NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--The return to the postseason for the Smith College volleyball team (21-7) is also a return to Cambridge for the second time this season when the No. 5 seeded Pioneers take on No. 4 seed MIT (21-10) in a NEWMAC quarterfinal on Tuesday night. Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for seniors, and $1 for students, and children under the age of 12 are admitted free of charge.
Regular Season Result: MIT notched a 3-0 (9-25, 12-25, 19-25) win over Smith on September 28, 2013.
The Series: MIT leads, 49-16. There have been 10 meetings between these two schools in the postseason, most recently in 2005, when No. 4 seed Smith upset top-seeded MIT to advance to the NEWMAC tournament final. Smith went on to beat Coast Guard for the NEWMAC championship and reach the NCAA tournament.
Fast Facts: MIT ended the regular season with wins over Emerson and Coast Guard...the Engineers had lost three of four before that, including a 1-2 showing at the Volleyball Hall of Fame tournament...MIT is 11-4 at home...the Engineers are the defending tournament champions...MIT lost to UMass-Boston in the opening round of the NCAA tournament a year ago...Smith is a on a roll, winning five in a row and 11 of 13...The Pioneers ended the year with a 3-2 win over Wheaton to claim the No. 5 seed...Smith is looking for their first postseason win since that run through the 2005 tournament...
Rosa Drummond (Rye, N.H./Portsmouth) needs 19 kills to reach 400...she would be only the second player in school history to have 400 kills in a season...
Next Up: The winner will advance to the NEWMAC semis, with a matchup against top-seeded Springfield on deck on Saturday.
