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Volleyball Finishes Third at Season-Opening MIT Invitational

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Bowdoin College women's volleyball team finished third at the season-opening MIT Invitational following a split of matches on day of the tournament on Saturday.

The Polar Bears opened the day with a 3-2 win over Roger Williams before falling to the host Engineers 3-0. Bowdoin stands at 3-1 overall this season. Quincy Leech was Bowdoin's representative on the All-Tournament team.

Roger Williams Highlights

  • Bowdoin rallied from a 2-1 deficit to take a 3-2 comeback win against the Hawks with set scores of 25-27, 25-18, 24-26, 25-18, 15-11
  • Caroline Flaharty led the way for the Polar Bears with 15 kills and eight digs
  • Khelsea Gordon had a dozen kills while Erika Sklaver finished with 10
  • Quincy Leech had 27 assists while Clare McInerney notched 16
  • Defensively Sklaver had four blocks while Katie Doherty gathered 22 digs
  • Complete statistics will be available on Monday

MIT Highlights

  • The Engineers took the first set handily and held off Bowdoin in the second en route to the 3-0 win in the nightcap, 25-12, 26-24, 25-11
  • Sklaver finished with seven kills while Leech and Gordon had six each
  • Leech also had 16 assists while Doherty led the squad with 11 digs

Up Next

  • Bowdoin will return to action on Tuesday evening at Colby at 7:00 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Katie Doherty

#11 Katie Doherty

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

#3 Caroline Flaharty

OH/RS
5' 10"
Freshman
'20
Khelsea Gordon

#6 Khelsea Gordon

MB/RS
6' 2"
Freshman
'19
Quincy Leech

#1 Quincy Leech

S
5' 11"
Freshman
'17
Clare McInerney

#4 Clare McInerney

S
5' 10"
Freshman
'18
Erika Sklaver

#2 Erika Sklaver

MB
6' 1"
Freshman
'17

Players Mentioned

Katie Doherty

#11 Katie Doherty

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

#3 Caroline Flaharty

5' 10"
Freshman
'20
OH/RS
Khelsea Gordon

#6 Khelsea Gordon

6' 2"
Freshman
'19
MB/RS
Quincy Leech

#1 Quincy Leech

5' 11"
Freshman
'17
S
Clare McInerney

#4 Clare McInerney

5' 10"
Freshman
'18
S
Erika Sklaver

#2 Erika Sklaver

6' 1"
Freshman
'17
MB