ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Saturday, September 29, 2007

Elizabethtown Finishes Third at Tufts Invitational

Box score vs. Bridgewater (Mass.)
Box score vs. MIT

MEDFORD, Mass. --- The Elizabethtown College volleyball team finished third out of six teams at the Tufts Volleyball Invitational after splitting a pair of matches on Saturday.

The Blue Jays (15-4 overall) defeated Bridgewater (Mass.) State 3-0 (30-19, 30-19, 30-24) in their opening match on Saturday, before falling to tournament champion MIT by a 3-0 score (30-23, 30-21, 30-25) in their final match of the weekend.

In the win over Bridgewater State, the Blue Jays were led by 11 kills and five aces from senior Kelly Downs (Airville, PA/Red Lion), while senior Stacey Wasserman (Upperco, MD/Owings Mills) dished out 29 assists.

Sophomore Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) led the Blue Jays with 14 digs while senior Kayla Kassis (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) added 13 digs.

Against MIT, Elizabethtown received 10 kills from Downs and nine from senior Ashley Whitmarsh (New Castle, DE/Padua Academy), while Wasserman dished out 27 assists and Kassis came up with 18 digs.

Elizabethtown 3, Bridgewater (Mass.) State 0
(30-19, 30-19, 30-24)
Elizabethtown leaders:
Kills: Kelly Downs, 11
Assists: Stacey Wasserman, 29
Digs: Paige Tanner, 14
Aces: Kelly Downs, 5
Blocks: Kelly Downs, 2

MIT 3, Elizabethtown 0
(30-23, 30-21, 30-25)
Elizabethtown leaders:
Kills: Kelly Downs, 10
Assists: Stacey Wasserman, 28
Digs: Kayla Kassis, 18
Aces: Paige Tanner, 2
Blocks: Stacey Wasserman, 4