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For Immediate Release
October 22, 2009
Women’s Volleyball:
at Daniel Webster 3, Lesley 0
at Daniel Webster 3, Becker 0
Lesley 3, vs. Becker 0
Nashua – The Daniel Webster women’s volleyball team
will be returning to a familiar place in their second season as
part of the New England Collegiate Conference – the
championship tournament’s top seed.
Backed by an offensive barrage from the trio of senior Kristina
Rieger (Concord, N.H.) along with freshmen Samantha Hill (Hudson,
N.H.) and Chelsey Crawford (Westfield, Mass.), the Eagles swept
past both Lesley University and Becker College as part of a NECC
tri-match Saturday afternoon at Mario Vagge Gymnasium.
The Eagles opened with a 25-11, 25-19, 25-16 win over Lesley and
closed the day topping Becker, 25-4, 25-18, and 25-20, clinching at
least a tie for the NECC regular season crown with one league game
remaining.
By virtue of conference tiebreakers, the Eagles (13-5, 6-0 NECC)
cannot finish lower than the top seed for the six-team tournament.
DWC will host the tourney’s final four and championship for
the second straight season on Saturday, November 7th.
Lesley (10-12, 3-2 NECC) earned a split on the afternoon with a
3-0 sweep of Becker (9-15, 2-3 NECC), winning 25-18, 25-15, 25-15.
Game One: Daniel Webster 3, Lesley 0
In the opener, Hill was perfect at the net, knocking down eight
kills with no errors in 10 attempts, hitting .800 while Rieger
added eight kills against one error, banged out seven service aces,
added four kills and posted four total blocks as the Eagles avenged
their loss in last year’s tournament semifinal to the Lynx
and beat Lesley for the first time.
Crawford added six kills, three aces and three blocks, while
Caitlyn DiPierro (Billerica, Mass.) dished out 20 assists, adding
five aces and four digs.
The Eagles finished hitting .317 as a team and registered 16 aces
to Lesley’s two.
Meaghan Chadwick (Chelmsford, Mass.) led the Lynx with four kills
and eight digs, while Lindsey Marek (Killingworth, Conn.) chipped
in with four kills and two blocks. Kaitlyn Miller (Leesport, Penn.)
handed out 10 assists.
Game Two: Lesley 3, Becker 0
In the midday matchup, Marek paced the Lynx with a match high 10
kills and added two blocks, while Chadwick hit for seven kills and
Kaitlyn Wechsler (Merrick, N.Y.) added six kills and four digs.
Megan Ortwein (Shanghai, China) and Kristin Weber (Beachwood,
N.J.) chipped in with five kills each while Miller dished out 22
assists and six aces.
Julie Trcka (Shelton, Conn.) led Becker with five kills and four
digs while Kelsea Laubenstein (Randolph, Mass.) added two kills and
six digs.
Game Three: Daniel Webster 3, Becker 0
In the nightcap, the Eagles were devastating at the service
line, knocking down a season high 31 service aces to Becker’s
two.
Rieger paced the Eagles with eight kills, a career high 11 aces,
and added six digs, while Crawford added eight kills, two aces and
two digs.
Hill chipped in with six kills, two aces and three digs, and
DiPierro handed out 15 assists and knocked down eight aces.
Emily Travis (Somerset, Mass.) chipped in with four kills.
Joanna Slomiak (Brockton, Mass.), Julie Lantry (Fitchburg, Mass.),
Trcka and Nicole Morse (Alton, N.H.) notched two kills each for
Becker. Slomiak added four digs.
The Eagles are off until Wednesday when they renew their annual
intra-city rivalry hosting longtime nemesis Rivier College at 7:00
p.m. in a non-league matchup.