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Box Score 2 NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - The Smith College volleyball team concluded play at the 2014 Hall of Fame Tournament, co-hosted by Smith and Amherst College, with a pair of losses Saturday afternoon.
The Pioneers fell to Bridgewater State, 3-0, before dropping to Westfield State by the same score.
For a young team like Smith, there were some definite positives in defeat.
Sophomore
Lauren Shaffer (Downey, Calif./Whittier Christian) continues to impress playing all the way around, racking up 23 kills (2.56 kills per set) and 14 digs (1.56 per set) in her three matches this weekend. Shaffer's efforts were good enough to earn All-Tournament recognition as she was one of 16 honored.
In the first match of the day against Bridgewater State, Shaffer led the Smith attack with a team-high six kills. First years
Dayra Diaz Marquez (Bayamon, Puerto Rico/New Mission) and
Xela Miller (Granada Hills, Calif./James Monroe) finished with 13 and 9 digs, respectively. Fellow classmate
Jenna Rubin (Norfolk, Conn./Suffield Academy) tallied four kills, six digs and two solo blocks, while sophomore
Julie Voorhes (Ramona, Calif./Ramona) notched six assists and six digs.
The Smith offense was led in the loss to Westfield State by Shaffer with seven kills and seven digs. Voorhes totaled 15 digs, while first year
Sakura Tamaki (New York, N.Y./Fiorello H. LaGuardia) finished with eight.
All-Tournament Team
Marialexa Natsis, Amherst
Christy Jewett, Bowdoin
Maddie Engler, Brandeis
Hannah Maymon, Bridgewater State
Emma Conadier, Hamilton
Becca Raffel, Middlebury
Megan Gebhard, MIT
Lauren Shaffer (Downey, Calif./Whittier Christian), Smith
Marnae Mawdsley, Springfield
Kate Giddens, Trinity
Izzy Kuhel, Tufts
Sydney Carfagno, Wellesley
Rachel Savage, Wesleyan
Kendyl Haney, Westfield State
Stephanie Martin, Wheaton
Raea Rasmussen, Williams
Smith is back in action on Tuesday, October 28, when they travel to South Hadley, Mass. to take on Mount Holyoke College at 7 p.m.