November 3, 2006          

2006 Northeast-10 Conference Volleyball Tournament

SMITHFIELD, RI -  The top seeds of the 2006 Northeast-10 Conference Volleyball Tournament held true with a pair of 3-0 wins during the quarterfinal round Friday evening at the Chace Athletic Center on the campus of Bryant University.    Top-seed Saint Rose rolled to a 30-19, 30-16, 30-27 win over eighth-seed Merrimack in the opener with No. 2 seed Bentley cruising past No. 7 Pace, 30-21, 30-23, 30-18. 

In the evening's quarterfinals, Bryant's Jessica Cegarra had 17 kills and six blocks to lead the Bulldogs to a 3-1 win over Franklin Pierce.  Morgan Wood hit .385 for the Bulldogs with 12 kills and added four blocks on the evening. Sophomore Delia Glover added 23 defensive digs.  Nicole Bucholz and Megan Fedlmeth had 14 and 13 kills respectively. 

In the only upset of the quarterfinal round, No. 5 seed Le Moyne knocked off No. 4 seed UMass Lowell, 3-1.  The Dolphins will now advance to the semifinals where they will face off with top-seed Saint Rose on Saturday at 2 pm.  Bentley will meet Bryant in the other semifinal match, also at 2 p.m. with the championship scheduled for Saturday at 7 p.m.

2006 Northeast-10 Conference Volleyball Tournament
@ Chace Athletic Center, Smithfield, RI

Friday, Nov. 3

Quarterfinals
#1 Saint Rose def. #8 Merrimack, 3-0 (30-19, 30-16, 30-27)
#2 Bentley def. #7 Pace, 3-0 (30-21, 30-23, 30-18)
#3 Bryant def. #6 Franklin Pierce, 3-1 (30-22, 30-25, 27-30, 30-21)
#5 Le Moyne def. #4 UMass Lowell, 3-1 (30-18, 28-30, 30-20, 32-30)

Saturday, Nov. 4

Semifinals
#1 Saint Rose vs. #5 Le Moyne, 2 pm
#2 Bentley vs. #3 Bryant, 2 pm

Championship (live stream on NE10.tv)
Semifinal winners, 7 pm

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