Teams: Volleyball: Schedule & Results

JUMBOS WIN HALL OF FAME INVITATIONAL IN 3-0 FINAL AGAINST WILLIAMS

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL FINAL SCORES
Hall of Fame Invitational
Tufts 3, MIT 0  (25-17, 25-15, 25-23) - Semi-final
Tufts 3, Williams 0  (25-20, 25-21, 25-20) - Championship

At Northampton, MA
Saturday, October 24, 2009

MIT Match Statistics

Williams Match Statistics

Hall of Fame Invitational MVP Dena Feiger

NORTHAMPTON -- The Tufts University volleyball team won the 2009 Hall of Fame Invitational Gold Bracket championship with a three-set win over NESCAC rival Williams College on Saturday afternoon. Tufts had defeated local foe MIT, 3-0, in the semi-finals earlier on Saturday.

For the 18th edition of the tournament, which was hosted by Smith College and Mount Holyoke College, the 16 teams were ranked based on their results thus far this season. They were then broken up into two eight-team brackets. The top eight squads competed in the Gold Bracket at Smith, while the next eight played in the Silver Bracket at Mount Holyoke. NESCAC's Middlebury won the Silver Bracket.

After defeating Smith in four sets on Friday night, the Jumbos rolled through MIT (25-17, 25-15, 25-23) and Williams (25-20, 25-21, 25-20) on Saturday.

Tufts senior co-captain and setter Dena Feiger (Long Grove, IL) was selected as the Tournament's Most Valuable Player. The Jumbos improved to 25-2 overall. It was their third victory of the season over Williams, the defending conference champion. The Ephs now have a 15-8 record.

Against the Engineers, junior Dawson Joyce-Mendive (Minden, NV) had 17 kills to lead Tufts. Junior Caitlin Updike (Manhattan Beach, CA) finished with 13 digs to go with six kills. First-year Brittany Neff (Culver City, CA) continued to block well with a solo and three assists.

In the Williams match, Feiger finished with 45 assists in the three sets. Three Jumbo hitters finished with double-figures in kills, as Joyce-Mendive had 15, Updike recorded 13 and senior co-captain Brogie Helgeson (Santa Cruz, CA) finished with 10. An excellent Tufts defensive effort was fronted by sophomore libero Audrey Kuan's (Los Altos, CA) 21 digs and 13 each by Feiger and sophomore Cara Spieler (Santa Barbara, CA).

Tufts finishes off the regular season next weekend with the final conference contests against Trinity and Amherst. The Jumbos are currently first in the league and will be looking to clinch the #1 seed in the upcoming NESCAC Tournament.

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