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FEIGER IS JUMBOS' SECOND STRAIGHT NESCAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK

MEDFORD -- For the second Monday in a row, a Tufts University volleyball player has been chosen as the New England Small College Athletic Conference's (NESCAC) Player of the Week. This time, it's senior co-captain and setter Dena Feiger (Long Grove, IL/Adlai Stevenson), who follows last week's recipient and fellow co-captain Brogie Helgeson (Santa Cruz, CA/Santa Catalina).

Feiger was the catalyst during a very successful week for Coach Cora Thompson's team. Tufts defeated UMass Boston in five sets on Tuesday, avenging their only loss of the season so far. On Friday and Saturday, Tufts hosted and won the sixth annual Tufts Invitational. The team's winning streak is now 16 games, improving their record to 16-1. Tufts was 5-0 for the week overall.

This is the second NESCAC weekly honor for Feiger, who received her first as a sophomore in October 2007. In four matches played this week (15 sets), Feiger averaged 10.53 assists and 2.33 digs per set. She had 52 assists in the win over UMass Boston.

Feiger was named the Most Valuable Player of the Tufts Invitational, which the Jumbos won for the third time. She averaged 10.6 assists per set during the weekend, finishing with 34 in three sets against Keene State in the final match of the weekend. Defensively, she reached double digits in digs twice with 12 in four sets against Hiram and 10 in three sets versus Union. She had a 2.9 digs average per set at the tournament, and her 29 total digs was second on the team.

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