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Date: September 16, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby volleyball defeats Tufts in league match

WATERVILLE, Maine --- First-year setter Genevieve Lawrence (Lafayette, Calif.) had 29 assists, eight digs and four kills to power the unbeaten Colby College volleyball team to a 3-0 victory over Tufts University in a New England Small College Athletic Conference match Friday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.

The Mules (6-0, 1-0 NESCAC) won by scores of 30-21, 30-25, 30-25. In the other match at Colby, Amherst College took a 3-0 victory against Bowdoin College by scores of 30-16, 30-23, 30-21.

Cait Cleaver (Kennett Square, Pa.) added 12 kills and four blocks for Colby. Mariah Daly (Baltimore, Md.) and Kaitlin Adams (Athol, Mass.) both had eight kills, while Julie Hike (Falmouth, Mass.) had a career-high seven blocks. Megan Devlin (Branford, Conn.) had seven kills and 14 defensive digs.

Kelli Harrison (Blue Jay, Calif.) had 12 kills, 10 digs and three service aces for Tufts (5-1, 0-1). Caitlin Dealy (Santa Barbara, Calif.) added 30 assists and Natalie Goldstein (Piedmont, Calif.) contributed 10 defensive digs.

In the Amherst (5-1, 1-0) win, Whitney Kouvaris (Jacksonville, Fla.) had nine kills and Sara Heller (La Canada, Calif.) dished 24 assists and had three blocks. Kate Raddock (Stamford, Conn.) had seven digs and three service aces.

Bowdoin (4-2, 0-1) got eight kills from Ellie Simon (Falls Church, Va.), 15 digs and five kills from Julie Calareso (Coral Springs, Fla.) and 21 assists by Margo Linton (Atherton, Calif.).

Colby will play host to Amherst, while Tufts will go up against Bates College on Saturday. Both matches start at noon.