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October 22, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joy Zazzera
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Wellesley College Wins The 2005 Volleyball Hall of Fame Invitational

Northampton, MA: Wellesley College pulled out two upsets against NEWMAC opponents this afternoon, first over Smith College 3-2, which advanced them to the championship game where they met and defeated Springfield College 3-2 to claim the 2005 Volleyball Hall of Fame Invitational Title. The Blue finished the two-day tournament undefeated in four games. Murielle Dawdy (Larkspur, CA) was named Tournament MVP and Rebecca Chan (Los Altos, CA) was named to the All Tournament Team.

2005 Volleyball Hall of Fame All Tournament Team
Melissa Machado, Bridgewater State
Marriah Vengroff, Wheaton College
Cait Cleaver, Colby College
Kaitlyn Adams, Colby College
Sara Heller, Amherst
Whitney Kouvaris, Amherst
Arlis Reynolds, MIT
Lauren Perry, Smith College
Kate Sorensen, Smith College
Alesia Viccari, Springfield College
Ashley Reeves, Springfield College
Rebecca Chan, Wellesley College

2005 Tournament MVP
Murielle Dawdy, Wellesley College

Day Two Results

@ Smith (Championship Bracket)
Bracket #1
Wellesley (30, 26, 23, 40, 16)
def. Smith (28, 30, 30, 38, 14)

Springfield (25, 30, 30, 30)
def. MIT (30, 27, 24, 26)

Smith (30, 30, 30)
def. MIT (25, 20, 18)

Wellesley (29, 32, 25, 30, 15)
def. Springfield College (31, 30, 30, 8)

Bracket #2
Colby (30, 30, 31)
def. Wheaton (21, 24, 29)    3-0

Amherst (30, 29, 30, 30)
def. Bridgewater State (27, 31, 21, 27)   3-1

Bridgewater State (30, 30, 30)
def. Wheaton (17, 26, 19)

Colby (19, 30, 25, 30, 15)
def. Amherst (30, 17, 30, 23, 12)

@ Mount Holyoke (Consolation Bracket)
Bracket #3
Williams (30, 30, 30)
def. Middlebury (28, 23, 25)    3-0

Endicott (26, 30, 30, 31)
def. Bowdoin (30, 28, 21, 29)    3-1

Williams (30, 30, 30, 30)
def. Endicott (18, 23, 32, 19) 3-1

Middlebury (28, 30, 30, 30)
def. Bowdoin (30, 19, 17, 22)

Bracket #4
Gordon (20, 30, 30, 30)
def. Bates (30, 28, 19,26) 3-1

Brandeis (30, 30, 30)
def. Mount Holyoke (23, 18, 16) 3-0

Gordon (30, 30, 22, 30)
def. Brandeis (28, 25, 30, 28) 3-1

Bates (30, 30, 17, 30)
def. Mount Holyoke (20, 18, 30, 20)

Final Standings
1.    Wellesley
2.    Springfield
3.    Smith College
4.    MIT
5.    Colby
6.    Amherst
7.    Bridgewater
8.    Wheaton
9.    Williams
10.    Endicott
11.    Middlebury
12.    Bowdoin
13.    Gordon
14.    Brandeis
15.    Bates
16.    Mount Holyoke

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