The Tripod

The Trinity College Volleyball team capped a successful season this past weekend with their third consecutive and fifth overall trip to the NESCAC Tournament.

Unfortunately, a disappointing loss to the Tufts University Jumbos in the Quarterfinals in Medford, Mass. ended the Bantams' season at 19-10 overall and 5-6 in the league.

Although Trinity tied with the Middlebury College Panthers for sixth in the league, their exciting 3-2 victory over the Panthers in the regular season finale on Oct. 27 guaranteed them the sixth seed in the Tournament. Tufts, seeded third, came in with an 18-12 overall record (7-3 NESCAC).

It took the Jumbos the minimum three games to eliminate the Bantams from contention, winning by scores of 30-26, 30-25, and 30-23.

Senior co-captain libero Katie Lenz, who owns the NESCAC record with 596 digs for an average of 6.08 per game, tied Tufts' Natalie Goldstein with 23 for the leading mark on the day. Lenz recently broke the Trinity all-time record for career digs, finishing her time at Trinity with 1,775.

Another standout for the team was sophomore outside hitter Molly Ullman, whose 0.57 service aces per game are good for seventh in the NESCAC and who contributed two on the day along with seven kills. She led the 2007 Bantams with 56 aces on the season.

Senior setter Emily Moore also notched 15 assists to complete a season in which she amassed 911, for more than 85 percent of the team's total.

The 2007 season is over for Trinity, but despite the graduation of seniors Lenz, Moore, and co-captain outside hitter Lindsay Eichler, the Bantams look to contend again in 2008 with their strong core of youth.

Ullman, classmate Lindsay Beggan, junior Sara Fiorillo, and freshman Amanda Poole will return as outside hitters. Joining them as setters will be sophomore junior Emily Boorsting and sophomore Rachel Low. Junior Nicole Cahill will be back as a middle hitter, and classmate Lisa Esposito, freshmen Vivian Baker, and Kristen Anderson will round out the squad on the right side as the Bantams try to make it four straight trips to the playoffs.

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