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2008 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball New England Regional
At Tufts University's Cousens Gymnasium (Medford, MA)
Thursday-Saturday, November 13-15

Tickets : $5/adults - $3/students - $2/children 12 and under

Participating Teams / Webcasts / Match Information / Visiting Tufts / NCAA Information

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►Participating Teams (Click on logo to visit volleyball website)

#1 Seed Springfield

#2 Seed Tufts

#3 Seed Wellesley

#4 Seed Williams

#5 Seed Keene St.

#6 Seed Endicott

#7 Seed Bridgewater St.

#8 Seed Maine Maritime

WILLIAMS COLLEGE WINS NCAA NEW ENGLAND VOLLEYBALL REGIONAL TITLE

MEDFORD -- Williams College won the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship New England Regional hosted by Tufts University with a 3-1 final over Wellesley College on Saturday night (Nov. 15).

Williams (28-12) will advance to the NCAA championship finals to be held November 20-22 at the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Illinois and hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University. Wellesley finishes its season with a 28-8 record.

On Friday (Nov. 14) in the semi-finals, the lower seeds both won and advanced to the regional final. In the first match, #4 seed Williams College earned a 3-0 victory against #1 seed Springfield College (32-5). Later that night, #3 Wellesley College posted a dramatic five-set win over #2 Tufts University (29-4).

In opening-round action on Thursday, Williams won in three sets against fifth seed Keene State College (29-9). Springfield eliminated #8 seed Maine Maritime Academy (19-9) also in three sets. In the only real competitive match of the day, Wellesley went five sets to defeat #6 Endicott College (24-15). In the fourth and final match, Tufts breezed past #7 Bridgewater State College (12-24) in three.

This was the first NCAA Volleyball hosting opportunity for Tufts. The other regional sites were at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; University of La Verne in California, New York University in New York City; University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota; Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas; University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.

Sixty-one teams overall were selected for the championship.

2008 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship New England Regional All-Tournament Team
MVP - Kate Anderson, Williams
Stephanie Wiese (Endicott)
Heather Lively (Springfield)
Dawson Joyce-Mendive (Tufts)
Alice Cummings (Wellesley)
Jessica Duff (Wellesley)
Nicole Ballon-Landa (Williams)

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►Webcasts

Tufts University Athletics is grateful to its student webcasting outfit, JumboCast, for providing complete coverage of the 2008 NCAA Volleyball Regional. Click on the JumboCast logo below to visit their website:

►Match Information

Thursday's Action (1st Round)

Williams 3, Keene State 0 (26-24, 25-11, 25-16) / Story / Stats

Springfield 3, Maine Maritime 0 (25-10, 25-16, 25-10) / Story / Stats

Wellesley 3, Endicott 2 (22-25, 25-22, 25-21, 22-25, 15-8) / Story / Stats

Tufts 3, Bridgewater State 0 (25-22, 25-13, 25-13) / Story / Stats

Friday's Action (2nd Round)

Williams 3, Springfield 0 (27-25, 25-15, 25-15) / Story / Stats

Wellesley 3, Tufts 2 (18-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-23, 15-12) / Story / Stats

Saturday's Action (NCAA "Sweet 16" - Regional Final)

Williams 3, Wellesley 1 (27-25, 17-25, 25-23, 25-21) / Story / Stats / Photos

►Visiting Tufts

Tufts is located just five miles outside of Boston on a completely residential campus that spans across the cities of Medford and Somerville.

Directions to Cousens Gymnasium / Local Accommodations / Local Restaurants / City of Medford / City of Somerville / City of Boston / Tufts University

►NCAA Information

Div. III Volleyball Championship Bracket

NCAA.com Volleyball Page

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