Women's Volleyball Drops 3-0 Decision to MIT
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- September 25, 2007 -- Heidi Yohe (Deer Park, Wash.) recorded 10 kills and 10 digs for the Springfield College women’s volleyball team but it was not enough as MIT topped the Pride in three games at Blake Arena on Tuesday evening. MIT won by the scores of 30-28, 20-25, 30-22.
With the loss, the Pride fall to 10-5, 2-2 in New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference action, while the Engineers improve to 15-1, 4-0 in league play.
Behind the serving of Jessica Baldwin (Fairport, N.Y.), the Pride raced out to a 7-0 lead in the first game as Bethany Stosz (Amherst, Mass.) opened up the match with three consecutive kills. The Pride’s lead ballooned to as large as nine at 18-9 after a Lindsay Marone (Hamden, Conn.) kill gave the home squad a nine-point advantage. However, MIT would slowly climb back into the game and would tie the match at 25 after a Yohe error. The Engineers capped off its16-9 run with a kill by Katrina Ellison to win the opening match 30-28.
The second contest was back and forth from the first serve and was tied at eight after an Aidan Tousey (Irvington, N.Y.) ace. Using solid defense, the Engineers opened up a five-point advantage at 21-16 after a kill from Jenny Li. Kills from Katie Rowe and Li closed out the second game for MIT as it won 30-25.
In the third, the Pride fell behind early and could not muster any momentum against the Engineers. The Pride trailed by as much as 10 in the game but managed to cut the deficit to just five at 27-22 after an MIT error. However, hitting errors down the stretch proved costly as MIT swept the match with a 30-22 third game victory.
The Pride, who hit just .008 for the match, was led by Yohe’s 10 kills and 10 digs. Stosz added eight kills and three blocks while Aylene Ilkson (Baldwin, N.Y.) chipped in with seven kills and 11 digs.
Li had a game-high 12 kills and Amanda Morris dished out 30 assists in the match.
Springfield returns to action when it heads north for the Bates Invitational this upcoming weekend.
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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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