Sept. 18, 2004

KINGSTON, R.I. - The University of Rhode Island women's volleyball team swept Harvard 3-0 Saturday in Keaney Gymnasium to take second place in the URI Invitational.

Rutgers won the tournament with a perfect 3-0 record, winning all three of its matches by 3-0 scores. Rhode Island finished second with a 2-1 record, Harvard was 1-2 and New Hampshire finished 0-3.

The Rams rolled to victories of 30-18, 30-19, 30-20 in a match that took just an hour and 14 minutes to play. Rhode Island hit .364 as a team and held Harvard to .163 hitting percentage.

Senior Kaleena Miller (Mahopac, N.Y.) led the Rams with 17 kills, hitting .394, with nine digs and a career-high five service aces. Sophomore Rachel Bello (Wyckoff, N.J.) had 13 kills, hitting .407 for the match.

Freshman Chelsea Wisz (Naperville, Ill.) had 42 assists and senior Beatriz Arana (Cali, Colombia) registered eight kills and six digs.

Rhode Island improved to 4-6 on the year and travels to in-state rival Brown on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Pizzitola Center.

URI INVITATIONAL MVP - Abby Martin, Rutgers
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM - Dawn Christjaener (RU), Ashleigh Young (RU), Kaleena Miller (URI), Abby Thornbladh (URI), Nilly Schweitzer (HU), Erin Walker (UNH).