Women's Volleyball

2011

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NEC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL FACTS & FIGURES NEC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS LAST WEEK’S RESULTS WEEK 3 RELEASE • SEPT. 12, 2011 Tuesday, Sept. 6...... St. Francis (PA) 3 vs. Delaware State 2 SCHOOL NEC PCT. OVR. PCT. STR. HOME AWAY NEU. Robert Morris 1 vs. Duquesne 3 Saint Peter’s 2 vs. St. Francis (NY) 3 1. Sacred Heart...... 0-0 .000 8-2 .800 W2 3-0 3-1 2-1 Connecticut 1 vs. Sacred Heart 3 Fairleigh Dickinson...... 0-0 .000 7-3 .700 W1 0-0 4-1 3-2 Seton Hall 3 vs. Long Island 0 Central Connecticut St...... 0-0 .000 5-4 .556 W3 3-0 0-3 2-1 Wednesday, Sept. 7 ��La Salle 2 at Fairleigh Dickinson 3 Friday, Sept. 9...... Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Norfolk State Bryant...... 0-0 .000 3-6 .333 W1 1-2 0-3 1-3 Long Island vs. Syracuse Long Island...... 0-0 .000 3-7 .300 W2 2-1 1-1 1-3 Sacred Heart vs. Delaware Saint Francis (PA)...... 0-0 .000 3-8 .273 W1 1-0 0-3 2-5 CCSU vs. Saint Peter’s Quinnipiac vs. La Salle Quinnipiac...... 0-0 .000 1-9 .100 L3 0-0 0-3 1-6 Providence vs. St. Fraincis (NY) Robert Morris...... 0-0 .000 1-9 .100 L6 0-1 0-3 1-5 Robert Morris vs. William & Mary Bryamt vs. UMES St. Francis (NY)...... 0-0 .000 1-10 .091 L3 0-3 1-3 0-4 Saint Francis (PA) vs. Cal State Bakersfield Molten/NEC Player of the Week Kent State vs. Robert Morris Kimmee Roleder, Sacred Heart Liberty vs. Saint Francis (PA) Gr., MB, Pasadena, CA/Pasadena Bryant vs. Harvard Roleder grabs her first Molton/NEC Player of the Week honor following an outstanding week highlighted by her performance on Saturday, Sept. 10 ��Saint Francis (PA) vs. Rider Bryant vs. Holy Cross Friday and Saturday at the Spring Hills Suites Invitational hosted by the University of Maryland. Roleder recorded 56 kills, 74 digs Robert Morris vs. IUPUI and nine blocks over the course four matches to lead SHU in kills and blocks per set. The California native and USC transfer posted a Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Youngstown State double-double in each match and recorded a career high 27 digs against Delaware. The middle-blocker also proved to be a force in a Long Island vs. Lehigh breakthrough 3-2 win over tournament host and ACC foe Maryland, blasting seven kills in the Pioneers’ 29-27 opening game victory Quinnipiac vs. Navy Maryland vs. Sacred Heart and had 18 total digs in the victory. Roleder, named to the All-Tournament team, has now been named All Tournament in each of the St. Francis (NY) vs. Lafayette three tournaments the Pioneers have competed in this fall. CCSU vs. Bucknell UMBC vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Molten/NEC Defensive Player of the Week CCSU vs. Stony Brook Jessica Colberg, Sacred Heart Sacred Heart vs. Yale Sr., Libero, Long Beach, CA/Long Beach Polytechnic Quinnipiac vs. Delaware State Colberg picks up her second Molton/NEC weekly honor but first defensive accolade. The California native was a major contributor Long Island vs. Temple for Sacred Heart as the Pioneers went 3-1 last week, recording 78 digs to average 4.59 per game. The senior libero notched a sea- St. Francis (NY) vs. Coppin State Sunday, Sept. 11 ��Hartford vs. Qunnipiac son high 28 digs against UConn in the Pioneers’ 3-1 win over the Huskies. She leads the league with 5.00 digs per game. For her UPCOMING SCHEDULE weekend performance, highlighted by a 20-dig match in a 3-1 victory over Yale and a 17-dig effort in a 3-2 victory over ACC rival Tuesday, Sept. 13 ��St. Francis (PA) vs. Coppin State Maryland, Colberg was named to the Spring Hills Suites at Arundel Mills Invitational All-Tournament Team. It marked her second Bryant vs. Hartfor straight All-Tournament nod after landing a spot on the SHU Invitational team a week earlier. Wednesday, Sept. 14 �� NJIT vs. Fairleigh Dickinsn Friday, Sept. 16...... Sacred Heart vs. Virginia Commonwealth Molten/NEC Rookie of the Week Bryant vs. UMES Annika Foit, Long Island Lehigh vs. St. Francis (PA) Fr., Opposite Hitter, Hausach, Germany/Robert-Gerwig Gymnasium Penn State vs. Long Island Foit nabs her second Molton/NEC Rookie of the Week honor after a solid week featuring two big Blackbird wins over Lehigh and Robert Morris vs. Texas-Pan American Delaware State vs.CCSU Temple over the weekend. The freshman averaged 3.53 kills and 3.27 digs per game over four matches and also added seven blocks St. Francis (NY) vs. St. John’s and three assists. The Germany native made herself quite at home during LIU’s Blackbird Invitational where she put up three straight Quinnipiac vs. Army double-doubles. In Saturday’s 3-1 win over Lehigh, Foit notched 18 kills to lead all players and added 15 digs. She wrapped up the Robert Morris vs. Morgan State tournament with 11 kills and 11 digs in the Blackbirds’ 3-1 win over Temple. Saturday, Sept. 17 ��Sacred Hear vs. Ball State Bryant vs. Norfolk State Columbia vs. St Francis (NY) Molten/NEC Player of the Week Molten/NEC Defensive Player of the Week St. Francis (PA) vs. Hartford Aug. 29 ��Jessica Colberg, SHU Sept. 12 ��Jessica Colberg, SHU Yale vs. Quinnipiac Sept. 5 ��Elise Sage, SHU and Meaghan Wheeler, FDU Long Island vs. Florida Golf Coast Sept. 12 �� Kimme Roleder, SHU Dartmouth vs. CCSU CCSU vs. Providence Molten/NEC Rookie of the Week Lafayette vs. St. Francis (PA) Aug. 29 ��Alisa Mesa Long Island vs. Rutgers Sept. 5 ��Annika Foit, LIU Binghamton vs. St. Francis (NY) Sept. 12 ��Annika Foit, LIU Robert Morris vs. Eastern Michigan Brown vs. Bryant OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL OF THE NORTHEAST CONFERENCE Quinnipiac vs. New Hampshire Sacred Heart at Michigan State WWW.NORTHEASTCONFERENCE.ORG AROUND THE LEAGUE NEC PRESEASON POLL •Repeat Offender: Annika Foit (Hausach, Germany/Robert-Gerwig Gymnasium) picks up her 1. Sacred Heart (7) second consecutive Rookie of the Week Honor. 2. Robert Morris (1) 3. Central Connecticut (1) •Don’t Windex These Streaks: Central Connecticut is currently on a season-best three-game win- 4. Long Island ning streak while Sacred Heart currently has two straight wins. 5. Saint Francis (PA) •Seeing Double: Long Island had three players rack up double-doubles last week while Robert 6. Bryant Fairleigh Dickinson Morris had four. 8. Quinnipiac •Big Names, Big Wins: Sacred Heart now has three wins over major conferences including Mary- 9. St. Francis (NY) land (ACC) last week, along with the Big East’s UConn and Rutgers. First-place votes in parentheses •Record Breakers: Over the weekend Saint Francis (PA) had several players single-game season- NEC VS... highs, including kills, service aces, digs and assists. ACC...... 0-3 •Helping Hands Abound: CCSU’s Danielle Gassed (New Milford, CT/New Milford) piled up 133 America East ��3-5 assists over three games, including a one match total of 59 in a five set victory over Bucknell while Atlantic-10...... 3-5 Big East...... 2-7 SFPA’s Logan Meinert (Wexford, PA/North Allegheny) helped out with 50 assists versus Rider to Big South...... 1-1 set a new career single-game high. It was also Meinert’s third 40-plus performance this season. Big Ten...... 0-1 •One More Time! This weekend will represent the last in of out-of-conference play for the league Big Sky...... 0-0 Big West...... 0-2 as NEC play begins on September 24. Colonial...... 0-6 •North Poll, South Poll: For all the latest information on preseason polls, current standings and Conference USA ��1-0 statistics, be sure to visit the NEC’s website and volleyball HQ. Great West...... 0-0 Horizon...... 1-2 Ivy...... 2-2 MAC...... 0-2 MAAC...... 6-4 MEAC...... 4-3 Missouri Valley ��0-1 MPSF...... 1-1 Mountain West ��0-1 Ohio Valley...... 0-0 Patriot League ��3-2 PAC-12...... 0-2 SEC...... 0-0 Southern...... 0-0 Southland...... 0-0 Summit...... 1-0 Sun Belt...... 0-0 WAC...... 0-1 WCC...... 0-2 Total ��32-59

2010 NEC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPION SACRED HEART PIONEERS

YEAR REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS YEAR REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1987-88 N/A Fairleigh Dickinson 2004-05 Robert Morris Long Island 1988-89 N/A Fairleigh Dickinson 2005-06 Long Island Long Island 1989-90 N/A Fairleigh Dickinson 2006-07 Long Island Long Island 1992-93 N/A Robert Morris 2007-08 Long Island Long Island 1993-94 N/A Robert Morris 2008-09 Robert Morris Long Island 1994-95 Rider Rider 2009-10 Long Island Long Island 1995-96 Rider Rider 2010-11 Sacred Heart Sacred Heart 1996-97 Rider Rider 1997-98 St. Francis (PA) Wagner 1998-99 UMBC UMBC 1999-00 Robert Morris Robert Morris 2000-01 UMBC Robert Morris 2001-02 CCSU/UMBC/Robert Morris Robert Morris 2002-03 Robert Morris Robert Morris 2003-04 Robert Morris Robert Morris

WWW.NORTHEASTCONFERENCE.ORG BRYANT BULLDOGS CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ST. BLUE DEVILS OVERALL RECORD: 3-6, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 1-2 OVERALL RECORD: 4-2, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 3-0 LAST WEEK: VS. UMES, L 3-1, VS. HARVARD, L 3-1, VS. HOLY CROSS, W 3-0 LAST WEEK: VS. ST. PETER’S, W 3-0, VS. BUCKNELL, W 3-2, VS. STONY BROOK, W 3-1 THIS WEEK: SEPT. 13, VS. HARTFORD; SEPT. 16. UMES; SEPT. 17, VS. FORDHAM; SEPT. THIS WEEK: SEPT. 17, AT DARTMOUTH 17 VS. BROWN

•The Bulldogs hosted the Bryant Invitational and went 1-2 on the weekend. Bryant placed •The Blue Devils went 3-0 last week and have now posted their first winning streak of the young senior Jazmin Stoner (Durango, CO/Durango) and Maria Scocca (Melrose, MA/Arlington season. Catholic) on the All-Tournament Team •Senior Danielle Gassed(New Milford, CT/New Milford) piled up 133 assists over three • Scocca and sophomore Alexandria Clyburn STONE WALL games, including a one-match total of 59 in a five-game victory over Bucknell. (Cartersville, GA/Cartersville) each collected 10 •Emily Cochran (Adel, IA/Adel-Desoto-Minburn) put up 50 kills on the weekend as the Blue Stoner’s 32-kill weekend paced the blocks in the three-match stretch. Devils swept their own Invitational and posted a Bulldogs and her 2.91 kills per set DIGGING DEEP •Macy Mitravich (Waimanalo, Hawaii/Sacred .414 hitting percentage in a win over St. Peter’s. average was good enough for fourth Brittany Schumacher (Hartford, WI/ Hearts Academy) picked up 73 digs, averaging among all Bryant Invitational players. Hartford Union) had a strong defensive 6.64 per game, the highest average among any She also recorded a double-double in weekend collecting 55 digs while post- player at the four-team tournament. Her 30 digs two-of-three matches. ing five aces and five assists. against Harvard were a career high.

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON KNIGHTS LONG ISLAND BLACKBIRDS OVERALL RECORD: 7-3, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 3-1 OVERALL RECORD: 3-7, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 2-1 LAST WEEK: AT LA SALLE, W 3-2, VS. NORFOLK STATE, W 3-1, VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE, LAST WEEK: AT SETON HALL, L 3-0, VS. SYRACUSE, L 3-1, VS. LEHIGH, W 3-1 VS. L 3-0, VS UMBC, W 3-2 TEMPLE W, 3-1 THIS WEEK: SEPT. 14, AT NJIT THIS WEEK: SEPT. 13, VS. ST. JOHN’S; SEPT. 16, AT PENN STATE; SEPT. 17 VS. FLORIDA •Senior Sarah Berkland (Newton, MA/Newton North) was named Maddie Bingaman Tourna- •Freshman Annika Foit (Hausach, Germany/Robert-Gerwig Gymnasium) nabbed her second ment MVP as she notched 33 kills, 12 blocks and a .353 hitting percentage bolstered by a .522 consecutive Molton/NEC Rookie of the Week honor after collecting 53 kills and 49 digs over percentage against Norfolk State. the course of the week, highlighted by three straight double-doubles during the Blackbird •Senior Kelsey Semler (Allentown, “What an exciting match! The Team played hard Invitational. PA/Allentown Catholic Central) broke as a cohesive unit for the entire match. Sarah •Hanna Gibeau (Arvada, CO/Ralston Valley) reached double figures in kills in all four matches the school record for career digs ver- Berkalnd dominated at the net, hitting a .444 with for LIU, including a weekend best 21-kill performance in sus Norfolk State when she surpassed one block solo and five block assists.” a win over Temple. the former mark of 1,667. -Head Coach Stacey Recanati on the Knight’s win •Foit, Vera Djuric (lazarevac, Serbia/Svetozar Markovic) •The Knights won this weekend’s over American East rival UMBC. and Gibeau each recorded multiple double-doubles over Maddie Bingaman Memorial the weekend. Tournament as Meaghan Wheeler •Djuric and Jessica Rice (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) were (Chatsworth, CA/Chaminade) was named to the All-Tournament team. both named to the All-Tournament Team

QUINNPIAC BOBCATS ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS OVERALL RECORD: 1-9, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 1-3 OVERALL RECORD: 1-9, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 0-3 LAST WEEK: VS. LA SALLE, W 3-2, VS. NAVY, L 3-2, VS. DELAWARE L 3-0, AT HART- LAST WEEK: VS. WILLIAM & MARY, L 3-0, AT KENT STATE, L 3-2 VS. IUPUI, L 3-0 FORD, L 3-0 THIS WEEK: SEPT. 14, AT DUQUESNE; SEPT. 16, VS. TEXAS PAN-AMERICA; SEPT. 16, VS. THIS WEEK: SEPT. 16, VS. ARMY; SEPT. 17, VS. YALE; SEPT. 17 VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE MORGAN STATE; SEPT. 17, EASTERN MICHIGAN •Rookie Erica Robb (Novi, MI/Novi) tallied her first collegiate double-double in RMU’s home •Senior setter Kayla Lawler (Louisville, KY/Centerville(Ind.)), and sophomore Tracey Wright opener against Duquesne as she pounded 13 kills. This was the first time since 2008 that a (Fair Lawn, NJ/Fair Lawn) were both named to the Quinnipiac/University of Hartford Invitation- Colonial had at least 13 kills while making fewer than two errors. al All-Tournament team. COUNTING TO 3,000 •The Colonials had four student-athletes record double-doubles in the same match for the first •Tierra Allen (Sumter, SC/Crestwood) had a solid Lawler totaled 124 assists (7.75 time since 2003. weekend posting a team-high 43 kills, highlighted by 14 DOUBLE TIME per game) as well as 31 digs. •Freshman Hanna Hoffman (Parker, CO/ kills in the Bobcats’ 3-2 win over La Salle. - Junior Lindsey Monger (Rising Sun, MD/Rising Sun) She is now just 74 assists shy Ponderosa) became the first Colonial •Quinnipiac and Yale will play host to the Yale/Quin- racked up 55 kills and 49 digs on the weekend. Her 20 kills of 3,000 for her career. since 2007 to tally at least 30 assists nipiac Tournament this weekend, hosting Army and New against Duquesne was the most by a Colonial at home since in four consecutive matches in a single Hampshire. August 2009. She followed up this performance with her season. second consecutive double-double and fourth in five match- •Junior Amanda Craig (Houston, TX/St. es. e and fourth in five matchest consecutive points with her Agnes Academy) led the team with 3.77 serve, three of which were aces. She posted 114 assists dur- digs per game while going a perfect 17- ing the weekend and hit at a .348 hitting percentage. 17 on service receptions. WWW.NORTHEASTCONFERENCE.ORG SACRED HEART PIONEERS ST. FRANCIS (NY) TERRIERS OVERALL RECORD: 8-2, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 3-1 OVERALL RECORD: 1-10, NEC RECORD 0-0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 1-3 LAST WEEK: AT UCONN, W 3-1, VS. DELAWARE, L 3-1, AT MARYLAND, W 3-2, VS. YALE, LAST WEEK: AT ST PETER’S, W 3-2, AT PROVIDENCE, L 0-3, VS. LAFAYETTE, L 3-1 VS. W 3-1 COPPIN STATE, 3-0 NEXT WEEK: SEPT.16 VS. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH; SEPT. 17 VS. BALL STATE; SEPT. THIS WEEK: SEPT. 16, VS. IOWA; SEPT. 16, VS. ST. JOHN’S; SEPT. 17, AT COLUMBIA; SEPT. 17, AT MICHIGAN STATE 17 VS. BINGHAMTON •The Pioneers had a big week picking up both Molton/NEC Player of the Week and Defensive • The Terriers picked up their first win of the season in a 3-2 victory over St. Peter’s. Player of the Week Honors in Kimmee Roleder (Pasa- •Junior outside hitter Marina Georgieva (Sofia, Bulgaria/Suchern Ivan Vazov) is currently sev- dena, CA/Pasadena) and Jessica Colberg (Long WINNER, WINNER, TERRAPIN enth in the NEC in kills per game (3.29). Beach, CA/Long Beach Polytechnic), respectively. DINNER •Junior Naomi Flinders (Provo, UT/ TEXAS TOAST • Dianis Mercado (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) was SHU won the 2011 Spring Hill Provo) was named to the All-Tourna- Sophomore libero Feliz Ramirez (San Antonio named Tournament MVP and joined Roleder and Suites at Arundel Mills Invitational, ment team at the Providence Invita- TX/Antoman College Prep) is fourth in the league Colberg on the All-Tournament Team. the tournament highlight was the tional. in digs and is averaging 5.96 per game in the last • After coming from behind 2-1 against Maryland, Pioneer’s 3-2 victory over host six matches. The Texas native recorded a career- Sacred Heart looked at a 20-13 deficit against Yale in and ACC foe Maryland. The come high 34 digs in the Terriers’ five set win against the fourth game, only to win the next seven points. from behind win was the third Saint Peter’s. The Pioneers again fell behind, 23-20, before finally victory over a school from a major claiming the finally five rallies to win the match. conference.

SAINT FRANCIS (PA) RED FLASH OVERALL RECORD: 3-8, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 2-2 LAST WEEK: AT DELAWARE, W 3-2, VS. CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD, L 3-2, AT LIBERTY, L 3-0, VS. RIDER, W 3-1 THIS WEEK: SEPT. 13 VS. COPPIN STATE; SEPT. 16, AT LEHIGH, SEPT 17, VS. HARTFORD;

•Junior Elizabeth Williams (North Bend, OH/Saint Ursula) was selected to the Liberty All-Tournament team over the weekend after posting 33 kills and a .379 hitting percentage while also picking up 10 total blocks. •Waters racked up a season-high 14 kills against Delaware State only to break that four days later by putting up 18 kills versus Rider. •Five Red Flash players set new season-highs in a multitude of categories including kills, service aces, digs and assists. •Sophomore Logan Meinert (Wexford, PA/North Allegheny) helped out with 50 assists versus Rider to set a new career single-game high. It was also her third performance of over 40 this season.