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Match Preview: Volleyball at Wellesley

September 26, 2017

Smith College Volleyball Game Notes
Games 14 Smith (7-6, 0-3) at Wellesley (7-3, 4-0)
Date / Time       Tuesday, Sept. 26 - 7:00 p.m.
Location Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse - Wellesley, Mass.
Series History Wellesley leads 54-24
Last Meeting: Smith 0 Wellesley 3 | October 18, 2016
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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

  • The Smith College volleyball team aims for their first NEWMAC win of the season tonight when the Pioneers travel to Wellesley for a 7:00 p.m. match.
 
  • Smith's last win against the Blue came during the 2005 season.
 
  • First year Caleigh Johnson (Georgetown, Tex./St. Dominic Savio Catholic) leads Smith with 105 kills while hitting .306. Defensively, Smith is led by Sakura Tamaki (New York, N.Y./Fiorello H. LaGuardia) who has totaled 169 digs this season and ranks sixth in the NEWMAC in digs per set (3.93).
 
  • The Pioneers were selected to finish 10th in the Preseason Coaches' Poll while the Blue were picked sixth.
 
  • Juniors Michelle Li and Samantha Hoang were named NEWMAC athletes of the week on Monday...The Blue have won five-straight games with four victories coming against conference opponenets.
NEWMAC STANDINGS
TEAM CONFERENCE OVERALL
BABSON 4-0 11-2
WELLESLEY 4-0 7-3
MIT 3-0 14-0
SPRINGFIELD 2-1 10-2
COAST GUARD 2-2 9-5
CLARK 2-2 7-6
WHEATON 1-2 9-6
EMERSON 1-3 5-7
WPI 1-3 4-8
SMITH 0-3 7-6
MOUNT HOLYOKE 0-4 4-5


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