Sports News: Fall 2006
Tuesday, October 31, 2006

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM TO TRAVLE TO ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE
IN COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

BETHLEHEM, PA --- The Moravian College women’s volleyball team has earned the third seed in the 2006 Commonwealth Conference Tournament and will travel to second seeded Elizabethtown College in a semifinal contest on Wednesday, November 1st in a match beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday’s other semifinal will feature fourth seeded Lebanon Valley College hosting top seed Juniata College at 7:00 p.m. The semifinal winners will meet on Saturday, November 4th in the conference championship match at the highest remaining seed. The winner of the championship contest will receive an automatic berth in the to 2006 NCAA Division III Tournament that begins on November 10th.

The Greyhounds are 16-12 on the season. Moravian, under the direction of 13-year head coach Shelley Bauder, had a 5-2 mark during the Commonwealth Conference regular season. The Greyhounds played for the conference championship against Juniata every year from 1996 to 2003 and reached semifinals in 2005.

Senior outside hitter Kelly Bauer (Hellertown, PA/Notre Dame HS) leads Moravian this fall with 362 kills, 278 digs, 31 service aces and 27 blocks, and she has become the sixth player in school history with 1,000 career kills. Junior middle hitter Jenna Wallace (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) has contributed 320 kills and a .288 hitting percentage to go with 69 blocks, 30 digs and 19 service aces.

Sophomore outside hitter Maria DeBonis (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) has 279 kills, 208 digs, 19 blocks and 26 service aces while junior outside hitter Rachel Radocha (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS), who is out for the season with an injury, has added 196 kills, 114 digs, 30 blocks and 17 service aces.

Senior setter Valerie Korsak (Coplay, PA/Whitehall HS) leads the Greyhounds with 1,066 assists to go along with 243 digs, 114 kills, 24 blocks and 25 service aces while sophomore setter/libero Stephanie Struble (Hampton, NJ/Voorhees HS) has team highs of 390 digs and 43 service aces to go along with 42 assists. Junior middle hitter Katherine Perkins (Lehighton, PA/Lehighton HS) has contributed 68 blocks to go with 106 kills and 22 digs.

Sophomore setter Elisa Molchany (North Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS) has contributed 14 assists, 52 digs and 11 service aces while senior defensive specialist Ashley Hugo (Bath, PA/Northampton HS) has 119 digs and 12 service aces.

Junior defensive specialist Elise Martin (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus HS) has 117 digs and 13 service aces on the season for Moravian while junior defensive specialist Christa Burke (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) has added 44 digs and six service aces. Freshman middle hitter Alison Whitaker (Millis, MA/Millis) has six kills, three digs and two blocks in limited action.

Elizabethtown enters the postseason with a 25-6 record and the Blue Jays were 6-1 during the Commonwealth Conference regular season, losing only to top-ranked Juniata College. Elizabethtown defeated Moravian, 3-1, back on September 12th to open the Commonwealth Conference season.