Christi Kelsey's Williams women's volleyball team 13-7, 7-3 NESCAC has earned third seed in the NESCAC Championship to be played November 4-6 at top seeded Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. Kelsey's Ephs will enter tournament play riding a 4-match win streak.
Williams and the sixth seeded Middlebury Panthers (14-9, 5-5 NESCAC) will square off at 7:30 PM on Friday. In the regular season match between the Panthers and the Ephs played at Williams on September 16 the Ephs prevailed 3-1. All three Eph wins in match 1, 3 and 4 came by two points, while Middlebury captured the second match by a score of 25-19.
Junior MH/OPP Marit Hoyem led the Eph attack with 19 kills and 6 blocks, while classmate Celia Adams OH/OPP contributed 11 kills. The Panthers were led by Lexi Linafelter and Katie Kraczkowski who each recorded 11 kills.
HOW TO WATCH
A live webcast will be available at NESCAC.com on computers and mobile devices and the webcast can also be seen on Roku, AppleTV, and Amazon Fire devices. Search for the NESCAC Network. All of the matches will be streamed on line on the NSN Sports Championships site.
Live Stats Link vs. Middlebury
Tournament Notes:
Williams Ephs
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 23
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 14 (last: 2015)
NESCAC Titles Won: 11 (last: 2014)
Williams owns a 4-1 mark against Middlebury in the NESCAC Tournament, but suffered its first loss (3-0) to the Panthers in the championship series in the 2010 semifinals … The Ephs own the most NESCAC titles of any institution (11) and are looking to advance to the semifinals for the first time since 2015.
Middlebury Panthers
NESCAC Tournament Appearances (including this year): 23
NESCAC Finals Appearances: 6 (last: 2016)
NESCAC Titles Won: 5 (last: 2016)
Middlebury is the No. 6 seed for the first time since 2013. Middlebury has qualified for every NESCAC Championship and last reached the semifinals in 2019.
2022 NESCAC VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Friday, November 4 at No. 1 Wesleyan
Quarterfinals
Court 1: No. 8 Colby vs. No. 1 Wesleyan – 5 p.m.
Court 2: No. 7 Trinity vs. No. 2 Tufts – 5 p.m.
Court 1: No. 6 Middlebury vs. No. 3 Williams – 7:30 p.m.
Court 2: No. 5 Bowdoin vs. No. 4 Amherst – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 5 at No. 1 Wesleyan
Center Court: Winner of No. 1/No. 8 vs. Winner of No. 4/No. 5 – 1:30 p.m.
Center Court: Winner of No. 2/No. 7 vs. Winner of No. 3/No. 6 – 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 6 at No. 1 Wesleyan
Semifinals winners – 12:00 p.m.
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