Sharks Drop Two on Opening Day of MIT Invitational

BOSTON, Mass. ? Simmons Volleyball returns just five players from its 2012 roster including the veteran senior trio of Nafeesa Connolly (Natick, Mass.), Rossi Fish (North Attleboro, Mass.) and Megan Chamberlin (Milford, Mass.).

BOSTON, Mass. -- Simmons Volleyball fell to Wellesley College, 3-0 and Connecticut College, 3-0 on the opening day of the MIT Invitational held at Simmons College Friday evening. 

NEWTON, Mass. -- Simmons Volleyball swept Mount Ida College and Norwich University in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference tri match Saturday held at Mount Ida College. The Sharks defeated the Mustangs, 3-0 (25-14, 25-8, 25-21) in the first match and kept their offense drive in game two, defeating the Cadets, 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-21).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ? MIT defeated Simmons College, 25-20, 25-11, 16-25, 25-14, but fell to Bowdoin College, 20-25, 25-23, 25-13, 26-28, 15-13, in a non-conference women?s volleyball tri-match on Saturday. In the neutral site pairing, Bowdoin came from behind in the third set to sweep Simmons, 25-11, 25-14, 25-18.

BOSTON, Mass. -- Simmons Volleyball fell to Wellesley College, 3-0 and Connecticut College, 3-0 on the opening day of the MIT Invitational held at Simmons College Friday evening. The Sharks fall to 0-10 with the loss. 

Scores from around the tournament:


Matches at MIT 

Endicott College def. MIT, 3-0 (28-26, 25-19, 25-19)

Bates College def. Endicott College, 3-2 (25-19, 25-17, 17-25, 16-25, 15-12)

MIT def. Bates College, 3-0 (25-16, 25-10, 25-13)

 

Matches at Brandeis University

Brandeis University def. Colby College, 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21)

Roger Williams University def. Bowdoin College, 3-1 (25-15, 27-29,25-22, 25-19)

Bowdoin College def. Brandeis University, 3-0 (26-24, 25-17, 25-18)

Roger Williams University def. Colby College, 3-0 (25-18, 25-11, 25-22)

 

Matches at Simmons College

Wellesley College def. Simmons College, 3-0 (25-10, 25-21, 25-21)

Wellesley College def. Connecticut College, 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-14)

Connecticut College def. Simmons College, 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-14)

 

Matches at Tufts University

Tufts University def. Regis College, 3-0 (25-7, 25-4, 25-17)

Springfield College def. Regis College, 3-0 (25-7, 25-14, 25-9)

Springfield College def. Tufts University, 3-1 (21-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-20)

 

The Sharks face NESCAC foe Colby College at 2:00 PM and Bates College at 4:00 PM tomorrow afternoon at MIT. 

Click here for Saturday's tournament schedule.