MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Junior
Keely Campuzano and senior
Annaliese Fricke of the third-seeded Williams College women's volleyball team combined for 25 kills Friday evening during a 3-2 setback to second-seeded and No. 6-ranked Colby during the NESCAC Semifinals at Wesleyan University.
Sophomore
Kate Lane and first-year
Eve Kaplan combined for 31 digs, while junior
Morgan Daetz and sophomore
Lilly Carstens teamed up with 36 assists for the Ephs (19-7, 7-3 NESCAC). Brady Moseley led the way for the Mules (23-2, 9-1 NESCAC) with a match-leading 20 kills.
The first set was tied at 21-21, but the Ephs closed out the game with four straight points and clinched it on a service ace by senior
Kami Israelski. Colby responded and scored the final three points of the second, winning the set by a score of 27-25.
The Mules scored the first point of the third set, but the Ephs never trailed again after that. Fricke delivered a game-clinching kill in the 25-17 victory. Colby answered and won the fourth set, 25-11, and then Moseley posted the match-clinching kill during a 15-6 fifth-set win.
The Mules compete against fourth-seeded and No. 20-ranked Tufts during the NESCAC Championship match Saturday at 3 p.m. in Middletown, Connecticut. The Ephs will find out if they earn an at-large bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament on Monday, Nov. 17, at 1 p.m.
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