Our first setback of the season came in a thriller at Wesleyan where we lost in the 5th set to a very good Wesleyan Team. The next day we bounced back by sweeping Conn College, who took a game from Amherst the night before. We dominated Conn in the middle especially as our kills leaders were Maggie (12), Corley (11) and Lucy (5). additionally, we aced them 9 times to their 3 aces where Jane, Lucy and Britt all had 2 aces each. Conn College Video Link
The following weekend, we dropped a pair of key NESCAC matches to Bowdoin and Tufts. We lead most of the first set against Bowdoin only to see them pull away at the end and take the first set by 4 points. We lost each set 21-25, and they were all competitive until the last set where we had to claw back to make it look respectable. The following day we played at Tufts, who we knew would be a different and more challenging match than Bowdoin, whom we match up with very well. Tufts runs a faster offense than anyone else in conference, and they just pose a different challenge all around, and we were motivated to rebound after our performance the night before. We started strong and Tufts made a ton of hitting errors and we took the first set 25-20 despite the fact that we missed 6 serves in the first set alone! They bounced back and won the next two sets, but then the 4th set was very competitive again, and we made a late surge and forced extra points, but in the end lost 24-26 in the 4th. Although disappointing, at least we felt we played with more energy and focus than the night before, and I think we learned a lot, as you tend to do more often with losses than with wins, unfortunately!
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