| 9/13/2007 1:16:42 PM

ROCHESTER, NY – RIT defeated Nazareth 3-0 (30-28, 30-22, 30-24) in the championship match of the 2007 RIT Tournament, taking home the title for the first time since the 2001 season. SUNY Geneseo was third, Cortland was fifth and four-time defending champion NYU was seventh.

RIT's Jessica Schaffer (Wellington, OH/Keystone) (Wellington, OH/Keystone) was named the Tournament's most valuable player. She had 15 kills in the championship match versus Nazareth and 32 for the day.  The junior outside hitter had 17 kills and 16 digs in the semifinals verusus SUNY Brockport.


Here is the 2007 RIT Tournament results:

1st Place - RIT
2nd Place - Nazareth College
3rd Place - SUNY Geneseo
4th Place - SUNY Brockport
5th Place - SUNY Cortland
6th Place - Ithaca
7th Place - NYU
8th Place - SUNY Fredonia
9th Place - University of Rochester
10th Place - Clarkson
11th Place - St. John Fisher
12th Place - SUNY Potsdam

All-Tournament Team:
Amanda Hubbard - Ithaca
Kaylen Fessette - SUNY Brockport
Jessi Laemlein - SUNY Geneseo
Carra Vanderstyne - Nazareth
Elizabeth Tregan - Nazareth
Nichole Boxler (Varysburg, NY/Attica) - RIT
Shea Haney (Newark, DE/St. Elizabeth) - RIT
MVP - Jessica Schaffer (Wellington, OH/Keystone) (RIT)

Friday, September 14

Court 1 (Pool A)

4 p.m. – RIT def. SUNY Fredonia, 3-1 (25-30, 30-24, 32-30, 30-24)
6 p.m. – SUNY Fredonia def. SUNY Potsdam, 3-0 (30-24, 30-24, 30-26)
8 p.m. – RIT def. vs. SUNY Potsdam, 3-0 (30-14, 30-10, 30-21)

Court 2 (Pool B)

4 p.m. – SUNY Cortland def. Clarkson, 3-0 (30-22, 30-22, 30-22)
6 p.m. – Nazareth def. Clarkson, 3-0 (30-23, 30-26, 30-15)
8 p.m. – Nazareth def. SUNY Cortland, 3-1 (30-21, 23-30, 30-27, 30-26)

Court 3 (Pool C)

4 p.m. – NYU def. St. John Fisher, 3-0 (30-28, 30-17, 30-21)
6 p.m. – SUNY Geneseo def. St. John Fisher, 3-1 (30-25, 21-30, 30-21, 30-22)
8 p.m. – SUNY Geneseo def. NYU, 3-2 (24-30, 30-27, 30-23, 24-30, 15-7)

Court 4 (Pool D)

4 p.m. – SUNY Brockport def. University of Rochester, 3-1 (29-31, 30-25, 30-18, 30-19)
6 p.m. – Ithaca def. University of Rochester, 3-1 (28-30, 30-23, 30-29, 30-22)
8 p.m. – SUNY Brockport def. Ithaca, 3-1 (30-20, 30-20, 18-20, 30-23)

Day one records

Pool A
RIT 2-0
SUNY Fredonia 1-1
SUNY Potsdam 0-2

Pool B
Nazareth 2-0
SUNY Cortland 1-1
Clarkson 0-2

Pool C
SUNY Geneseo 2-0
NYU 1-1
St. John Fisher 0-2

Pool D
SUNY Brockport 2-0
Ithaca 1-1
University of Rochester 0-2

Saturday, September 15

Court 1

10 a.m. – RIT def. SUNY Brockport, 3-2 (25-30, 30-25, 23-30, 30-18, 15-8)
12 p.m. – Nazareth def. SUNY Geneseo, 3-1 (23-30, 30-24, 30-19, 30-23)
2 p.m. – SUNY Geneseo def. SUNY Brockport (third place game), 3-1 (28-30, 33-31, 30-28, 31-29)
4 p.m. – RIT def. Nazareth (Championship game) , 3-0 (30-28, 30-22, 30-24)

Court 2

10 a.m. – Ithaca def. SUNY Fredonia, 3-2 (19-30, 30-15, 26-30,  31-29, 15-12)
12 p.m. – SUNY Cortland def. NYU, 3-2 (30-15, 23-30, 30-18, 21-30, 15-9)
2 p.m. – NYU def. SUNY Fredonia, 3-1 (30-25, 24-30, 30-15, 30-27)(seventh place game)
4 p.m. – SUNY Cortland def. Ithaca, 3-1 (23-30, 30-21, 32-30, 30-23) (fifth place game)

Court 3
10 a.m. – University of Rochester def. SUNY Potsdam, 3-0 (30-26, 30-25, 30-22)
12 p.m. – Clarkson def. St. John Fisher, 3-1 (30-24, 21-30, 34-32, 30-24)
2 p.m. – St. John Fisher def. SUNY Potsdam (11th place game), 3-0 (30-26, 30-23, 30-24)
4 p.m. – University of Rochester def. Clarkson (ninth place game), 3-1 (30-24, 30-24, 20-30, 30-24)