WELLESLEY, Mass -- In a replay of the 2010 MIT Invitational championship, Tufts University once again downed Wellesley College, 3-0, Tuesday night, this time on the Blue's home court.  The win lifts the Jumbos to 14-3 overall.  Wellesley drops to 9-4.

Tufts inched out to a 10-8 lead in game one before the Blue rallied to tie the score at 13-13.  The Jumbos responded with three straight points and held on for a 25-22 win and a 1-0 lead.  Set two was a sideout battle until Nancy Shrodes' four-point serving run gave the visitors a 20-16 edge.  The Jumbos then used solid sideout offense to take the set 25-20.  Set three was more of the same, as Tufts used two four-point runs from Shrodes to break the set open and seal the straight-set victory with a 25-19 win.

The Tufts attack was led by Caitlin Updike and Nancy Shrodes who each hammered 10 kills, while Cara Spieler and Kiersten Ellefsen both tallied five.  Updike was the digs leader with 12, while Kendall Lord dished out 21 assists.

Wellesley was paced by 12 kills and 11 digs from Elizabeth Campbell.  Vivian Hu added 13 digs while Isabel Custodio notched 14 assists.  Taylor King and Kaitlin Bradshaw each recorded two blocks.

Tufts will take the court this weekend, when they travel to Middlebury for a key NESCAC tri-match.  The Jumbos will face Amherst College on Friday at 8:00pm and Middlebury on Saturday at 1:30pm

Wellesley returns to action on Saturday, October 9, in a trimatch at Gordon College, where the Blue will face Southern Maine at 6:00pm and the hosts at 8:00pm.