Teams: Volleyball: Schedule & Results

JUMBOS SHUT OUT CONNECTICUT COLLEGE FOR NESCAC WEEKEND SWEEP

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL FINAL SCORE
Tufts 3, Connecticut College 0  (25-21, 25-23, 25-22)

At Medford, MA
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Match Statistics

Junior Kelly Engelking eadded eight digs to the Tufts defensive effort

MEDFORD -- With victories in three close sets, the Tufts University volleyball team took a hard-earned 3-0 victory against Connecticut College on Saturday afternoon in a NESCAC match at the new Cousens Gymnasium.

The Jumbos, hosts of a NESCAC Quad weekend with the Camels, Bowdoin and Wesleyan, improve to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the league. Connecticut College is now 5-2 and 1-1 in NESCAC. Bowdoin defeated Wesleyan 3-2 in the other match at Cousens on Saturday. Tufts had defeated Wesleyan in four games on Friday night.

The teams were never separated by many points in each of the three sets, but the Jumbos managed to finish off the Camels each time. Trailing 20-19 in the first set, Tufts won 25-21. Down 8-4 early in the second set, Tufts surged to a 12-11 lead and maintained a small leading margin until winning 25-23. The third set was more of the same, with the Jumbos coming away with a 25-22 win to take the match.

Juniors Caitlin Updike (Manhattan Beach, CA) and Dawson Joyce-Mendive (Minden, NV) were the offensive leaders for Tufts with 11 and 10 kills, respectively. Senior co-captain Brogie Helgeson (Santa Cruz, CA) chipped in with six kills, while senior setter Dena Feiger (Long Grove, IL) finished with 27 assists. The digs leaders for the match were sophomore Audrey Kuan's (Los Altos, CA) nine and eight by junior Kelly Engelking (Westborough, MA). First-year Brittany Neff (Culver City, CA) had a nice little all-around match with four kills, two service aces and three blocks.

Connecticut College was led offensively by 31 assists in the three sets from first-year setter Katie Ketcham (San Francisco, CA). Eleven of those kills came from senior Lauren Wise (Oakton, VA) and eight were by sophomore Amy Newman (Los Angeles, CA). Sophomore Ally Terlizzi (Mount Kisco, NY) was good defensively for Connecticut College with 16 digs, while senior Meg Christman's (Wilmington, DE) four blocks led the defensive effort at the net.

The Jumbos travel to Brandeis for their next match on Tuesday night at 7 pm. The Camels next host Mitchell College on Wednesday at 7 pm.

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