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Date: September 13, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby volleyball wins first game in tourney

WATERVILLE, MAINE --

Junior setter Kimberly Prescott (Los Alamitos/Buena Park, Calif.) had 22 assists and nine service aces in leading the Colby College volleyball team to a 3-0 victory over Suffolk University in the first day of the Colby Invitational at Wadsworth Gymnasium on Friday night.

The Mules won 30-13, 30-11, 30-12, and have not given up a game in their first two matches.

First-year outside hitter Megan Devlin (Branford/Branford, Conn.) had seven kills for Colby. Junior captain Alyssa Henley (St. George's/Spokane, Wash.) and Abbey Stella (Westfield/Westfield, Mass.) both had six kills.

Colby (2-0) will play three matches on Saturday, starting with a 10 a.m. contest with University of Maine-Machias. The Mules then meet Gordon College at 2 p.m. in what could be their toughest test of the tourney and then finish with Unity College at 4 p.m.

Friday's Results

Colby 3, Suffolk 0 (30-13, 30-11, 30-12); Gordon 3, Bowdoin 0 (30-11, 30-17, 30-22); St. Joseph's 3, Unity 0 (30-19, 30-17, 30-9); Bowdoin 3, Unity 0 (30-14, 30-7, 30-9); Gordon 3, Maine-Machias 0 (30-10, 30-20, 30-16)

Saturday's Schedule

10 a.m. Colby vs. Maine-Machias; Bowdoin vs. Suffolk; Gordon vs. St. Joseph's

2 p.m. Colby vs. Gordon; Suffolk vs. Unity; St. Joseph's vs. Maine-Machias

4 p.m. Colby vs. Unity; St. Joseph's vs. Suffolk; Bowdoin vs. Maine-Machias