Elizabethtown College Volleyball News 
Back to top 11/11/2008 Volleyball places three on All-Conference team FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Volleyball Places Three on All-Conference Team ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Three members of the Elizabethtown College volleyball team have been named All-Commonwealth Conference, as selected by the league's seven head coaches and released Tuesday.
Tanner, a second-team honoree last season, led the Blue Jays with 426 kills, the third-highest single-season total in program history, and added a team-best 384 digs while playing in all but one of the team's 133 sets. During the season, Tanner became the sixth player in program history to reach 1,000 career kills and the 10th to record 1,000 digs. She presently ranks fifth in career kills with 1,112 and fifth in career digs with 1,194.  Deats led the Blue Jays in hitting percentage at .298, and was second on the team in kills (247) while leading the squad in service aces (60) and blocks (103). In three seasons at Elizabethtown, Deats has 667 kills and 293 blocks.Hayes was fourth on the team with 172 kills and in hitting percentage at .247, and ranked second on the squad with 53 blocks. She is the first Blue Jay rookie to earn a berth on the All-Conference team since both Kelly Downs and Ashley Whitmarsh were honored in 2004.  The Blue Jays finished 16-19 overall and in second place in the Commonwealth Conference with a 5-1 record. Elizabethtown, the defending conference champion, advanced to the title match for the third straight year before falling to Lebanon Valley College in the finals.Erin Yost of Lebanon Valley was named conference Player of the Year, while the Dutchmen's Wayne Perry took Coach of the Year honors. Jamie Ballew from Widener University was the league's Rookie of the Year. Back to top 11/8/2008 Volleyball downed by LVC in conference finals ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Lebanon Valley 3, Elizabethtown 0 ANNVILLE, Pa. --- Top-seeded Lebanon Valley College won its first-ever Commonwealth Conference volleyball championship with a 3-0 victory over Elizabethtown College on Saturday evening, winning by scores of 25-18, 25-14 and 25-15. The Dutchmen (33-2 overall) won their 22nd consecutive match and earned a bid to the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time in program history by avenging a 3-0 loss to the Blue Jays (16-20 overall) in last year's championship match. Michelle Little led Lebanon Valley with 11 kills, while tournament Most Valuable Player Erin Yost had a match-high 32 assists. Brandi Roth led the Dutchmen defensive effort with 17 digs. For the Blue Jays, junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) closed out a stellar season with nine kills and 11 digs, while sophomore Crystal Agnew (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) had 14 assists and sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) posted 18 digs. Lebanon Valley Coll. def. Elizabethtown Coll. 25-18, 25-14, 25-15 Kills: Michelle Little, 11 Assists: Erin Yost, 32 Digs: Brandi Roth, 17 Aces: Joelle Snyder, 3 Blocks: Emily Hopkins, 5 Back to top 11/5/2008 Volleyball moves to conference finals with 3-2 win over Widener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Elizabethtown 3, Widener 2 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) recorded a match-high 21 kills as Elizabethtown College advanced to the Commonwealth Conference volleyball finals with a 3-2 win over Widener University in semifinal action at Thompson Gymnasium on Wednesday night. Game scores were 25-23, 20-25, 25-20, 18-25 and 15-11.
Danielle Wetling led the Pride (25-9 overall) with 19 kills, while Rachel Lambert added 15 kills. Jamie Ballew dished out 44 assists, recorded 13 kills and had six blocks, and Julieanne Gryn led the Widener defense with 34 digs. Elizabethtown Coll. def. Widener University 25-23, 20-25, 25-20, 18-25, 15-11 Kills: Danielle Wetling, 19 Assists: Jamie Ballew, 44 Digs: Julieanne Gryn, 34 Aces: Julieanne Gryn, 2 Blocks: Devan Green, 7 Back to top 11/1/2008 Volleyball finishes regular season with Halloween Classic ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL SUNY Cortland 3, Elizabethtown 0 Box score vs. SUNY Cortland ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College volleyball team finished their 2008 regular season by concluding play at its Halloween Classic on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays lost 3-0 to SUNY Cortland and fell 3-1 to Gallaudet University. In the match against SUNY Cortland (29-9 overall), the Blue Jays were defeated 25-23, 25-23 and 25-23. Junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) had a team-high 11 kills along with 15 digs, with junior Kayla Deats (Middlebury Center, PA/Wellsboro) and first-year student Kelsey Hayes (Hummelstown, PA/Hershey) adding eight kills each. Sophomore Crystal Agnew (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) had 36 assists for the Blue Jays, while sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) led Elizabethtown with 19 digs.Against Gallaudet (18-17 overall), the Blue Jays (15-19 overall) lost 25-23, 25-22, 21-25 and 25-15. Elizabethtown received 11 kills from Deats and 10 from Hayes, while Agnew dished out 18 assists and Gold finished with 20 digs. Eastern University went 4-0 in the tournament to win the championship, followed by Gallaudet at 3-1, SUNY Cortland at 2-2, Washington & Jefferson College at 1-3 and Elizabethtown at 0-4. Courtney Reinhold of Eastern was selected tournament Most Valuable Player, with Tanner earning All-Tournament recognition. SUNY Cortland def. Elizabethtown College 25-23, 25-23, 25-23 Gallaudet University def. Elizabethtown College 25-23, 25-22, 21-25, 25-15 |
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