Women's Volleyball Captures Springfield College Invitational
Trinity Box ScoreRhode Island College Box Score
Springfield, Mass. - September 6, 2008 – Fueled by the Invitational Most Valuable Player Aylene Ilkson (Baldwin, N.Y.), the Springfield College women's volleyball team won a pair of games on Saturday en route to the Springfield College Invitational Championship.
In its first game of the day, the Pride rallied past Trinity in five games, 23-25, 16-25, 25-22, 25-16, 15-9. The Pride then went on to sweep its third match of the weekend as it down Rhode Island College, 25-17, 25-14, 25-18.
Ilkson was outstanding against Trinity as she erupted for 17 kills and 20 digs to lead the way for Springfield. Heather Lively (Royalston, Mass.) chipped in with 12 kills, while Sarah Lang-Rodean (Mansfield, Conn.) added 10 kills. Jessica Baldwin (Fairport, N.Y.) also added four service aces.
In its final match of the Invitational, the Pride cruised past Rhode Island College behind Ilkson's 11 kills and Lively's eight.
Scores of Day 2 of Springfield College Invitational
Trinity 3, SUNY-Cobleskill 1 --26-28, 25-18, 25-10, 25-13
Springfield 3, Trinity 2 -- 23-25, 16-25, 25-22, 25-16, 15-9
Emerson 3, Rhode Island College 0 -- 25-18, 25-15, 29-17
Springfield 3, Rhode Island College 0 -- 25-17, 25-14, 25-18
Emerson 3, SUNY-Cobleskill 0 -- 25-15, 25-15, 15-16
All Tournament Team
Shorna Brown - SUNY-Cobleskill
Emily Borsting - Trinity
Jackie Gervais - Rhode Island College
Sara Rutan - Emerson
Lauren Zaniboni - Emerson
Heather Lively - Springfield
Aylene Ilkson - Springfield - Most Outstanding Player
Aylene Ilkson, Jess Baldwin, and Heather Lively
Team Links
- 2009 Schedule
- 2009 Roster
- 2009 Statistics
- 2009 JV Schedule
- Photo Gallery
- 2008 Recruiting Brochure (.pdf)
- Live Stats
- NEWMACsports.com
- Team Archives
Head Coach Joel Dearing
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.
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