ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Elizabethtown Drops Moravian 3-1 in Conference and Home Opener

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown won its 2005 Commonwealth Conference and home opener 3-1 over Moravian College Tuesday night. The Blue Jays won 30-23, 26-30, 30-20, 30-26 to improve to 5-3 overall and 1-0 in the conference, while Moravian dropped to 8-4 overall and 0-1 in the conference.

Sophomore middle hitter Kelly Downs (Airville, PA/Red Lion) powered the Etown offense with a team-high total of 19 kills. She also had just three attack errors in 29 attacks for a team-leading .552 hitting percentage for the match. Downsalso led the Blue Jays in service aces with four and in blocks with five.

Sophomore setter Stacey Wasserman (Upperco, MD/Owings Mills) led the Blue Jays with 47 assists and 13 digs, and she had three service aces and three blocks as well. Junior libero Kate Scanlan (Milmont Park, PA/Ridley) added 12 digs for Etown, and sophomore defensive specialist Kayla Kassis (Bethlehem, PA/ Liberty) added 11 digs. Sophomore outside hitter Ashley Whitmarsh (New Castle, DE/ Padua Academy) tallied 13 kills, and sophomore outside and middle hitter Megan Monahan (Chambersburg, PA/ Chambersburg) had 11 kills.

Etown’s defense controlled much of the match, as the Blue Jays out-dug Moravian 67-36 and out-blocked the Greyhounds 9-8. Etown also held a 63-51 advantage in kills, and the Blue Jays’ team hitting percentage of .252 bested Moravian’s mark of .219.

Kelly Bauer (Hellertown, PA/Notre Dame) led Moravian in kills with 16 and in digs with 12.

Elizabethtown will return to action on the road Friday, September 16 and Saturday, September 17 at the University of Scranton Invitational. The Blue Jays are scheduled to take on Mt. Aloysius College at 4:00 p.m. Friday and DeSales University at 8:00 p.m. Saturday in the opening rounds of the invitational.

Elizabethtown Coll. def. Moravian College 30-23,26-30,30-20,30-26

Moravian College (8-4, 0-1) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Kelly Bauer 16-1-1; Jenna Wallace 12-0-2; Rachel Radocha 10-0-0; Lindsey Siracusa 9-2-5; Katherine Perkins 2-0-2; Valerie Korsak 2-3-1; Ashley Hugo 0-1-1; Christa Burke 0-3-0; Totals 51-10-8.0. (Assists) - Valerie Korsak 40. (Dig leaders) - Kelly Bauer 12; Rachel Radocha 8

Elizabethtown Coll. (5-3, 1-0) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Kelly Downs 19-4-5; Ashley Whitmarsh 13-0-2; Megan Monahan 11-3-3; Dee Selby 7-0-2; Meghan Gowens 5-0-0; Stacey Wasserman 4-3-3; Jenna Schirmer 3-0-0; Jenn Popp 1-1-0; Kayla Kassis 0-2-0; Totals 63-13-9.0. (Assists) - Stacey Wasserman 47. (Dig leaders) - Stacey Wasserman 13; Kate Scanlan 12; Kayla Kassis 11