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Date: October 8, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby volleyball stays unbeaten in NESCAC play

NEW LONDON, Conn. ---- The Colby College volleyball team remained unbeaten in New England Small College Athletic Conference play and improved to 19-1 overall with victories over Trinity College and Wesleyan University on Saturday.

The Mules (6-0 NESCAC), ranked first in Division III in the New England Region, took a 3-2 victory over Trinity with game scores of 25-30, 30-18, 27-30, 30-25, 15-11. Colby is 4-0 in five-game matches this season and all four have been come-from-behind wins. The Mules also won 3-1 over Wesleyan by game scores of 30-27, 29-31, 30-14, 30-11.

Cait Cleaver had 20 kills, including 10 in the fourth game, and added 23 defensive digs and four blocks in the win against Trinity. Kaitlin Adams had 13 kills and six blocks, Jenny Lawrence finished with 47 assists and 20 digs, Megan Devlin added 29 digs and seven kills, Mariah Daly had eight kills and five blocks, Kendall Kirby had 20 digs and Cassie Sancartier added 14 digs.

In the win against Wesleyan, Cleaver finished with 14 kills and 14 digs. Adams had 12 kills and four blocks, while Lawrence added nine service aces and 37 assists. Devlin had nine kills and 20 digs, Kirby had 13 digs, and Daly and Meredith Lawler both had five kills.