Boston College Athletics
Women's Volleyball Dominates Tournament
June 21, 1999 | Volleyball
September 13, 1998
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -The Boston College volleyball team went a perfect 3-0 this past weekend at the New England Invitational Tournament that was held at Harvard University and Boston College. BC was led by outside-hitter Julia-El Hag El-Hag had an impressive 49 kills in 90 attempts for a kill percentage of.544. BC swept both Holy Cross and Central Connecticut State in three games to earn the victory. The Eagles had an unheard of team kill percentage of .517 for the Holy Cross match.
"I was happy with the performance we showed this weekend. We came out and played in a dominating fashion, showing great effort and were relentless on defense," says first year head coach Jackie Hadel. Defense is what I want Boston College volleyball to be known for," Hadel adds.
BC is now 4-3 and has a great chance to eclipse last years victory total of seven matches. The Eagles travel to West Point next weekin hopes of continuing their winning ways as they will participate in the Army Tournament. Hadel's team will return to the Heights on September 27 to play Manhattan College at 11 am.
After this weekend's past tournanment an All-Tournament team was named by the coaches:
Kristin Sprinke Boston College MB Linda Jellison Harvard RS Kyleen Charleton Boston College S Claire Oswalt Boston College OH Katherine Hart Harvard MB Jess Murphy Cenn. Conn. OH
Kristen Sprinkel received more votes than any other player selected to the All-Tournament team. Sprinkel's tremendous defense forced the Eagles opponents to hit the ball away from her, which set up El-Hag for the kill. Also receiving votes for the Eagles was senior Courtney Grubb.
Saturday, September 13 results:Cen. Connecticut 15 15 15 Holy Cross 6 9 10
Holy Cross 6 6 6 Harvard 15 15 15
Boston College 15 6 15 15 Harvard 2 15 8 10
Sunday September13 results:
Cen. Conn 2 6 9 Boston College 15 15 15
Cen. Connecticut 3 6 9 Harvard 15 15 15
Holy Cross 3 8 1 Boston College 15 15 15
