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| Sports News: Fall 2006 |
| Monday,
November 6, 2006
MORAVIAN WOMEN’S VOLLEYABLL TEAM AWARDED FIFTH SEED IN ECAC SOUTH TOURNAMENT CAPE COD, MA --- The Moravian College women’s volleyball team has been awarded the fifth seed in the 2006 Eastern College Athletic Conference South Championships that will be hosted by New Jersey City University on Friday, November 10th and Saturday, November 11th. Friday’s first two quarterfinal contests will have the fifth seeded Greyhounds taking on fourth seed Franklin & Marshall College (19-10) at 3:00 p.m. on Court 1 while third seeded Westminster College (23-11) and sixth seed Rutgers University-Newark (23-11) will play on the Main Court at the same time. On Friday at 6:00 p.m., the top seed and host Gothic Knights (30-8) will play eighth seeded Neumann College (21-14) on the Main Court while second seed Penn State University-Behrend (27-3) will play seventh seed Lebanon Valley College (21-10) on Court 1. On Saturday, the winners will meet in the semifinals at 9:00 a.m. with the winner of the Moravian-Franklin & Marshall match will battle the winner of New Jersey City University-Neumann on the Main Court while the winners of the other two matches will play on Court 1. The Championship match will take place on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. on the Main Court. The Greyhounds are 16-13 on the season. Moravian, under the direction of 14-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 the Commonwealth Conference semifinals in 2005 and 2006. Bauder has a career record of 297-157. Senior outside hitter Kelly Bauer (Hellertown, PA/Notre Dame HS), who was named to the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team, leads Moravian this fall with 373 kills, 287 digs, 32 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), who was on the Commonwealth All-Conference Second Team, has contributed 325 kills and a .284 hitting percentage to go with 69 blocks, 33 digs and 19 service aces. Senior setter Valerie Korsak (Coplay, PA/Whitehall HS), who was on the Commonwealth All-Conference Second Team in 2006, leads the Greyhounds with 1,091 assists to go along with 247 digs, 116 kills, 24 blocks and 25 service aces while sophomore setter/libero Stephanie Struble (Hampton, NJ/Voorhees HS) has team highs of 402 digs and 43 service aces to go along with 42 assists. Sophomore outside hitter Maria DeBonis (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) has 286 kills, 215 digs, 19 blocks and 28 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. Junior middle hitter Katherine Perkins (Lehighton, PA/Lehighton HS) has contributed 69 blocks to go with 107 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 131 digs and 12 service aces. Junior defensive specialist Elise Martin (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus HS) has contributed 117 digs and 13 service aces while junior defensive specialist Christa Burke (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) has 47 digs and six service aces. Freshman middle hitter Alison Whitaker (Millis, MA/Millis) has seven kills, three digs and two blocks in limited action in her debut season.
2006 Eastern College Athletic Conference
Mid-Atlantic Women's Volleyball Championships at Friday, November 10th -- Quarterfinals Saturday, November 11th – Semifinals
& Championship
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