SOUTH HADLEY, MA- The Wheaton College women's volleyball team went 2-1 to finish third in the silver bracket and 11th overall among 16 institutions as the two-day Hall of Fame Tournament came to a close on Saturday. Junior Lauren Kraus (Westboro, MA/Westboro) was named to the all-tournament team for the Lyons, who played all three of their matches at Mount Holyoke College and are now 11-19 on the season.

Wheaton opened play with a 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-19) victory on Friday over Bridgewater State College before splitting a pair of matches on Saturday against New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) competition. The Lyons first fell to Middlebury College, 3-0 (14-25, 12-25, 9-25) before downing Colby College, 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-20).

Against Bridgewater State, which Wheaton had lost to in five sets on September 20, Kraus notched 10 kills and five digs, while freshman Miranda Howitt (San Francisco, CA/International) also tallied 10 kills. Sophomore Becca Rose (Sudbury, MA/Lincoln-Sudbury Regional) contributed 26 assists and seven digs, freshman Emily Davisson (Carpinteria, CA/Laguna Blanca School) and sophomore Kristen Hunt (Milford, CT/Jonathan Law) notched 12 and nine digs, respectively, while freshman Irina Ionkina (Danielson, CT/Killingly) had three blocks.

During Wheaton's match with Middlebury, Kraus had nine kills, while Howitt turned in six kills and six digs. Rose notched 21 assists, senior Liana Merrill (Northwood, NH/Coe-Brown Northwood Academy) had eight digs, and Davisson collected seven digs.

Kraus paced the Lyons with 10 kills against Colby, while senior Caitlin Farr (Yarmouth, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth Regional) tallied a season-high nine kills. Merrill had six kills, Rose notched 29 assists and nine digs, while Davisson and Hunt had 13 and eight digs, respectively.

Wheaton hits the road for a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match on Tuesday, as the Lyons oppose Clark University at 7:00 p.m.