ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Elizabethtown Downs Shippensburg 3-2
In Five-Game Thriller

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ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- In their 2007 home opener on Tuesday night, the Elizabethtown College volleyball team battled Division II Shippensburg University to five games before the host Blue Jays came away with a 3-2 victory (30-20, 25-30, 30-23, 28-30 and 15-12) to remain undefeated at 3-0 on the season.

Senior Kelly Downs (Airville, PA/Red Lion) led the Blue Jays with 21 kills, including the clincher on match point in the fifth and deciding game, while sophomore Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) notched 11 kills and 16 digs and senior Ashley Whitmarsh (New Castle, DE/Padua Academy) added 10 kills and 11 digs.

Senior Stacey Wasserman (Upperco, MD/Owings Mills) finished with a match-high 46 assists for Elizabethtown while senior Kayla Kassis (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) paced all players with 20 digs and freshman Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) added 17 digs for the Blue Jays.

Brittany Roche led Shippensburg (7-2 overall) with 16 kills while Colleen Toomey added 15 kills and Cindel Young 14 kills for the Lady Raiders, who saw a six-match winning streak come to an end.

Elizabethtown 3, Shippensburg 2
(30-20, 25-30, 30-23, 28-30, 15-12)
Elizabethtown leaders:
Kills: Kelly Downs, 21
Assists: Stacey Wasserman, 46
Digs: Kayla Kassis, 20
Blocks: Kelly Downs and Paige Tanner, 3

Shippensburg leaders:
Kills: Brittany Roche, 16
Assists: Missy Ramp, 32
Digs: Kelsi Hoffman, 12
Blocks: Kali Antolik, 3