Women's Volleyball | 9/15/2010 10:46:20 AM

ROCHESTER, NY – NYU defeated Nazareth in three sets (25-21, 25-23, 25-20) to win the 22nd annual RIT Invitational, held at Clark Gym.  NYU has now won three straight and seven RIT Invitational Championships in the last eight years.  It was also the third straight year that NYU defeated Nazareth in the championship.  NYU's Kendyl Dunn was named tournament MVP. 

All Tournament Team
MVP - Kendyl Dunn, NYU

Erin McLaughlin, NYU
Amy Johnson, Nazareth
Jessica Schaffer (Wellington, OH/Keystone), RIT
Casey Larsen, Rochester
Sydney Kandefer, St. John Fisher
Kristi Schrantz, SUNY Brockport


Participating Teams
Pool A
New York University (4-0/12-2)
RIT (3-1/8-4)
St. John Fisher (2-2/6-5)
SUNY Geneseo (1-3/5-9)

Pool B
^ Nazareth (2-2/5-8)
^ University of Rochester (2-2/6-6)
# SUNY Brockport (1-3/3-10)
# SUNY Potsdam (1-3/4-9)

^ Nazareth earns first place in pool B due to head-to-head win over Rochester
# SUNY Brockport earns third place in pool B due to head-to-head win over Potsdam

Order of Finish
Pool A
1) New York University
2) Nazareth
3) RIT
4) University of Rochester
5) St. John Fisher
6) SUNY Brockport
7) SUNY Geneseo
8) SUNY Potsdam



Friday, September 17

Court 1 (Pool A - Clark Gym)

12 p.m. – RIT defeated SUNY Geneseo, 3-2 (25-17, 15-25, 18-25, 25-18, 15-12)
2 p.m. – NYU defeated St. John Fisher, 3-1 (25-18, 25-13, 17-25, 25-5)
4:30 p.m. – NYU defeated RIT, 3-1 (25-18, 25-18, 22-25, 25-20)
6:30 p.m. – St. John Fisher defeated SUNY Geneseo, 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-15)

Court 2 (Pool B - Clark Gym)

12 p.m. – Nazareth defeated SUNY Brockport, 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-12)
2 p.m. – Rochester defeated SUNY Potsdam, 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 26-24)
4:30 p.m. – SUNY Brockport defeated SUNY Potsdam, 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-21)
6:30 p.m. – Nazareth defeated Rochester, 3-2 (25-21, 23-25, 22-25, 27-25. 15-13)


Saturday, September 18

Court 1 (Clark Gym)

10 a.m. – RIT defeated St. John Fisher, 3-0 (25-21, 27-25, 25-20)
12 p.m. – NYU defeated SUNY Geneseo, 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-10)
3 p.m. –  RIT (2nd pool A) defeated Rochester (2nd pool B), 3-1 (25-18, 22-25, 25-13, 25-17)
5 p.m. – NYU (1st pool A) defeated Nazareth (1st pool B), 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-20)

Court 2 (Clark Gym)

10 a.m. – Rochester defeated SUNY Brockport, 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-22)
12 p.m. – SUNY Potsdam defeated Nazareth (16-25, 25-21, 26-24, 27-25)
3 p.m. – SUNY Geneseo (4th pool A) defeated SUNY Potsdam (4th pool B), 3-2 (14-25, 25-16, 25-11, 18-25, 15-9)
5 p.m. – St. John Fisher (3rd pool A) defeated SUNY Brockport (3rd pool B), 3-1 (25-21, 26-28, 25-22, 28-26)