COLLEGE
VOLLEYBALL FINAL SCORE
Tufts 3, Connecticut College 0 (25-21,
25-23, 25-22)
At Medford, MA
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Match
Statistics
MEDFORD -- With victories in three close sets, the Tufts
University volleyball team took a hard-earned 3-0 victory against
Connecticut College on Saturday afternoon in a NESCAC match at the
new Cousens Gymnasium.
The Jumbos, hosts of a NESCAC Quad weekend with the Camels,
Bowdoin and Wesleyan, improve to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the league.
Connecticut College is now 5-2 and 1-1 in NESCAC. Bowdoin defeated
Wesleyan 3-2 in the other match at Cousens on Saturday. Tufts had
defeated Wesleyan in four games on Friday night.
The teams were never separated by many points in each of the
three sets, but the Jumbos managed to finish off the Camels each
time. Trailing 20-19 in the first set, Tufts won 25-21. Down 8-4
early in the second set, Tufts surged to a 12-11 lead and
maintained a small leading margin until winning 25-23. The third
set was more of the same, with the Jumbos coming away with a 25-22
win to take the match.
Juniors Caitlin Updike (Manhattan Beach, CA)
and Dawson Joyce-Mendive (Minden, NV) were the
offensive leaders for Tufts with 11 and 10 kills, respectively.
Senior co-captain Brogie Helgeson (Santa Cruz, CA)
chipped in with six kills, while senior setter Dena Feiger
(Long Grove, IL) finished with 27 assists. The digs
leaders for the match were sophomore Audrey Kuan's (Los
Altos, CA) nine and eight by junior Kelly
Engelking (Westborough, MA). First-year Brittany Neff (Culver City, CA) had a nice little all-around match
with four kills, two service aces and three blocks.
Connecticut College was led offensively by 31 assists in the
three sets from first-year setter Katie Ketcham (San Francisco,
CA). Eleven of those kills came from senior Lauren Wise (Oakton,
VA) and eight were by sophomore Amy Newman (Los Angeles, CA).
Sophomore Ally Terlizzi (Mount Kisco, NY) was good defensively for
Connecticut College with 16 digs, while senior Meg Christman's
(Wilmington, DE) four blocks led the defensive effort at the
net.
The Jumbos travel to Brandeis for their next match on Tuesday
night at 7 pm. The Camels next host Mitchell College on Wednesday
at 7 pm.
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