ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Friday, October 21, 2005

Elizabethtown Beats Southern Virginia 3-2, Falls to Maryville (TN) 3-1, on First Day of Washington & Lee Invitational

LEXINGTON, Va. --- Elizabethtown's record now stands at 17-9 after splitting its first day's results at the Washington & Lee University Invitational Friday evening. The Blue Jays defeated Southern Virginia University 3-2 in their opening match of the day and fell to Maryville College (TN) 3-1 in the nightcap.

Etown defeated Southern Virginia (15-7) by game scores of 30-23, 28-30, 30-27, 28-30, 15-12. In that match, Kelly Downs (Airville, PA/Red Lion) posted a team season-best total of 23 kills, and Meghan Gowens (Pensacola, FL/B.T. Washington) and Ashley Whitmarsh (New Castle, DE/Padua Academy) added 14 and 12 kills, respectively, to the Blue Jay offense. Setter Stacey Wasserman (Upperco, MD/Owings Mills) had a season-best total of 53 assists for Etown, and Melissa Maioriello (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) and Kate Scanlan (Milmont Park, PA/Ridley) led Etown in digs with 13 each.

Etown's loss to Maryville (20-12) came by game scores of 25-30, 31-29, 31-29, 30-20. In that match, Downs had 18 kills and Whitmarsh had 13 kills. Scanlan again led the team in digs with 12, and Wasserman had 37 assists and eight digs.

The Washington & Lee Invitational will continue Saturday, October 22.

Elizabethtown Coll. def. Southern Virginia U. 30-23,28-30,30-27,28-30,15-12
Elizabethtown Coll. (17-8) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Kelly Downs 23-2-1; Meghan Gowens 14-2-0; Ashley Whitmarsh 12-0-3; Dee Selby 6-0-3; Megan Monahan 5-2-4; Stacey Wasserman 1-2-1; Melissa Maioriello 1-0-0; Kate Scanlan 0-1-0; Totals 62-9-7.0. (Assists) - Stacey Wasserman 53. (Dig leaders) - Melissa Maioriello 13; Kate Scanlan 13; Kayla Kassis 12; Meghan Gowens 11; Stacey Wasserman 11

Maryville Coll. (TN) def. Elizabethtown Coll. 25-30,31-29,31-29,30-20
Elizabethtown Coll. (17-9) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Kelly Downs 18-2-2; Ashley Whitmarsh 13-1-0; Meghan Gowens 7-0-1; Megan Monahan 7-0-2; Stacey Wasserman 5-1-2; Dee Selby 1-0-1; Jenna Schirmer 1-0-0; Kate Scanlan 0-2-0; Totals 52-6-5.0. (Assists) - Stacey Wasserman 37. (Dig leaders) - Kate Scanlan 12; Jenn Popp 10; Corin Kidwell 8; Stacey Wasserman 8