HOBOKEN, NJ – The Williams College
volleyball team (4-3) finished the Stevens Tech Invitational with
an overall record of 1-2. On the second day of play, the Ephs
dropped their first match to tournament host Stevens Tech (26-24,
22-25, 25-22, 21-25, 13-15) and defeated SUNY-Cortland 3-0 (25-21,
25-15, 25-17).
In their first match of the day the Ephs faced off against the
Stevens Tech Ducks, a solid team all around. Williams took a hard
earned first set 26-24, but slipped just short of victory in game
two. Despite another win in game three (25-22), the Ducks were able
to outlast the Ephs in the fourth and fifth sets.
“The Stevens match was a hard fought match by both teams
from start to finish. We came up just short at the end. We have to
focus on finishing matches when we have the opportunity, but
Stevens was a very solid team,” said head coach Christi
Kelsey.
Rounding out the numbers for Ephs were junior Nicole Ballon-Landa
(who earned a team high 15 kills), seniors Melissa Pun (13 kills,
20 digs) and Chelsea Kubal (11 kills, 21 digs), and junior Emily
Avis (40 assists, 14 digs).
In their next match, The Ephs dominated SUNY-Cortland from start
to finish. Coach Kelsey said that “as far as SUNY-Cortland,
we came out from the first point and took control of the match. I
was really proud of how this win was a total team effort across the
board on offense and defense. Our team really stepped
up.”
Ballon-Landa and junior Eleanor Levine posted 9 kills each, and
Kubal (11 kills, 18 digs), senior Whitney Hitchcock (8 kills),
senior Andrea Scioscia (11 digs), and freshman Mika Nakashige (11
digs), gave impressive performances.
Junior setter Emily Avis earned All-Tournament Team honors.
The Ephs next play at Hamilton at 7pm on September 22.
