HADLEY, Mass. - Top-seeded Colby held serve in the quarterfinals and will host the remaining rounds of the NESCAC Volleyball Championship for the second time in three years.
 
The semifinals are Friday, November 13 at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The championship match is Saturday, November 14 at 3:00 p.m., at the Margaret M. Crook Center at the Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center
 
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No. 6 Bowdoin (16-9) at No. 1 Colby (20-3)

• Colby, the 2024 and 2025 runner-up, is seeking its second NESCAC title in team history and first since 2005, when it won as host.
• The Mules, who are 10-1 in their last 11 matches, swept No. 8 Hamilton, 3-0, in the quarterfinals. Brady Moseley had 10 kills, and Cyanne Jones and Evelyn Kunde each hit .571.
• Moseley leads Colby with 202 kills (2.69 avg) and 268 digs (3.57 avg). Kendall Glover has a team-high 58 blocks and Gabby Grujic (368) and Sydney DeProfio (353) are the team leaders in assists.
• Bowdoin became the fifth No. 6 seed to reach the semifinals when it rallied past No. 3 Tufts, 3-2, in the quarterfinals. The Polar Bears won the last two sets, 25-23 and 15-13. Alison Smith posted 20 kills, and Zoe Ryu recorded 15 kills and four aces against the Jumbos.
• Smith (251/2.89 avg) and Ryu (244/2.65 avg) lead the Polar Bears in kills, while Camerson Shelly has handed out 505 assists (5.42 avg). On defense, Anna Yeh is averaging 3.94 digs (390 total) and Hannah Woolley has a team-best 79 blocks.
• The Polar Bears, 6-1 in their last seven matches, have won four titles (last: 2021) in their six championship match appearances.
• Colby defeated Bowdoin, 3-1, in Brunswick, Maine on September 25. The Polar Bears are 2-0 versus the Mules in the NESCAC Tournament, winning quarterfinal matches in 2011 and 2023.

No. 4 Middlebury (17-8) vs. No. 2 Wesleyan (20-2)

• Wesleyan, the 2023 champion, is in the semifinals for the ninth straight season. The Cardinals swept No. 7 Conn. College, 3-0, and have won eight straight matches entering the weekend.
• Wesleyan used a balanced attack with six Cardinals recording at least five kills and three Cardinals totaling at least 10 digs in the quarterfinal victory.
• Fiona LaCamera leads the NESCAC in hitting percentage (.431) and blocks (93). Elliana Moreno paces the Cardinals on defense with 3.68 digs per set (265 total).
• The Cardinals won NESCAC Championships in 2017 and 2023.
• Middlebury, a six-time champion, swept No. 5 Williams, 3-0, to advance to its 12th semifinal. The Panthers earned the win behind 16 kills from Molly Harrison and 40 assists from Chloe Cunniffe.
• Harrison has a NESCAC-best 313 kills (3.56 avg.) and Cunniffe averages 6.56 assists (584 total) this season to pace the conference leaders. Teammate Annabell Rando leads the league with 406 digs (4.51 avg.).
• Middlebury’s last conference crown was in 2024 when the second-seeded Panthers upset top-seeded Colby on the Mules’ home court.
• On September 19 in Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan recorded a 3-0 win over Middlebury. The Middlebury/Wesleyan semifinal is a rematch of the 2024 semifinal at Colby, where the Panthers posted a 3-0 victory to even the NESCAC postseason series at 1-1. Wesleyan won the other tournament meeting, 3-2, in the 2001 quarterfinals.