Sports News: Fall 2006
Wednesday, November 1, 2006

THREE GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO COMMONWEALTH ALL-CONFERENCE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAMS

ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior outside hitter Kelly Bauer (Hellertown, PA/Notre Dame HS) of the Moravian College women’s volleyball team has been named to the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team announced Wednesday while senior setter Valerie Korsak (Coplay, PA/Whitehall HS) and junior middle hitter Jenna Wallace (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) earned spots on the All-Conference Second Team.

The trio has helped the Greyhounds to a 16-12 record this season, and Moravian was 5-2 in Commonwealth Conference action, earning the third seed in the 2006 Commonwealth Conference Tournament.

Bauer, pictured at right, was on the All-Commonwealth Conference Second Team last season and leads Moravian this fall with 362 kills, 278 digs, 31 service aces and 27assists. She has become the sixth player in school history with 1,000 career kills. Bauer has 1,100 kills, 941 digs, 111 service aces, 100 blocks and 71 assists in three seasons after transferring to Moravian from NCAA Division II Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

Korsak, pictured at left, leads the Greyhounds with 1,066 assists to go along with 243 digs, 114 kills, 24 blocks and 25 service aces in 2006. Korsak, who missed her entire sophomore season with an injury, has 2,537 assists, 535 digs, 293 kills, 88 blocks and 81 service aces in her collegiate career.

Wallace, pictured at right, has contributed 320 kills and a .288 hitting percentage this year to go with 69 blocks, 30 digs and 19 service aces. Wallace, who has started in 89 career matches for Moravian, has 779 kills, 200 blocks, 77 service aces and 75 digs with one collegiate season remaining.

Moravian will return to action on Wednesday, November 1st in a Commonwealth Conference Semifinal match at Elizabethtown College beginning at 7:00 p.m.