Top-seeded Colby held serve and will host the remaining rounds of the NESCAC Volleyball Championship for the second time in three years. The No. 1 seed has advanced in every NESCAC Championship since 2000.

The NESCAC Semifinals are set for Friday, November 13, and the championship match is scheduled for Saturday, November 14 at the Margaret M. Crook Center.
 
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No. 1 Colby def. No. 8 Hamilton, 3-0 | Box Score
Colby swept Hamilton in a NESCAC Quarterfinal. Colby (21-3) hit .326 in the opening set to set the tone for the match. The second set was the closest, featuring nine ties, but Colby went up 2-0 with a 25-20 win and closed the match with another 25-15 victory in the third set. Brady Moseley led the Mules with 10 kills, an ace and a solo block. Cyanne Jones and Evelyn Kunde each hit .571 with nine kills, and Jones added six blocks. Anaya Francois had eight kills and 18 digs, and Gabby Grujic had 21 assists and 10 digs. Ayzlinn Trefren paced Hamilton (10-11) with seven kills and 13 digs, and Caitlin Allen added five kills. Mia Jessen collected 15 digs, and Lucy Proud had 14 assists.

No. 2 Wesleyan def. No. 7 Connecticut College, 3-0 | Box Score
At Silloway Gymnasium, Wesleyan handed Connecticut College a 3-0 loss. The Cardinals (21-2) hit .260 with 33 kills and 13 errors, while the Camels hit .171 with 27 kills and 14 errors. Wesleyan took a tight first set that featured seven ties and seven lead changes, then controlled the final two set with a pair of 25-19 victories. Fiona LaCamera hit .600 with seven kills and Mila Chan had eight points on six kills and two aces, and added eight digs.Lucy Konisky and Alexa Schnell combined for 24 assists, and Wesleyan finished with eight aces. Rae Wartelle led Connecticut College (11-12) with seven kills and nine points while Vibha Sheth hit .333 with six kills, and Tilde Keatley added five kills. Taylor Merrifield had 12 digs, and Lexi Rosenblatt and Aubrie Letourneau each had 11 assists.

No. 6 Bowdoin def. No. 3 Tufts, 3-2 | Box Score
In Medford, Mass., Bowdoin became the fifth No. 6 seed to reach the semifinals in NESCAC Volleyball history with an upset win over Tufts 14-25, 25-23, 16-25, 25-23, 15-13 in a NESCAC Quarterfinal at Cousens Gym. Trailing 2-1 after a 25-16 loss in the third set, the Polar Bears (17-9) took the final two to advance. Alison Smith hit .395 with 20 kills and Zoe Ryu added 15 kills and four aces for 20.5 points. Cameron Shelly had 35 assists, 16 digs and three aces, and Anna Yeh had 18 digs. The decisive fifth set featured five ties and three lead changes. Bowdoin had nine aces to Tufts’ six. Tufts (18-9)  was led by Claire Castor's double-double effort of 16 kills and 14 digs, Celina Savage added 15 kills, and Maiwenn Kamdje had 13 kills. Rianna Liu (30) and Ellery Clark (22) combined for 52 assists for the Jumbos.

No. 4 Middlebury def. No. 5 Williams, 3-0 | Box Score
At Pepin Gymnasium, Middlebury swept Williams 25-22, 30-28, 25-13 in a NESCAC Quarterfinal. The Panthers (18-8) hit .203 with eight aces and had seven blocks. Molly Harrison led with 16 kills while Natalie Stanford added 11 kills. Gabby Pribisich hit .333 with seven kills and Ella Beebe recorded five blocks. Chloe Cunniffe had 40 assists, and Annabella Rando had 21 digs for the Panthers. The second set was the match’s closest, with 14 ties and six lead changes before Middlebury won 30-28. The Panthers then hit .395 in the third set to close out the win. Tatum Baker led Williams (12-13) with seven kills and eight points, and Chidimma Obi also had seven kills while hitting .278. Eve Kaplan had 22 digs, and Morgan Daetz and Emily Cao each had 12 assists.