Saturday, September 16, 2000

ETOWN REACHES SEMIFINALS OF SCRANTON TOURNAMENT

SCRANTON, Pa. --- Elizabethtown survived a one-game playoff against Baptist Bible at the University of Scranton Tournament Saturday to reach the semifinal round before falling to New York University, 15-13, 15-9, 15-5. Etown's score against Baptist Bible was a 16-14 win, and earlier in the day the Blue Jays fell to Scranton 15-11, 15-10, 15-3.

Dawn Johns (Baltimore, MD/Lansdowne) and Gabriella Clarke (Woodlyn, PA/Ridley) shared team single match highs in kills for the day, with Johns having eight against Scranton and Clarke having eight against NYU. In addition, Emily Morris (Canton, PA/Canton) had six kills in the single-game playoff against Baptist Bible. Morris also had a team-high 15 digs against NYU and 10 against Baptist Bible.

On the first day of competition Friday, Etown lost the tournament opener to Baptist Bible 15-11, 6-15, 15-8, 15-8, but came back to defeat Misericordia 15-10, 15-3, 15-8. Against Misericordia, setter Tess Romiti (Ellicott City, MD/Seton Keough) had 57 assist, the fourth-highest single match total in Elizabethtown program history.

Clarke was named to the all-tournament team following the conclusion of competition Saturday.

Elizabethtown returns to action at home against Western Maryland Monday, September 18. Game time is 7:00 p.m.

At Scranton, PA
University of Scranton Tournament

Saturday Results:

Scranton 3, Elizabethtown 0
Elizabethtown (3-6)   11  10   3
Scranton              15  15  15

Blue Jay Leaders:
Kills: Dawn Johns 8, Erin Malone 7
Digs: Emily Morris 10, Gabriella Clarke 8
Assists: Tess Romiti 18
Blocks: Clarke 3
Service Aces: Malone 2

Elizabethtown 16, Baptist Bible 14 (one-game playoff)
Blue Jay Leaders:
Kills: Morris 6, Clarke 5
Digs: Morris 10, Casey Miller 8
Assists: Romiti 14
Blocks: Anne Pearce 3, Malone 3
Service Aces: Morris 1, Malone 1

New York University 3, Elizabethtown 0 (Tournament semifinals)
New York University   15  15  15
Elizabethtown (3-7)   13   9   5

Blue Jay Leaders:
Kills: Clarke 8, Morris 6
Digs: Morris 15, Malone 11, Miller 11
Assists: Romiti 15
Blocks: Clarke 3, Pearce 2
Service Aces: Simcoe 3

Friday Results:

Baptist Bible 3, Elizabethtown 1
Baptist Bible         15    6  15   15
Elizabethtown (2-5)   11   15   8    8

Blue Jay Leaders:
Kills: Clarke 14, Johns 10
Digs: Morris 10
Assists: Romiti 31
Blocks: Clarke 2, Malone 2
Service Aces: Johns 2, Clarke 2, Romiti 2

Elizabethtown 3, Misericordia 0
Misericordia          10   3   8
Elizabethtown (3-5)   15  15  15

Blue Jay Leaders:
Kills: Morris 9, Johns 7, Clarke 7
Digs: Morris 22, Miller 12
Assists: Romiti 57
Blocks: Clarke 2
Service Aces: Morris 4, Simcoe 4