Sports News: Fall 2005

Monday, September 26, 2005

MORAVIAN’S LINDSEY SIRACUSA NAMED COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior middle hitter Lindsey Siracusa (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury HS) of the Moravian College women’s volleyball team has been named the Commonwealth Conference Women’s Volleyball Player of the Week for her performance last week.

Siracusa was named the Most Valuable Player at the Elizabethtown College Blue Jay Classic while leading Moravian to the championship in a 5-0 week for the Greyhounds. Siracusa had a.306 hitting percentage (65 kills, 21 errors, 144 attempts), 3.25 kills per game, 15 blocks, ten digs and six service aces in 20 games last week. Siracusa started the week with 23 kills, a .386 hitting percentage and three blocks in a 3-2 victory over Messiah College, Moravian’s first Commonwealth Conference win of the season. She added five kills and two service aces in a 3-0 win over Mitchell College to begin the Blue Jay Classic before contributing 13 kills, seven blocks and two service aces in a 3-2 victory versus the University of Scranton. Siracusa had eight kills and three digs in a 3-0 sweep of Wesleyan (CT) University in the final match of pool play, and she finished the tournament with 16 kills, four blocks and two service aces in a 3-2 win over host Elizabethtown.

Moravian, now 14-4 overall and 1-1 in Commonwealth Conference action, is scheduled to host Susquehanna University on Tuesday, September 27th at 7:00 p.m. in Johnston Hall.