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Volleyball Wins Bomber Invitational

ITHACA, N.Y.--With a win over Widener (7-4), the volleyball team won the 2009 Bomber Invitational, rallying from a first set loss to win the match 23-25, 30-28, 25-23, 25-15. The Bombers recorded a season-best 59 kills in the championship match, 10 more than in any other this season. With the victory, Ithaca (7-4) increased its season-best winning streak to five matches. Junior Tina Orlandini (Flintridge Sacred Heart/Altadena, Calif.) was named to the all-tournament team, with senior Corinna Doctor (Skaneateles/Skaneateles) named Most Valuable Player.

The second set was the closest of the evening, featuring sixteen ties. The Bombers trailed 15-12 in the game, before taking the lead on a 9-4 run. Widener quickly retook the lead, and had the first attempt at set point at 24-23. A kill from sophomore Kate Thoene (Voorhees/High Bridge, N.J.) retied the score, with Ithaca taking the lead on a kill from senior Rachel Busch (Hoover/North Canton, Ohio). After each team failed once to score set point, the Bombers took the set and tied the match on a block from sophomores Elizabeth Previte (Hunterdon/Flemington, N.J.) and Karin Edsall (Cornwall Central/Cornwall).

Ithaca rallied to take the third set, rallying from a four-point deficit to tie the score at 20. Widener retook the lead at 23-21, before kills from Thoene and Edsall would again tie the score for the Bombers. Thoene would also tally the set-winning kill that put Ithaca up 2-1 in the match.

The Bombers jumped to a 10-4 lead in the final set, and never led by fewer than four after that. As a team, they hit better than .350 in the fourth set, with Edsall leading the way at .600.

Freshman Stephanie Lavallato (Hunterdon/Flemington, N.J.) led Ithaca with 18 kills, one of four Bombers to reach double-digits. Busch and Edsall recorded 12, while Thoene chipped in 10.

Doctor tallied a season-best 50 assists in the win, and totaled 164 in the tournament. Orlandini dug 28 blalls in the championship match and 97 over the weekend.

The Bombers return to action Friday at the RIT Invitational.

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