs.
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