Thursday, November 15, 2001

THREE GREYHOUNDS NAMED COMMONWEALTH VOLLEYBALL ALL-STARS;
ZIPF NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR; BAUDER TABBED COACH OF THE YEAR

ANNVILLE, PA --- Moravian College sophomore outside hitter Kim Zipf (Wyomissing, PA/Holy Name HS) was named to the Commonwealth Conference Women's Volleyball All-Star First Team announced Thursday and she was named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year to lead three Greyhounds selected as All-Stars by the conference.

Sophomore setter Amy Lawrence (Gettysburg, PA/Delone Catholic HS) was also named to the Commonwealth Conference All-Star First Team while sophomore middle hitter Shannon McNeil (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic HS) was named to the Commonwealth Conference All-Star Second Team.  Moravian head coach Shelley Bauder was named the Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year.

Bauder and the three All-Stars led the Greyhounds to a 25-9 record this season, the sixth straight 20-plus win season by Moravian, the squad's sixth consecutive berth in the Commonwealth Conference Championship match and the school's first-ever Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship appearance where the top seeded Greyhounds reached the finals before having its season ended.  Bauder has been named Conference Coach of the Year for the fourth time in the last six years.

Zipf, who was named to 2001 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team on Wednesday, led Moravian this fall with 4.12 kills per game and a .339 hitting percentage, which both ranked in the top three of the Commonwealth Conference.  Zipf had 445 total kills with 428 digs, 36 service aces and 17 blocks for the Greyhounds.  She will head into her junior season, needing just 171 kills and 133 digs to become the fourth player in school history to reach 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs.  Zipf, who was named to All-Tournament Teams at three tournaments this season, will be the third player to have 1,000 in each category.

Lawrence, was also named to the AVCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team this year, ran the Moravian offense with 10.53 assists per game.  She had a total of 1,295 assists to go along with 366 digs, 94 kills, 66 service aces and 20 blocks.  Lawrence, who is being honored by the Commonwealth Conference for the first time in her career, already has 2,249 assists and 125 service aces and has a chance to break the school record in each category.  Lawrence earned a spot on four All-Tournament Teams this season.  She and Zipf were also each named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week once this year.

McNeil was third on the Greyhound squad this season with 295 kills and she led Moravian with 82 blocks.  McNeil, who is being honored by the Commonwealth Conference for the first time, also had 48 digs this season with a .267 hitting percentage.