Women's Volleyball Topples Williams, 3-1; Captures Hall Of Fame Classic Title

Springfield 3, Wheaton 0 - Boxscore
Springfield 3, Colby 1 - Boxscore
Springfield 3, MIT 1 - Boxscore
Springfield 3, Williams 1 - Boxscore

NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Oct. 25, 2003 -- Springfield College upset Williams, 3-1, in the championship match of the 2003 Volleyball Hall of Fame Classic this afternoon at Smith College.

The Pride (28-2), which entered the tournament ranked second in New England, rallied from a one-game-to-none deficit to beat Williams, the top-ranked team in the regional poll. SC won the final three games of the match 30-26, 30-28 and 30-26, to extend its winning streak to 15 matches.

SC sophomore opposite Ashley Reves (Orchard Park, N.Y.) was the tournament's most valuable player. Reves totaled 19 kills against Williams. Sophomore setter Alesia Vaccari (Winsted, Conn.) earned all-tournament team accolades.

This was quite a day for the Pride, which avenged its only two losses of the '03 campaign. In the semifinals, SC dropped MIT, 3-1, for the second consecutive time thanks in part to junior Christine Jones (Wallingford, Conn.), who registered 20 kills.

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Joel Dearing will enter his 21st season as head women's volleyball coach at his alma mater in the fall of 2009. Dearing is regarded nationally as one of the sport’s best coaches and he has the resume to prove it. Dearing ranks in the top-10 in Division III history with a 670-298 (.692) overall mark in 28 seasons as a women’s volleyball coach. Read more.

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