FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, October 24, 2001

at Gorham, Maine

	1	2	3	Final
Colby (14-11)	30	30	30	3
Southern Maine  (14-13)	12	11	25	0

White Mules Ace Huskies 3-0

            GORHAM, Maine  --  The Colby College White Mules used a balanced offensive

attack and 23 service aces to defeat the University of Southern Maine Huskies

3-0 Wednesday evening in a non-conference volleyball match at the Warren G. Hill

Gymnasium.

            The White Mules dominated the first two games, winning by scores of 30-12

and 30-11.  Southern Maine grabbed the early lead in the third and decisive

game, but Colby rallied late for a 30-25 win.  The win improved the White Mules

overall mark to 14-11.  Southern Maine dropped its fourth straight match to fall

to 14-13.

            Leading the White Mules up front was sophomore Alyssa Henley (Spokane,

Wash.) with 10 kills and a pair of blocks.  Senior Amanda Cuiffo (Waban, Mass.)

and sophomore Abby Stella (Westfield, Mass.) each added nine kills.  Cuiffo also

had a team-leading 10 digs while Stella served up five aces.  Junior Laurel

Burnham (Bailey's harbor, Wis.) had five aces, five kills and eight digs. 

Sophomore setter Kim Prescott (Buena Park, Calif.) quarterbacked the offense,

passing out 28 assists. She also had five aces and seven digs.

            For the Huskies, senior Meaghan Lumbis (Leverett, Mass.) had eight kills. 

Sophomore Caitlin Leonard (Peabody, Mass.) had three service aces in the third

game to spark the Huskies' early lead.  Senior Celine Cote (Milan, N.H.) had

eight digs.  The Huskies were hurt by their inability to return serve.

            Both teams will be participating in the State of Maine Volleyball

Championship this Friday and Saturday, being hosted at Colby.  Southern Maine,

the third seed, will play UMaine Machias in its first match Friday at 7 p.m. 

Colby, the second seed, will play the winner of the match between St. Joseph's

College and Husson College, at 7 p.m.