The women's volleyball team continued its cold streak at the Hall of Fame Women's Invitational Tournament this weekend, losing all three of its games in the tournament at Smith College. The team, ranked No. 5 in the bracket, was plagued by an injury to captain and setter Abby Blasco '11 and placed last in the eight-team bracket.The team is now 13-14 on the year and 1-6 in University Athletic Asssociation play.

Middlebury College, the No. 1 team in the bracket, won the invitational, winning all three of its matches by a score of 3-0. Middlebury senior setter Lauren Barett was named the most valuable player of the gold bracket.

Though the Judges were disappointed with the results, they did not dwell on their play.

"Honestly, I think we played some really good teams, and it was a rough weekend, and we have to move on," said middle blocker/right side hitter Becca Fischer '13. "We just had a tough weekend, and all we can do is pull together as a team and play hard this [upcoming] weekend."

The Judges suffered their third loss of the weekend and second loss of the day Saturday against Wellesley 3-1. The Judges took the first set by a score of 25-19, but the Blue were able to bounce back from a first-set loss and win the next three sets by scores of 25-20, 25-18 and 25-15.

In the loss, middle blocker Nicole Smith '11, who was named to the All-Tournament team, led the Judges with 15 kills. On the defensive side, she had the team's only solo block, and she also had two block assists.

Outside hitter Si-Si Hensley '14 was second to Smith in kills with 10. Hensley had five digs as well.

In place of Abby Blasco, setter Yael Einhorn '14 had 25 of the team's 28 assists. Einhorn recorded 14 digs in the loss.

In the first match Saturday, the Judges fell to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3-1. After losing the first set 25-19, Brandeis dominated the second set, winning by a score of 25-11. However, the Judges could not feed off their momentum from the second set, losing the third and fourth sets by scores of 25-23 and 25-15.

The Judges had only three kills in the first set of the match but rebounded with totals of eight, 10 and five in the three other sets.

For the match, outside hitter Paige Blasco '11 led the team with 13 kills and was tied for third in digs with nine.

Smith added six kills in the loss, but she led the team with three solo blocks. In the match, Fischer and middle blocker/outside hitter Lauren Berens '13 added the other solo kills.

Einhorn, who had 22 of the team's 26 assists, also led the team with three service aces. Paige Blasco was the only other player on the team with a service ace.

The Judges' first match of the tournament was Friday against Tufts. Like the match against Wellesley, the Judges captured the first set by a score of 25-22. Despite that, the Jumbos took the three remaining sets in the match by scores of 25-23, 25-10 and 25-22.

The squad put up 17 kills in the first set, its most of the match. However, Brandeis could not close out the set and never recovered, dropping their last three sets in relatively close contests.

Paige Blasco led the team with 13 kills and 14 digs. She added a solo block and two block assists during the match. Smith contriubuted with six kills, one solo block and seven block assists.

Berens added 10 kills, a solo block and four block assists as well.

The Judges are next in action this weekend at home in the Judges Classic. The team will first play University of Massachusetts Boston Friday at 7 p.m. It will then face Tufts University Saturday at noon. and Clarkson College at 2 p.m.

"We have to take it one day at a time [and] play really hard at practice, and hopefully we'll win all our matches this weekend, and we can get back in the [swing] of things," Fischer said. "We're all looking forward to playing Tufts again this weekend and showing them what we have.