State Of Maine Intercollegiate Volleyball Championships
at Lewiston, Maine

FINALS
#1 Bates def. #2 Colby, 3-0 (15-8, 15-7, 15-7)

THIRD PLACE
#4 Univ. of New England def. #3 Maine-Machias, 3-1 (15-10, 15-12, 8-15, 15-4)

FIFTH PLACE (See consolation results below)
#5 Bowdoin def. #7 Maine-presque Isle, 3-0 (15-8, 15-7, 15-1)

SEMIFINALS 
#1 Bates def. #4 Univ. of New England, 3-0 (15-4, 15-3, 15-9)
#2 Colby def. #3 Maine-Machias, 3-0 (15-6, 20-18, 15-3)

SECOND ROUND
#1 Bates def. #9 St. Joseph's, 3-0 (15-4, 15-4, 15-6)
#2 Colby def. #7 Maine-Presque Isle, 3-0 (15-5, 15-6, 15-6)
#3 Maine-Machias def. #6 Southern Maine, 3-0 (15-7, 15-8, 15-8)
#4 Univ. of New England def. #5 Bowdoin, 3-1 (8-15, 15-6, 15-10, 15-11)

FIRST ROUND
#6 Southern Maine def. #11 Maine-Farmington, 3-0 (15-10, 15-6, 15-11)
#7 Maine-Presque Isle def. #10 Unity, 3-1 (15-11, 9-15, 15-3, 15-6)
#9 St. Joseph's College def. #8 Husson, 3-2 (12-15, 15-7, 15-7, 12-15, 23-21)

CONSOLATION RESULTS
#6 Southern Maine def #8 Husson, 3-0 (15-9, 15-9, 15-6)
#7 Maine-Preqsue Isle def. #11 Maine-Farmington, 3-0 (15-4, 15-12, 16-14)
#9 St. Joseph's def. #10 Unity, 3-0 (15-1, 16-14, 15-4)

#5 Bowdoin vs. #9 St. Joseph's, 3-0 (15-11, 15-6, 15-8)
#7 Maine-Presque Isle def. #6 Southern Maine, 3-1 (16-14, 15-6, 7-15, 15-12)

ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM
Liz Wanless, Fy., OH, Bates
Lauren Fennessey, Jr., OH, Bates
Kate Hagstrom, Sr., S, Bates
Reagan Carey, Sr., MB, Colby
Amanda Cuiffo, Jr., OH, Colby
Kristene Hirsch, So., OH, Maine-Machias

Rookie of the Year: Liz Wanless, Bates
Player of the Year: Kate Hagstrom, Bates

BATES WINS THIRD STRAIGHT STATE OF MAINE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

LEWISTON, Maine -- For the third consecutive year, the Bates College volleyball team (27-7) has won the State of Maine Intercollegiate Volleyball Championships. The Bobcats, who have now won 30 consecutive matches against in-state opponents, defeated CBB rival Colby for the third time this season in the finals, 15-8, 15-7, 15-7.

The Bobcats also placed three members on the All-State first team, led by Player of the Year Kate Hagstrom, a senior setter from Portola, Calif., and Rookie of the Year Liz Wanless, a first-year outside hitter from Belleville, Ill. They were joined by junior outside hitter Lauren Fennessey of Joplin, Mo. Also on the All-State first team were senior Reagan Carey and junior Amanda Cuiffo of Colby and sophomore Kristene Hirsch of Maine-Machias.