October 8, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carole Grills
(413) 585-2703

        Smith Volleyball to Play for Seven Sisters Title

Swarthmore, PA:    Smith College won both its games today defeating Haverford and Vassar to advance to the championship game of the 2005 Seven Sisters Championship tomorrow at noon.  Wellesley College will be the Pioneers’ opponent as they defeated both Elms and Swarthmore en route to the title game.
     In the first game today for the Pioneers, Smith defeated Haverford 3-0 (30-24, 30-26, 30-21).  Senior Kate Sorensen (Kelso, WA) had a team-high 19 kills and 21 digs with teammate Catherine Shafer (Red Bluff, CA) adding 13 kills and 21 digs.  Senior libero Megumi Sasaki (Singapore) contributed with 21 digs while senior setter Lauren Perry (Metairie, LA) handed out 36 assists.
            The match against Vassar went 5 games (27-30,30-23,24-30,30-22,15-13) with Smith winning pulling out the final game by two points. Shafer and Sorensen led the team in kills with 25 and 21 respectively with Sorensen adding 18 digs and two service aces.  Sasaki tallied 16 digs while Perry had 54 assists.
            With these two wins, the Pioneers improve their overall record to 13-3.

                                                 1          2          3
Smith (12-3)                               30        30        30
Haverford (12-6)                          24        26        21

                                       1          2          3          4          5
Smith (13-3)                     27        30        24        30        15
Vassar (13-8)                   30        23        30        22        13