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Date: October 19, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby volleyball beats Amherst, falls to Tufts

WATERVILLE, Maine --

The Colby College volleyball team will have to settle for the second seed in the New England Small College Athletic Conference Championships.

The Mules, with a chance to get the top seed and host the November 8-9 tournament, beat Amherst and lost to Tufts in NESCAC Weekend matches Saturday at Wadsworth Gymnasium. Colby needed to win both matches to host the tourney.

Williams College, which went 3-0 in NESCAC play this weekend, will host the tourney as the top seed. Colby is seeded second and will play No. 7 Middlebury in a quarterfinal match. The Mules have their highest seeding ever for the tourney.

Cait Cleaver (Unionville/Kennett Square, Pa.) had 22 kils and Abbey Stella (Westfield/Westfield, Mass.) finished with 17 kills and five blocks in a 30-28, 30-21, 21-30, 30-27 win against Amherst. Alyssa Henley (St. George's/Spokane, Wash.) had 12 kills and Kimberly Prescott (Los Alamitos/Buena Park, Calif.) had 54 assists for Colby (18-7, 8-2 NESCAC).

Cleaver had 13 kills and Johanna Schroeder (Salmon/Salmon, Idaho) had nine kills in the loss to Tufts.

NESCAC Weekend

Saturday's Results

Colby 3, Amherst 1 (30-28, 30-21, 21-30, 30-27)

Tufts 3, Bowdoin 1 (30-15, 28-30, 30-9, 30-8)

Tufts 3, Colby 0 (30-17, 30-25, 30-17)

Amherst 3, Bates 0 (30-28, 30-18, 30-25)

Bates 3, Bowdoin 1 (30-24, 22-30, 30-18, 30-23)