ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Friday, September 7, 2007

Elizabethtown Improves to 5-0 on Season With
Wins over Richard Stockton and Hood

Box score vs. Richard Stockton
Box score vs. Hood

GETTYSBURG, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College volleyball team pushed its record to 5-0 with a pair of victories on the opening day of the Battlefield Classic at Gettysburg College on Friday.

The Blue Jays defeated Richard Stockton College 3-1 (30-15, 30-14, 22-30, 30-13) and downed Hood College (30-13, 30-11, 30-11) in pool play to advance to winners' pool play on Saturday against Johns Hopkins University and Salisbury University.

Against Richard Stockton, senior Stacey Wasserman (Upperco, MD/Owings Mills) became the eighth player in program history to reach 1,000 career digs in the opening game against the Ospreys. She finished with six digs in the match and 11 digs on the day to increase her total to 1,009 digs, good for seventh place on the program career list.

Senior Kelly Downs (Airville, PA/Red Lion) and senior Ashley Whitmarsh (New Castle, DE/Padua Academy) each recorded 11 kills for the Blue Jays while sophomore Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) finished with 10 kills and 11 digs. Whitmarsh added 10 digs while Downs chipped in with six blocks in the win.

Wasserman dished out 34 assists for the Blue Jays against Richard Stockton, while first-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) led the squad with 19 digs and senior Kayla Kassis (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) added 12 digs.

In the win over Hood, the Blue Jays employed a balanced attack, with Downs leading the team with six kills and sophomore Kathy Perry (Hockessin, DE/A.I. duPont) adding five kills. Wasserman dished out 14 assists and added five aces, while Kassis and Whitmarsh shared the team lead with nine digs.

Elizabethtown 3, Richard Stockton 1
(30-15, 30-14, 22-30, 30-13)
Elizabethtown leaders:
Kills: Kelly Downs and Ashley Whitmarsh, 11
Assists: Stacey Wasserman, 34
Digs: Allie Gold, 19
Blocks: Kelly Downs, 6

Elizabethtown 3, Hood 0
(30-13, 30-11, 30-11)
Elizabethtown leaders:
Kills: Kelly Downs, 6
Assists: Stacey Wasserman, 14
Digs: Kayla Kassis and Ashley Whitmarsh, 9
Blocks: Kayla Deats, 8