Women's Volleyball Notches Win #20 for 16th Straight Season at VB Hall of Fame Invitational
Springfield vs. Gordon Box Score
Springfield vs. Williams Box Score
Northampton, Mass. -- October 19, 2007 -- The Springfield College women's volleyball team split matches Friday night at Holyoke Community College in Day 1 of the Volleyball Hall of Fame Invitational Tournament. The Pride defeated Gordon, 3-0, in the first match of the evening. Game scores were 30-17, 30-27, 30-28. In the second match, it was Williams defeating Springfield, 3-1. Game scores were 30-32, 30-25, 30-26, 30-23.
The night's first match was significant in that it upped Springfield's overall record to 20-6 at the time. It marked the 16th straight season that Springfield College women's volleyball and Head Coach Joel Dearing had achieved 20 wins. In that match, junior outside hitter Aylene Ilkson (Baldwin, N.Y.) recorded 16 kills and 21 digs.
In the second match, the Pride began strong by winning game #1 over Williams, 32-30. But the Ephs strung together three winning games in a row to produce the overall victory. Ilkson had 25 kills and 28 digs for the Pride. With the loss, Springfield is now 20-7 entering Saturday's matches at Smith College. The Pride will play Amherst at 10 am, and will play either Bowdoin or Wellesley at 2 pm in what is referred to as the Gold Bracket games.
Please see below for all Friday results and Saturday's match-ups and venues.
Day One Scores:
Smith College Site
Tufts def. Smith 3-0 (30-22, 30-17, 30-18)
Wellesley def. Middlebury 3-0 (30-24, 30-27, 30-28)
Tufts def. Wellesley 3-0 (30-26, 30-26, 31-29)
Middlebury def. Smith 3-0 (30-21, 30-25, 33-31)
Amherst College Site
Amherst def. Wheaton 3-0 (30-20, 30-16, 30-25)
Brandeis def. Colby 3-0
Wheaton def. Colby 3-1
Brandeis def. Amherst 3-2 (30-24, 32-30, 28-30, 29-31, 15-10)
Mount Holyoke College Site
MIT def. Mt. Holyoke 3-0 (30-17, 30-16, 30-18)
Bowdoin def. Bridgewater St. 3-0 (30-20, 30-26, 30-13)
Bridgewater St. def. Mt. Holyoke 3-2 (27-30, 30-14, 30-24, 28-30, 15-9)
MIT def. Bowdoin 3-0 (30-18, 30-17, 30-18)
Holyoke Community College Site
Williams def. Westfield St. 3-0 (30-17, 30-13, 30-15)
Springfield def. Gordon 3-0 (30-17, 30-27, 30-28)
Gordon def. Westfield St. 3-0 (30-26, 30-28, 31-29)
Williams def. Springfield 3-1 (30-32, 30-25, 30-26, 30-23)
Pool Standings
Pool A @ Mount Holyoke College Site
1. MIT (2-0)
2. Bowdoin (1-1)
3. Bridgewater St. (1-1)
4. Mt. Holyoke (0-2)
1. Williams (2-0)
2. Springfield (1-1)
3. Gordon (1-1)
4. Westfield St. (0-2) Pool C @ Amherst College Site
1. Brandeis (2-0)
2. Amherst (1-1)
3. Wheaton (1-1)
4. Colby (0-2) Pool D @ Smith College Site
1. Tufts (2-0)
2. Wellesley (1-1)
3. Middlebury (1-1)
4. Smith (0-2)
Saturday's Schedule
Championship Bracket (@ Smith College)
MIT vs. Tufts @ 12:00 pm - Court 1
Williams vs. Brandies @ 12:00 pm - Court 2
Winners of the 12:00 matches @ 4:00 pm - Court 1 (Championship Game)
Losers of the 12:00 matches @ 4:00 pm - Court 2 (3rd Place game)
Bowdoin vs. Wellesley @ 10:00 am - Court 1
Springfield vs. Amherst @ 10:00 am - Court 2
Winners of 10:00 am matches @ 2:00 pm. - Court 1 (Gold Bracket Championship game)
Losers of the 10:00 am matches @ 2:00 pm - Court 2 (Gold bracket 3rd place game) Silver Bracket (@ Mt. Holyoke)
Bridgewater St. vs. Middlebury @ 12:00 pm
Gordon vs. Wheaton @ 12:00 pm
Winners of the 12:00 pm matches @ 4:00 pm. (Silver Bracket Championship game)
Losers of the 12:00 pm matches @ 4:00 pm (Silver Bracket 3rd place game) Bronze Bracket (@ Mt. Holyoke)
Mt. Holyoke vs. Smith @ 10:00 am
Westfield St. vs. Colby @ 10:00 am
Winners of the 10:00 am matches @ 2:00 pm (Bronze Bracket Championship game)
Losers of the 10:00 am matches @ 2:00 pm (Bronze Bracket 3rd place game)
Team Links
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- 2009 Statistics
- 2009 JV Schedule
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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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