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Hamilton Volleyball Newsletter.
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Hamilton Volleyball Newsletter And we’re off…Our volleyball season officially kicked off last weekend with the Ithaca College Bombers Invitational. In our first match we went up against SUNY Oneonta (10-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-20, 13-15). Senior middle blocker Kristen Selden led the Hamilton hitters with 9 kills and 6 blocks. Sophomore setter Kelsey Lawler contributed 30 assists along with an ace and 3 blocks. Senior liberoAmber O’Connor had a great match racking up 27 digs. During ur second match of the tournament we faced the host team, Ithaca College (14-25, 26-24, 25-22, 8-25, 13-15). Sophomore outside hitter Jo Fier led Hamilton with 9 kills and 21 digs. Junior right side Cate Schafer led the team with 2 solo blocks and 5 assisted blocks. On Saturday, we started our day playing SUNY Brockport (27-29, 15-25, 18-25). Sophomore middle blocker JoriBelkin contributed 3 kills and 2 blocks along with freshman right side, Rachel Irizarry’s 3 digs and 2 aces. For our final match of the tournament we faced Baptist Bible College (25-19, 23-25, 25-22, 25-12). Sophomore outside Alex Singh had a great match posting 7 kills, 9 digs and 2 blocks. The team combined for 47 kills, 6 aces, 57 digs and 11 blocks for our first win of the season. On Tuesday we had our first NESCAC match against the Ephs of Williams College (14-25, 12-25, 15-25). Amber O’Connor and Rachel Irizarry both had strong defensive performances with 15 and 6 digs respectively. This weekend (9/12, 9/13) we will be traveling to Union College to face Sage College, Elms College, Union College, and Hartwick College. 2008 Schedule/Results DateOpponentTime/Result 9/5 v. SUNY Oneonta L 2-3 @ Ithaca Tourney v. Ithaca L 2-3 @ Ithaca Tourney 9/6 v. SUNY Brockport L 0-3 @ Ithaca Tourney v. Baptist Bible W 3-1 @ Ithaca Tourney 9/9 @ Williams* L 0-3 9/12 @ Union Tourney W 3-2; W 3-0 9/13 @ Union Tourney L 0-3; W 3-1 9/17 @ Utica College 7 p.m. 9/19 Wesleyan6 p.m. 9/20 Connecticut College11 a.m. Trinity4 p.m. 10/1 SUNY IT7 p.m. 10/3 @ Williams Tourney TBD 10/4 @ Williams Tourney TBD 10/7 @ Cazenovia College 6 p.m. 10/11 @ Keuka Tourney TBD 10/17 v. Tufts @ Amherst 8 p.m. 10/18 v. Amherst 12 p.m. @ Amherst v. Middlebury 3 p.m. @ Amherst 10/21 @ Morrisville 7 p.m. 10/25 v. SUNY IT 11 a.m. @ SUNY IT v. SUNY Cobleskill 1 p.m. @ SUNY IT 10/28 Hartwick7 p.m. 10/31 v. Bates 8 p.m. @ Colby 11/1 v. Colby 11 a.m. @ Colby v. Bowdoin 1:30 p.m. @ Colby
Meet The Freshman Rachel Irizarry Woodinville, WA Bellevue Christian School Rachel came on to the team as a utility player and has proven to be very valuable. She started the season playing in the back row and now will be taking on the role of an outside hitter. Christine Roback Utica, NY Whitesboro High School Christine came to the team as a setter. In an unfortunate turn of events, she injured her shoulder during the first week of practice. She has been working hard with rehab and we hope to get her back soon! Featured Player of the Month What are your favorite things about Hamilton? “How beautiful it is in the country of upstate New York, the amazing people, all of my close friends and the hundreds of other nice people I have met here on campus.” Why did you choose Hamilton? “I chose Hamilton because of two reasons. On my overnight every single person I met told me how amazing Hamilton is and that I NEED to come here. Also, I was impressed by how good of friends people in different grades are- that is important at a small school.” What is your favorite part of being on the volleyball team? “How everyone is willing to work hard and how well we all get along.” Favorite Foods- “Boca Burgers!! The school food I like- tofu stir fry, beets in the salad bar, hummus, frost your own cookie at snack time, and edamame at McKewen.” Favorite Movies- “Star Wars (only the original 3), Lord of the Rings, and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” Favorite TV Shows- “Weeds, Grey's Anatomy, and Kyle XY.” Favorite Volleyball Moments- “Every single minute with the team!! This group of girls is amazing and no matter if we're on the court, out at a party together, or just chilling doing homework, I am ALWAYS happy!” Jori Belkin 6'2 MB Saint Paul, MN