{"id":8256,"date":"2014-11-08T17:36:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T22:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=8256"},"modified":"2014-11-08T17:36:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T22:36:10","slug":"framingham-state-captures-2014-mascac-volleyball-tournament-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2014\/11\/08\/local-sports\/framingham-state-captures-2014-mascac-volleyball-tournament-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Framingham State Captures 2014 MASCAC Volleyball Tournament Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Framingham State University RAMS Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

Framingham, MA -<\/strong> Behind tournament MVP Alycia Rackliffe<\/strong> (Feeding Hills, MA), the Framingham State University volleyball team captured the 2014 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Volleyball Tournament Championship with a 3-0 victory over Worcester State University in the tournament finals at Framingham\u2019s Athletic Center.<\/p>\n

With the victory the Rams improve to 23-11 on the season and receive the MASCAC\u2019s automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship with pairings and seedings being announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

The top seed Rams opened the day defeating fourth seed Bridgewater State University 3-1 in one semifinal match, while second seed Worcester State defeated third seed Westfield State 3-1 in the other semifinal to reach the championship match against the Rams.<\/p>\n

Bridgewater State took the first set from the Rams in thrilling fashion 25-23.\u00a0 The Rams took the second game 25-23 and rallied from a 20-17 deficit in the third to take that frame 25-21 before closing the match with a 25-22 victory in the fourth set.<\/p>\n

Rackliffe led the Rams in the opener with 14 kills on 38 attempts with five blocks and seven digs, while sophomore Julia Wan<\/strong> (South Deerfield, MA) also picked up 14 kills to go along with 10 digs and two blocks.\u00a0 Junior Danielle Girard<\/strong> (Tivoli, NY) picked up a double double with 12 kills and 14 digs, while senior Maribeth Martin<\/strong> (Barnstable, MA) added 17 set assists.<\/p>\n

The Bears were led by 17 kills and 10 digs from sophomore Hannah Maymon<\/strong> (Narragansett, RI).\u00a0 Freshman Christina Jaros<\/strong> (Plymouth, MA) chipped in with 12 kills and four blocks, while sophomore Charleyne Panner<\/strong> (Gilford, NH) added 21 assists.<\/p>\n

The Rams cruised to the victory in the championship match defeating the Lancers 25-7, 25-16 and 25-22.<\/p>\n

Rackliffe once again led the attack with 12 kills, two aces and two blocks, while Wan finished with seven kills, 15 digs and three assists.\u00a0 Girard closed the tournament with a five kill and 14 dig performance, while freshman Molly Meehan<\/strong> (Quincy, MA) chipped in with 14 digs.<\/p>\n

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The Lancers were led by 10 kills and 11 digs from senior Alyssa Jasper (Rockland, Mass.), while junior Jennifer Cabral (Swansea, Mass.) added 13 defensive digs.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Kathy Lynch, Assistant Director of Athletics\/Sports Information at Framingham State University for contributing this story. For more FSU RAMS sports info, box scores, calendar of upcoming games and sporting events, visit their website at: www.fsurams.com<\/em><\/p>\n

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Framingham, MA – Behind tournament MVP Alycia Rackliffe (Feeding Hills, MA), the Framingham State University volleyball team captured the 2014 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Volleyball Tournament Championship with a 3-0 victory over Worcester State University in the tournament finals at Framingham\u2019s Athletic Center. With the victory the Rams improve to 23-11 on the season and… [read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2787],"tags":[3756,3762,3761,3758,3760,3757,3759,3763],"class_list":["post-8256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","tag-alycia-rackliffe","tag-charleyne-panner","tag-christina-jaros","tag-danielle-girard","tag-hannah-maymon","tag-julia-wan","tag-maribeth-martin","tag-molly-meehan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8257,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8256\/revisions\/8257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}