MORAVIAN COLLEGE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL RESULTS: Saturday, November 15, 2003
Contact: Mark
Fleming (610) 861-1472, (610) 390-7545 or (610) 758-8721
CARNEGIE MELLON CAPTURES 2003 ECAC SOUTH
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Bethlehem,
PA --- Fourth seeded Carnegie
Mellon University
won a pair of matches to win the 2003 ECAC South Division III Women’s
Volleyball Championship Saturday at Moravian
College.
The
Tartans, who won the ECAC for the second straight year, defeated sixth-seed Waynesburg
College 30-24, 30-14, 30-26 for the
title. Sophomore middle hitter Chrissy Bartek of
Carnegie Mellon was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
Bartek had 20
kills in the championship match. Senior
setter Candace Spier
had 42 assists and 15 digs for Carnegie Mellon, which finishes the year at
26-11. Junior outside hitter Laura Graf added 10 kills and 13 digs
for the Tartans, while senior outside hitter Jennifer King and freshman outside hitter Kathryn Fox contributed 16 and 11 digs, respectively.
Waynesburg
College (36-5) was led by senior
outside hitter Ronnie Jo Meyers, who
had 10 kills and 10 digs. Junior setter Katie Beall
added 31 assists for the Yellow Jackets, while sophomore outside hitter Elizabeth Sachar
and sophomore opposite hitter Brittany
Morrow each contributed 7 kills.
Senior libero Kathryn Austen added 8 digs for Waynesburg
College.
Carnegie
Mellon defeated first seeded Moravian
College 22-30, 30-23, 30-28, 33-31
in the first semifinal game of the day. Bartek led the Tartans with 22 kills, while Spier had 48
assists and 13 digs. Graf added 12
kills and 10 digs, while freshman outside hitter Catie Fisher had 10 digs, as well as classmate Becky Mettler. Fox and
King had 12 and 10 digs,
respectively.
Leading the
Moravian College Greyhounds (26-10) was junior outside hitter Kim Zipf with
17 kills and 16 digs. Freshman setter Valerie Korsak
added 51 assists, 9 digs, and 7 kills, while junior outside hitter Christina Wallace contributed 14 kills
and 9 digs. Sophomore middle hitter Lindsey Siracusa
had 15 kills and 6 digs for the Greyhounds.
Waynesburg
College defeated FDU-Florham in the
second semifinal game of the day 30-20, 30-25, 30-17. The Yellow Jackets were led by freshman
middle hitter Teia Suder who
had 12 kills and 4 digs and Beall who had 39 assists.
Morrow contributed 10 kills
and 15 digs, while freshman middle hitter
Kaci Hlad added 10
kills and 3 digs for Waynesburg College. Austen
had 12 digs in the game.
Junior
setter Erin LeBan
led the Devils (28-10) with 17 assists, while freshman libero
Ashley Floro
had 8 digs. Junior outside hitter Lauren Ascolese,
freshman outside hitter Laura Mildbrand and freshman setter Lindsey Flora each contributed 7 digs for FDU-Florham.
2003 ECAC South Women’s Volleyball Championships at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Semifinals
#4 Carnegie Mellon
University (25-11) 22 30 30 33
#1 Moravian College
(26-10) 30 23 28 31
#6 Waynesburg College
(36-4) 30 30 30
#2 FDU-Florham (28-10) 20 25 17
Championship
#6 Waynesburg College
(36-5) 24 14 26
#4 Carnegie Mellon
University (26-11) 30 30 30