Simpson Volleyball Comes Back Strong in Tourney

2nd day of action nets two victories

- Redding, CA (9/12/2003)

The Simpson women bounced back from their opening round loss to Walla Walla on Thursday evening, to win two matches on Friday in tournament pool play .

The host Vanguards took on the Keelhaulers from Cal State Maritime in the 4:30pm match and swiftly won in three games (30-8,30-12,30-13). 

In the evening game to follow, Simpson (2-2) would face West Coast Baptist from Lancaster, Ca.  This match turned out to be closely contested but would end up seeing the Vanguards win in three (30-28,30-23,30-22). 

Other matches of the Simpson Classic saw Cal Tech gain two victories with wins over Multnomah (30-25,30-15,30-21) and San Jose Christian (30-28,30-13,30-25).  In earlier action, San Jose Christian was able to upend Life Pacific College (30-15,30-12,30-25), and Walla Walla College stayed undefeated in the tournament with two victories over Cal State Maritime (30-6,30-14,30-7) and West Coast Baptist (30-14,30-13,30-26) respectively.

The Simpson Classic concludes with the tournament championship on Saturday evening at 7pm at the Heritage Student Life Center.