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| Sports News: Fall 2001 |
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Monday, November 5, 2001 MORAVIAN TO HOST ECAC SOUTH VOLLEYBALL TOURNEY CENTERVILLE, MA --- For the first time in school history, the Moravian College women's volleyball team has made the Eastern College Athletic Conference South Volleyball Championship. The Greyhounds are seeded first in the six-team tournament and will host the championship at Johnston Hall on Friday and Saturday, November 9th & 10th. Moravian, which is 24-8 on the season, and second seed Franklin & Marshall College (22-10) receive first round byes. In the first-round number three seed, Johns Hopkins University (16-14) will face number six seed Grove City College (19-11) at 4 p.m. on Friday while number four seed, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark (17-8) will face Lebanon Valley College (22-11) at 6 p.m. The winners will advance to the semifinals where Moravian will face the winner of Rutgers-Newark-Lebanon Valley at 1 p.m. and Franklin and Marshall will meet the winner of Johns Hopkins-Grove City College at 4 p.m. on Saturday. The semifinal winners will play for the championship at 7 p.m. The Greyhounds have won over 20 matches each of the last six seasons and are coming off a runner-up finish in the Commonwealth Conference playoffs for the sixth straight year. Moravian has made three NCAA Tournament appearances and this is the sixth consecutive year the Greyhounds have competed in the postseason. Sophomore middle hitter Kim Zipf (Wyomissing, PA/Holy Name HS) leads the Greyhounds in hitting with 410 kills (an average of 4.10 kills per game) and 388 digs (3.88 digs per game) and she has added 27 service aces and a .351 hitting percentage. Zipf was named to the All-Tournament Teams at the Messiah College Tournament, the Gettysburg Battlefield Classic and the Elizabethtown Halloween Classic. Sophomore setter Amy Lawrence (Gettysburg, PA/Delone Catholic HS) has also named to the All-Tournament Teams at Messiah, Gettysburg and Elizabethtown as well as at the Western Maryland Tournament. Lawrence runs the Greyhound offense with 1,210 assists (10.52 assists per game). Lawrence also has 63 service aces, 330 digs, 22 blocks and 87 kills. Sophomore right-side hitter Sara Hollenbacher (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic HS) is fourth on the squad with 226 kills and she has added a .306 hitting percentage, 77 digs and 49 blocks. Junior outside hitter Sara Walkiewicz (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) has added 288 kills, 54 service aces, 14 blocks and 297 digs. Sophomore middle hitter Shannon McNeil (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic HS) leads the Greyhounds with 79 blocks and she has added 272 kills. Sophomore outside hitter Mary Kate Cordisco (Bethlehem, PA/Notre Dame HS) has added 116 digs and 115 kills. Junior middle hitter Vicki Fisher (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick HS) has 44 kills and 20 blocks while freshman outside hitter Christina Wallace (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) has 44 kills and 50 digs. Sophomore defensive specialist Alissa Bucsi (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) has 63 service aces this season to go along with 222 digs. Senior defensive specialist Krystol Kessack (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) has 313 digs on the year and she leads Moravian with 80 service aces. Sophomore setter Andrea Frankenfield (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus HS) has contributed 176 digs and 46 service aces. Franklin & Marshall missed out on the Centennial Conference Tournament after there was a five-way tie for first place late in the season. Junior outside hitter Heidi Goedicke leads the Diplomats with 346 kills and 481 digs while senior middle hitter Emily Green has 301 kills, 450 digs and 74 service aces. Sophomore setter Jennifer Grue has 1,263 assists on the season while junior outside hitter Kristen Kowalski has 335 kills. Freshman middle hitter/outside hitter Elizabeth Earll has contributed 421 digs while junior middle hitter Rose Hartmann has 203 kills. Johns Hopkins enters the weekend after losing in the Centennial Conference semifinals. The Blue Jays are led by senior outside hitter Emily Miller, who had 393 kills, 428 digs, 46 blocks and 46 service aces. Junior middle hitter Elisabeth Breese had added 337 kills and 96 blocks while junior middle hitter Sarah Payne has 205 kills and 54 blocks. Freshman setter Betsy Baydala leads Johns Hopkins with 884 assists and she has added 394 digs, 127 kills and 84 service aces while freshman outside hitter Betsy Farmer has 117 kills and 101 digs. Rutgers-Newark fell to Kean University in the New Jersey Athletic Conference Tournament in its last action. The Scarlet Raiders are led by freshman outside hitter Robin Pearce, who had 376 kills, 273 digs, 32 blocks and 61 service aces. Junior outside hitter Domini Lanzone has contributed 359 kills with 187 digs, 47 blocks and 50 service aces while junior defensive specialist/outside hitter Kristen Endow has 160 kills, 211 digs and 31 service aces. Freshman setter Alison Marino has 739 assists on the season with 1642 digs while freshman middle blocker Kaitlin Kohl has 64 blocks Lebanon Valley was knocked out of the Commonwealth Conference Tournament by 21-time champion Juniata College. The Flying Dutchmen are led by freshman middle hitter Amanda Bahn, who had 331 kills, 192 digs, 94 blocks and 55 service aces. Sophomore middle hitter/outside hitter Sherri Pursel has 243 kills and 309 digs while sophomore outside hitter Danelle McCusker has added 171 kills and 266 digs. Junior setter Kelly Kauffman has 1,134 assists to go along with 285 digs and 88 kills while junior middle hitter Steph George has added 210 kills. Grove City will enter the ECAC Championship after winning the President's Athletic Conference Tournament. The Wolverines are led by senior middle hitter Sarah Gardner, who had 341 kills, 456 digs and 110 blocks this season, and junior middle hitter Katie Summers, who had contributed 339 kills, 391 digs and 126 blocks. Junior setter Cara Denniston runs the Grove City offense with 1,115 assists and she has 67 service aces and 344 digs while senior outside hitter Julie Porter had 263 kills, 497 digs and 49 service aces. 2001 ECAC South Region Championships First Round - Friday, November 9th (at Moravian College) Semifinals & Finals - Saturday, November 10th (at Moravian College) |