After dropping the first two sets to No. 7 Colby-Sawyer College in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Volleyball quarterfinals last Wednesday, the volleyball team roared back to take the next two sets.
After upsetting Carnegie Mellon University by a score of 3-1, the volleyball team faced off against Case Western Reserve University and coach Karen Chambers Farell '93 for fifth place in the University Athletic Association Championship in Chicago last Saturday.
After going 0-4 in University Athletic Association play in the New York University round-robin tournament two weekends ago, the women's volleyball team went 1-2 in the Hall of Fame Invitational at Smith College, finishing sixth out of eight teams.
Another wet weekend in the Northeast prevented the golf team from redeeming itself after a rough first round at the New York University/Manhattanville Golf Classic in Mamaroneck, N.Y.
In four games against University Athletic Association opponents New York University, Emory University, University of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University, the volleyball team captured only one set, finishing 0-4 in the NYU round-robin tournament last weekend.
Blasco to Blasco. Abby '11 to Paige '11. That was the combination that led the Judges last Saturday as they swept Keene State College and the United States Coast Guard Academy to improve their record to 13-7 (1-2 in University Athletic Association play).Brandeis defeated Keene State in the later game last Saturday by a score of 25-17, 25-21, 25-19, giving them their third consecutive win.The sisters, captain/setter Abby Blasco and outside hitter Paige Blasco, fueled the team to victory against the Owls.
After losing its first two games to University Athletic Association opponents, No. 5 Washington University in St.
With the volleyball team ahead by a score of 26-25 in the third set of a 1-1 match against Endicott College last Thursday, Endicott rookie Ashley Norley went for a kill in an attempt to even up the score, but outside hitter/middle blocker Bridget McCalister '10 and middle blocker Nicole Smith '11 leaped and blocked Norley's shot, giving Brandeis a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five match-up.From there, the Judges never looked back as they defeated the Gulls at Endicott in four sets, 25-17, 22-25, 27-25, 25-17, to improve their record to 8-3 on the season.Smith acknowledged the impact her third-set block had on the team the rest of the way."Any chance to get a point, whether it's a kill, block or ace, gives great emotion to the team," Smith said.
The women's volleyball team was able to rebound after starting out 1-2 at the Brandeis Invitational last weekend by defeating Babson College last Saturday in the team's final meet.
While the volleyball team did not finish as well as it had hoped at the nine-team Brandeis Invitational last weekend, ending with a 2-2 record, the Judges still got a top performance from middle blocker Nicole Smith '11.
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