The women’s volleyball team fell to fourth place at the Brandeis Judges Classic this weekend in Massachusetts.
The tournament ends the team’s regular season schedule, as they will now turn their attention to the upcoming CUNYAC Tournament.
The third-seeded women’s volleyball team will next play sixth-seeded John Jay College of Criminal Justice on Tuesday, November 4, in a CUNYAC quarterfinal match scheduled for 6:00 pm in the main gym.
The four winners of Tuesday’s conference quarterfinal matches will advance to the championship rounds (semifinal & final) scheduled for Friday night at Hunter College.
The major highlight for the visiting Bearcats this weekend involved senior Lizmarie Vasquez recording her 1,000th career dig at the tournament. Vasquez has been one of the team’s top players throughout her productive four-year career.
In other individual highlights, Nicole Baruffaldi recorded eight kills and digs each against the host Brandeis University in the opening match on Halloween Night. She followed up that performance with 11 kills on Saturday against Moravian College from Pennsylvania.
Staren Soanes had a solid match against Moravian with eight kills, while Posey Wilson totaled 32 digs in Saturday’s two matches against Moravian and SUNY-Geneseo.
Melissa Pena also had a solid defensive effort against SUNY-Geneseo with nine digs.
Kristin Walker, who was named to the All-Tournament Team, had a big weekend with 17 assists against Brandeis, 18 assists against Moravian, and 18 assists and 10 digs against SUNY-Geneseo.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Friday, October 31
Brandeis def. Baruch, 3-0 (25-5, 25-19, 25-17)
SUNY-Geneseo def. Moravian, 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-21)
Saturday, November 1
Brandeis def. Moravian, 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-13)
SUNY-Geneseo def. Baruch, 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-16)
Brandeis def. SUNY-Geneseo, 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-19)
Moravian def. Baruch, 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-23)
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Lorraine Wingenbach, Brandeis (Sr. - OH - Buffalo, N.Y.) ** MVP**
Nicole Smith, Brandeis (So. - MB - Marietta, Ga.)
Krista Frieling, SUNY-Geneseo (So. - RS - East Amherst, N.Y.)
Jess McKenna, SUNY-Geneseo (Jr. - DS - Islip Terrace, N.Y.)
Stephanie Struble, Moravian (Sr. - OH - Hampton, N.J.)
Kristin Walker, Baruch (So. - S - Fayetteville, Ark.)
