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Top-Seeded Tufts Edges Bowdoin in NESCAC Volleyball Semifinals

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MEDFORD, Mass. - The Tufts University volleyball team ended Bowdoin's bid for consecutive NESCAC Championships with a 3-1 win over the Polar Bears in the conference semifinals on Saturday afternoon.

The top-seeded Jumbos (24-2) advance to Sunday's NESCAC title match while the Polar Bears (15-10) likely see their season come to an end.

Match Highlights

  • In four highly-competitive sets that rarely saw either team pull away, Bowdoin took the first but eventually fell in by scores of 21-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-21.
  • Tied at 19 apiece in the first, Bowdoin rolled off a 6-2 run, capped by Michelle Albright kill, to take the first set 25-21.
  • Tufts opened up a large 20-13 lead in the second set before Bowdoin closed to 22-21 following a spirited 8-2 surge. But Tufts answered by winning the final three points of the set to even the match at one apiece.
  • The Jumbos took the early lead in set three, but Bowdoin was able to rally, cutting the lead to a single point on four occasions, including 24-23. But Tufts got a kill from Elizabeth Ahrens to take the final point of the set and lead 2-1 heading into the fourth.
  • With the teams tied at 11 midway through the fourth, Tufts used a 4-1 spurt to take a lead they would not relinquish. Bowdoin was able to cut the lead to two, 20-18, following a Sydney Salle block, but could get no closer as a Katie Kim kill clinched the victory for the hosts.

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Players Mentioned

Michelle Albright

#12 Michelle Albright

RS/OH
5' 11"
Freshman
'18
Katie Doherty

#11 Katie Doherty

DS/OH
5' 10"
Freshman
'17
Caroline Flaharty

#3 Caroline Flaharty

OH/RS
5' 10"
Freshman
'20
Quincy Leech

#1 Quincy Leech

S
5' 11"
Freshman
'17
Sydney Salle

#15 Sydney Salle

MB
6' 1"
Freshman
'19
Lisa Sheldon

#5 Lisa Sheldon

OH/DS
5' 8"
Freshman
'19
Erika Sklaver

#2 Erika Sklaver

MB
6' 1"
Freshman
'17

Players Mentioned

Michelle Albright

#12 Michelle Albright

5' 11"
Freshman
'18
RS/OH
Katie Doherty

#11 Katie Doherty

5' 10"
Freshman
'17
DS/OH
Caroline Flaharty

#3 Caroline Flaharty

5' 10"
Freshman
'20
OH/RS
Quincy Leech

#1 Quincy Leech

5' 11"
Freshman
'17
S
Sydney Salle

#15 Sydney Salle

6' 1"
Freshman
'19
MB
Lisa Sheldon

#5 Lisa Sheldon

5' 8"
Freshman
'19
OH/DS
Erika Sklaver

#2 Erika Sklaver

6' 1"
Freshman
'17
MB