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Volleyball Notes for the Week: Gallaudet had a difficult road to the CAC championship. In order to win the CAC Championship, the Bison had to beat three teams with a combined record of 75-25 entering their games with the Bison. Sophomore Tamijo Foronda, Gallaudet’s Athlete of the Month of October, had a fine November with 3.08 kills per game and a team-high .358 hitting percentage. She was one of three Gallaudet players to hit better than .350 for the tournament and the Bison as a team had a .302 attack percentage. Their digs per game went up to 4.12 dpg during the conference tournament. The Bison accomplished something they never had previously in the NCAA tournament as the Bison were able to win a game in their 3-1 loss to Colorado College in the first round at the University of LaVerne. In Gallaudet’s three previous NCAA appearances, the Bison lost 3-0 in each contest.York College finished second in the CAC tournament for the fifth time in six championship appearances. The Spartans’ 26 wins are tied for the third-most wins in school history. The 1991 YCP team went 30-10 and the 1997 squad recorded 28 wins en route to their CAC championship. Salisbury junior Lindsay Lawson and sophomore Brittany Mister registered eight kills to lead Salisbury to a 3-0 quarterfinal win over Goucher. The Sea Gulls lost a 2-0 lead to Gallaudet as the Bison won the last three games to knock Salisbury from the tournament. Trailing 9-6 in the deciding fifth game, Gallaudet scored nine of the game’s final 12 points to secure the victory. Lawson led the Gulls this season with 323 kills. Abbey Petrecca had 967 assists while Mister led the team in digs with 336. Lawson and Mister each had 66 service aces this year. St. Mary’s won their opening round CAC tournament match against Mary Washington 3-2. The Seahawks battled back from an 0-2 deficit to win the match. It was the first conference tournament win for the Seahawks since the 1995 season when they defeated Salisbury 3-0 in the opening round. Junior middle blocker Nicole Tuttle led the team in both kills (248) and blocks (76) for the season. Catholic ended its season as the fourth-seeded Cardinals were upset to eventual champion Gallaudet in a first round tournament match. The Cardinals, who played in the past four CAC tournament final matches, were eliminated in the first round for the first time since 1998. Marymount finished .271 percentage points better than last season. The Saints won nine more contests and lost seven fewer than the 2002 season.

Volleyball Notes for the Week: Salisbury enters the CAC tournament on a roll this week as the Sea Gulls ended the regular season on a high note Saturday afternoon with a 3-0 win over Johns Hopkins. Freshman Abby Petrecca led Salisbury with 26 assists and eight digs. Senior Suzanne Powell added seven kills and eight digs. Junior Kim Rementer tallied 14 digs and a kill while sophomore Brittany Mister had 10 digs and nine kills. Junior Lindsay Lawson finished with five kills and seven digs. The Sea Gulls have now won a school record 15 straight matches and have not lost since the September 20 match against Johns Hopkins. York College extended their win streak to seven with four wins this week including a clutch 3-2 win over Catholic on Tuesday evening. The Spartans posted another five-set win on Thursday as the Spartans downed Lebanon Valley 3-2 on YCP’s senior night. The Spartans downed Goucher and McDaniel in a pair of matches on Saturday. Sophomore Stephanie Good has been outstanding since returning to the libero position for YCP. Since she took over the libero duties on October 7, Good has 189 digs in 41 games, an team-leading 4.61 digs per game. Mary Washington closed out the regular season with a pair of wins at home this week. The Eagles host sixth-seeded St. Mary’s on Tuesday in the CAC quarterfinals. Catholic fell to 4-3 in regular season CAC play for the first time since 1999 as York defeated the Cardinals 3-2 on Tuesday night. CUA then split a pair of matches on Saturday at Messiah College, defeating the Falcons before falling to Franklin & Marshall. Gallaudet finished the regular season with four players with 200 or more kills and two with 300 or more. Sophomore Valerie Trofimenkoff finished the regular season first in the CAC in hitting percentage, the second Gallaudet player in three years to finish the season at the top of that list. For the Bison to advance to the semifinals of the CAC tournament, they will need to defeat Catholic University and the Cardinals have won six straight over the Bison. St. Mary’s won their final regular season match, a 3-0 victory at Goucher. Freshman Isabel Spake led the Seahawks offensively as she drilled home 14 kills in the contest. Marymount freshman Gala Garcia came up big in the five-game win over Virginia Wesleyan with 21 kills and only three errors in 43 attempts. She also had seven service aces and eight digs. Senior Mary Carroll had 16 kills and seven digs in the same match.

Volleyball Notes for the Week: Salisbury extended their school-record winning streak to 13 matches with a 3-0 win over Catholic. Junior outside hitter Lindsay Lawson paced the Sea Gulls with 18 kills and nine digs. Sophomore outside hitter Brittany Mister added 12 kills and 11 digs. Freshman setter Abbey Petrecca had 41 assists and a team-high 13 digs. Senior middle hitter Suzanne Powell added seven kills, two blocks, and a team-high five service aces. York College won both of their matches for the week as senior Kerry Casperson was again outstanding. The senior outside hitter who is the reigning CAC Player of the Year, hit a blistering .568 with 28 kills and three errors in 44 attempts in six games. She also contributed 20 digs, four service aces and five assists as the Spartans have won 20 matches for the fourth time in the eight-year tenure of head coach Sue DuMars. Catholic dropped its second CAC regular season match of the year at the hands of Salisbury on Wednesday. The Cardinals have not lost two CAC regular season matches in a season since 1999, when CUA was 4-3 in conference play. Gallaudet plays its most important match of the past two years on Tuesday. The Bison have a shot to host a first-round CAC tournament match with a win over first-place Salisbury, something no team at Gallaudet has done since the volleyball squad accomplished the feat in 2001. St. Mary’s went 2-2 this past week. Junior Nicole Tuttle led the Seahawks offensively with a .416 hitting percentage with 50 kills and eight errors in 101 total attempts during the week. She also recorded eight block solos and eight block assists. The Seahawks end their regular season on Tuesday when they travel to Goucher. Marymount won their first CAC match of the year as they defeated Goucher at home.

Volleyball Notes for the Week: Catholic finished 2-1 at the Marymount Invitational on Saturday as the Cardinals finished third. Senior Kathleen McGlynn was named to the All-Tournament team as she totaled 28 kills, 12 total blocks, and 36 digs in three matches. Salisbury won the McDaniel tournament title as the Sea Gulls went 4-0 at the round-robin tournament. The Sea Gulls’ four wins in the tournament extend their school-record win streak to 12 matches. The 12 wins eclipse the old mark of 11 set in 1990 and tied in 1996. Junior Kim Rementer was named to the All-Tournament team as she totaled 39 digs for the tournament in addition to five assists. Salisbury opened their week with a 3-0 win over St. Mary’s. Brittany Mister had nine kills while Suzanne Powell added eight. York College helped forge a four-way tie for first place as the Spartans traveled to Mary Washington and posted a 3-1 victory. The Spartans received 13 kills from both Kerry Casperson and Kristin Hoffman. Casperson and Stephanie Good each added 25 digs while junior Caitlin McIntosh dished out 57 assists in addition to her 18 digs. Mary Washington’s Johanna Carpenter had a team-high 14 kills in the Eagles’ 3-0 win over Shenandoah on Saturday. Jackie Durr had a match-high 33 digs in the Eagles’ loss to York on Friday night. Gallaudet played in the McDaniel Tournament where the Bison went 2-2 with four four-set matches. Gallaudet beat Villa Julie and McDaniel but lost to Moravian and Richard Stockton. The Bison have a critical stretch ahead of them beginning with a match on Wednesday against Mary Washington. St. Mary’s lost their lone match this past week, falling at home to Salisbury 3-0. Junior middle blocker Nicole Tuttle led the Seahawks offensively with ten kills in the loss while senior setter Jeannie Long recorded a double-double with 20 assists and 11 digs. Marymount finished fourth in their own Invitational. Mary Carroll was named to the All-Tournament team as she had 43 kills and 32 digs in the three matches.

Volleyball Notes for the Week: Mary Washington remained unbeaten in CAC play with a 3-0 win over St. Mary’s on Wednesday. Catholic’s Kathleen McGlynn was named to the All-Tournament team at the Bison Invitational hosted by Gallaudet. Catholic finished second in the tournament with a record of 3-1. With 19 wins on the season, Catholic is one win away from its fifth straight season with 20 or more wins. Salisbury’s Allison Pikounis registered 10 kills while freshman setter Abbey Petrecca added seven kills, five aces, and 29 assists to lead the Gulls to a 3-0 win over Marymount. Salisbury has now won a season-high seven matches. Senior Suzanne Powell added seven kills, six digs, and three aces for Salisbury who finished with 15 aces in the match. Lindsay Lawson and Brittany Mister each finished with five kills and seven digs for Salisbury. York College finished 1-3 at the Spike It Up! Classic at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO this past weekend. The Spartans lost a pair of close matches on Friday before bouncing back and splitting their two games on Saturday. Senior Carla Gray was named to the All-Tournament team, her first all-tournament team berth of the season. Gallaudet had a rough week. The Bison had a pair of 3-0 wins but also lost two five-set matches after leading 2-0 in addition to falling to Catholic on the road. Gallaudet finished third at their own Bison Invitational while Catholic was second. Tamijo Foronda and Valerie Trofimenkoff each earned All-Tournament team honors. St. Mary’s finished third at the Rutgers-Newark tournament over the weekend. Junior middle blocker Nicole Tuttle was named to the All-Tournament team. The Seahawks play their final home game of the season on Wednesday against Salisbury. Marymount finished second in the Golden Dome Invitational at Rutgers-Newark, falling to the hosts in the championship match. The Saints finished the tournament with a record of 3-1. Senior Mary Carroll was named to the All-Invitational team.

Volleyball Notes for the Week: Mary Washington swept Goucher 3-0 to improve to 3-0 in the CAC. Freshman Kate Feldman had eight kills while Lauren Eigel and Ashley Bull each added nine kills and just one error for the Eagles in the win. Catholic rebounded from their first CAC regular season loss by downing St. Mary’s in three games on Thursday. Sophomore Mary McGlynn totaled a game-high 12 kills. She added 12 more kills in Saturday’s match at Haverford. Teammate April Wilson recorded 17 kills and 12 digs in the four-set win. Salisbury won its own tournament last weekend as the Sea Gulls went 4-0 in the round robin tournament. Salisbury notched a big conference win at York on Tuesday. Lindsey Lawson led the Gulls with a season and team-high 17 kills and 10 digs. Sophomore Brittany Mister chipped in with 16 kills. York College dropped their only match of the week, as they fell to Salisbury University in a five-set thriller in York. In the loss, the Spartans were led by Kerry Casperson as she picked up the double-double with 17 kills and 15 digs while she also recorded six service aces and five blocks. Carla Gray had 12 digs and nine kills while Caitlin McIntosh had 66 assists. Gallaudet face a tough week starting with a road match at Catholic. It will be just the second match in ten days for the Bison as they have played just once since returning from California. The Bison host their annual tournament this weekend. St. Mary’s lost their only match of the week, falling to Catholic 3-0 on Thursday. Senior Carol Schmoeller led the Seahawks with ten kills and five digs in the match. Marymount’s Mary Carroll had 19 kills in the tough four-game loss to Gallaudet and then added 33 kills and 30 digs in four matches at the Sea Gull Classic in Salisbury this weekend. The Saints finished second in the tournament as they went 3-1.

Volleyball Notes for the Week: York College won the JHU Invitational on Saturday as the Spartans defeated host Blue Jays 3-2 in the championship match. Senior Kerry Casperson banged out a team-high 63 digs in the Spartans five matches this week. She also collected 13 service aces and 51digs in 20 games for YCP. Setter Caitlin McIntosh dished out 217 assists in 19 games as the Spartans went 4-1 for the week including a CAC win at Marymount on Wednesday. Mary Washington defeated Catholic on Wednesday, handing the Cardinals just their second CAC regular season loss since 1999. Mary Washington won the consolation final at the Johns Hopkins Tournament on Saturday. Catholic suffered their first regular-season CAC loss since 2001 as they fell to Mary Washington. Gettysburg won Saturday’s Guetle Invitational, marking the first time in the five-year history of the tournament that the Cardinals did not win. Salisbury won their only game of the week as they blanked Goucher 3-0 on Wednesday. Suzanne Powell had nine kills while Lindsay Lawson added seven kills. Powell also had five service aces and 10 digs. Kim Rementer had nine digs while Brittany Mister had seven. Gallaudet traveled to California for a tournament at CSU Hayward. The Bison played three teams ranked in the top 15 and those teams lived up to their rankings as the Bison managed to win just one of 13 games. Sophomore Jovin Dinkel led the team with 37 kills in those four matches. St. Mary’s won their opening match of the Elizabethtown tournament against Montclair State but then lost their remaining three matches of the tournament. The current three-game losing skid comes after the Seahawks had won four of their previous five matches. Marymount’s Gala Garcia had 16 kills in the conference loss to YCP. Sophomore Kelly Seymour had 25 digs in the match.

Volleyball Notes for the Week: Catholic picked up their first CAC win of the season with a 3-0 victory over Goucher on Tuesday. Freshman Whitney Dachelet led the way with 12 kills. It was her fifth straight match with 10 or more kills. YCP went 3-1 this week including their first CAC win of the year, a 3-1 win over Gallaudet. Senior Kerry Casperson had another solid week as she hit .333 with 54 kills in 13 games played. Casperson also had a team-high 13 service aces, 38 digs, and 10 blocks. Mary Washington swept Salisbury on the road in their only match of the week in both teams’ CAC opener on Wednesday. Gallaudet will play four matches in California this week at the California State University-Hayward. Three of the opponents that the Bison will face are currently ranked in the top 15 nationally. Elmhurst, CSU-Hayward, and University of La Verne are on the slate for the weekend. St. Mary’s won their lone match last week, a thrilling 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Marymount. Senior setter Jeannie Long had a phenomenal match for the Seahawks by tallying 32 assists, 18 digs, and ten kills in the match. The annual Sea Gull Classic volleyball tournament was forced into a three team round-robin, featuring Salisbury, Johns Hopkins, and Richard Stockton, due to the effects of Hurricane Isabel. Frostburg State and Catholic opted out of the tournament.

Volleyball Notes for the Week: Gallaudet is two games over .500 for the first time since the 2001 season, despite playing without senior starter Nicole Snell, who has a foot injury. The Bison are once again getting big contributions from first-year players as Charity Sanders is third on the team in kills while Kristina Burke is first on the team in digs. Catholic University captured its second tournament title in as many weeks as the Cardinals defeated the host Richard Stockton in five games to win the 2003 Osprey Classic. Senior Anji Wall was named the MVP of the one-day tournament while senior Kathleen McGlynn was named to the all-tournament team. Salisbury finished tied for third at the nine-team ASICS Maryland State Division III Tournament. Salisbury advanced to the semifinals before falling to eventual champion Frostburg State on Saturday. The Sea Gulls finished round-robin play 3-1 with wins over Villa Julie, Washington, and St. Mary’s. Earlier in the week, Salisbury had only five attack errors and hit .338 as a team to beat the College of Notre Dame in three games. Sophomore Brittany Mister paced the Salisbury offense with 10 kills and a .429 attack percentage. Freshman Abbey Petrecca added six kills and 21 assists. The Sea Gulls also tied a school-record with 22 service aces, led by six from sophomore Alicia Knowles. York’s senior Kerry Casperson reached the 1,000 career kill plateau in the match against Messiah on Saturday. Casperson had a great day on Saturday as she finished with 33 kills, 21 digs, 10 assists, six aces, and three blocks in two matches (seven games). Casperson is just the second player in the last eight years to reach the 1,000 kill career mark at YCP. Mary Washington avenged its season-opening loss to Bridgewater with a 3-1 win over the Eagles on Tuesday. Lauren Eigel led MWC with 16 kills and 21 digs in the match. Marymount University took third place at the Bridgewater College Tournament, going 2-2. Senior Mary Carroll was named to the All-Tournament team. Goucher secured its first win of the season when it prevailed in the decisive fifth game of a match against Hood, 15-9, at the ASICS Maryland State Division III Tournament. Kim Thompson supplied the Gophers with 16 kills in the five-game victory over the Blazers. St. Mary’s dropped their conference opener at Gallaudet on Tuesday before finishing 2-2 at the inaugural ASICS Maryland State Division III tournament held at Johns Hopkins University. The two wins for SMC at the tournament were their first two wins of the season.

Volleyball Notes for the Week: After dropping their season opener, Catholic has picked up steam in winning eight in a row. Included in that win streak was the championship of the Buttermaker Tournament at Muhlenberg College. Senior Kathleen McGlynn was named to the all-tournament team at the F &M Scramble and the Buttermaker Tournament. At the Gettysburg Tournament, Salisbury dropped their opening two matches on Friday night by scores of 3-0 and 3-1. The Sea Gulls then rebounded to win all three of their matches on Saturday to win the tournament’s silver bracket. York finished second in the blue bracket at the Gettysburg Tournament this past weekend. The Spartans were led by the senior tandem of Kerry Casperson and Carla Gray. For the week, Casperson had 59 kills while hitting . 323 in 18 games, she also recorded 63 digs and seven service aces. Gray contributed 63 digs, seven service aces, and averaged 2.2 kills in 23 games. Brandy Overlander hit .311 for the week with 74 kills in 23 games which was a team-high while Caitlin McIntosh had 253 assists in 23 games for the Spartans. St. Mary’s was idle for the last week, they will turn to action this week when they open their CAC schedule at Gallaudet and then travel to the Maryland State D-III tournament at Johns Hopkins this weekend. Mary Washington's Kathryn Feldman was named to the all tournament team at CNU. When Gallaudet recorded their 3-0 win over Messiah, head coach Patrick O’Brien picked up the 100th win of his career. Raylene Lotz was named to the all-tournament team at the Moravian Tournament. (M. O’Brien)

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