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| Rookie Mackenzie Bright had eight kills for the Jumbos against the Camels. |
MEDFORD – Playing at home for the first time since the beginning of September, the Tufts volleyball team picked up a three set win over visiting NESCAC rival Connecticut College in Cousens Gym on Friday night.
With the win the Jumbos move to 5-3 this season with a 2-1 mark in conference play. The Camels are now 4-4, with an 0-3 mark in conference play after opening up their conference slate with Amherst, Williams and Tufts—the teams that finished one-two-three in last year's NESCAC standings.
Senior Maddie Kuppe led the Jumbos with 11 kills, 13 digs, two aces and a block. First-year Mackenzie Bright added eight kills, while senior co-captain Esme Nulan finished with six kills and two blocks. Senior Kyra Baum and first-year Angela Yu ran the offense, totaling 16 and 15 assists, respectively.
For the camels the offensive leader was sophomore Sam Hunter who finished with nine kills, while first-year Kenny Kellogg added eight kills. Senior Caroline Martin lead the defense with eight digs and sophomore Katie Elisman added seven digs. Elisman took care of the setting for the Camels, finishing with 28 assists.
The Jumbos jumped out to an early lead in the first set, and keep that lead for the duration of the set. The hosts scored four consecutive points three different times in the set and lead by four or more points for the entire first frame, moving to a 25-15 win.
The second set was much different as it was tied various times and it took extra points to determine a winner. The Jumbos never lead by more than four points and the Camels tied and took the lead several times. But, consecutive kills by junior Elizabeth Ahrens and sophomore Alex Garrett gave the Jumbos the 27-25 win in set two.
Things were close to start the third set, but the Jumbos scored five points behind the serve of Kuppe to take a 9-3 lead and were able to maintain the lead for the rest of the set. The Jumbos were leading 19-13 and once again scored five points behind Kuppe's serve to move to a convincing 24-13 lead. A kill by sophomore Wendy Dyer secured the third set win for the Jumbos.
The Camels will be back in action tomorrow as they travel to play Anna Maria and Daniel Webster. The Jumbos will travel to UMass-Dartmouth to take on Western Connecticut at 1:30 pm and the host Corsairs at 3 pm.
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