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Teams: Women's Volleyball: Press
Releases
Monday, November 3, 2008
TUFTS TO HOST NESCAC VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND
 MEDFORD --
The top eight volleyball teams in the New England Small College
Athletic Conference (NESCAC) will convene at Tufts University's
Cousens Gymnasium this weekend (Nov. 7-9) for the 2008 conference
tournament. The Tufts Jumbos won the right to host the event with a
perfect 10-0 NESCAC season, the first time they have finished first
in the league.
Host and #1 seed Tufts (27-2) will entertain #8 seed Bates College
(15-7) and #2 seed Wesleyan (20-6) will play #7 Bowdoin (17-16) when
tournament action is served at 5:00 on Friday (Nov. 7). In Friday's
8:00 matches, #3 Amherst (20-7) takes on #6 Connecticut College
(18-11) and #4 Williams (22-12) plays #5 Middlebury (15-10). Matches
will be played at Tufts University's Cousens Gym main court and
Chase court.
Friday's winners will play in the semi-finals on Saturday (Nov. 8)
with matches at 1 pm and 3:30 pm. The championship match is slated
for Sunday at noon. The conference champion will earn an automatic
berth into the NCAA Tournament. Admission is free to all seven
matches.
This is the second time that Tufts has hosted the NESCAC Volleyball
Championship, including 1998. The Jumbos were crowned NESCAC champions in 1996,
when
the event was hosted by Hamilton College. This fall, Tufts has
rolled to a 27-2 record and has been the #1 team in New England all
season. They clinched first place in the league with a 3-1 win at
Wesleyan on Halloween night. The team is two victories shy of tying
the program mark for wins in a season, set by the 2005 Jumbos
(29-7).
The NESCAC Volleyball Tournament has been conducted since 1990. Of
the teams participating this weekend, Williams College has won seven
titles and is the defending champion. Bates College, with four
straight from 1990-93, has the next most championships. Amherst
College has three conference titles, Middlebury has two and Colby
and Tufts have each won once.
JumboCast, Tufts
University's student webcasting organization, will carry live
coverage of six tournament matches free of charge.
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