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MIDDLEBURY, VT. — The Williams College
volleyball team added two conference victories to its 2007 total
Saturday at Pepin Gym on the campus of Middlebury College, sweeping
Bates 3-0 and defeating a tough-minded Bowdoin squad, 3-1.
The Ephs improved to 17-5 overall, 5-0 in conference play. They
play at archrival Amherst Tuesday at 7 p.m.
“Any time you have two matches in one day, contributions
are needed from every one and that's what we received
today,” Ephs head coach Fran Vandermeer said. “Melissa
(Pun) and Chelsea (Kubal) gave us outstanding defense on the left
side today, and they finished a lot of plays and gave us great
energy. Emily (Avis) did a nice job distributing the ball. I think
Bowdoin is a very good team, they played very good defense and got
to a lot of balls, but we were able to get to our share too.”
The Ephs opened the day with a 30-17 game one win over Bates,
then took game two by a 30-28 score. Avis made sure Williams won
the third game, serving 20 points in a row at one point to ensure
the Ephs closed out the sweep.
Kubal had seven kills, 14 digs and two aces in the victory,
while Pun contributed 13 kills and 13 digs. Avis compiled 26
assists along with eight digs and five aces. Senior captain Liz
Hirschhorn had 16 assists, nine digs and two kills, while Whitney
Hitchcock threw in seven kills and two aces. First-year Nicole
Ballon-Landa had five kills and three blocks, and Andrea Scioscia
made nine digs.
The Ephs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in their match against
Bowdoin, taking game one 30-21 and the second game 30-26. Bowdoin
bounced back to steal the third game, 30-24, but the Ephs closed
out a nice weekend with a 30-19 game four victory.
Pun and Kubal played strong again, with Pun registering 15 kills
and 21 digs and Kubal compiling 13 kills and 23 digs. Hitchcock had
five kills, five aces and five blocks, while Avis notched 44
assists and 14 digs. Ballon-Landa contributed 13 kills and four
blocks, while Scioscia was solid again with 13 digs.
