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.
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