ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Friday, September 21, 2007

Elizabethtown Splits Two Matches on Opening Day of Blue Jay Classic

Box score vs. Swarthmore
Box score vs. St. Mary's

View match photos vs. St. Mary's here

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College volleyball team went 1-1 on the opening day of the Blue Jay Classic at Thompson Gymnasium on Friday afternoon, defeating Swarthmore College 3-0 (30-21, 30-23 and 30-23) before falling 3-1 in game two to St. Mary's College of Maryland (29-31, 31-29, 25-30, 26-30).

Against Swarthmore, the Blue Jays were led by senior Kelly Downs (Airville, PA/Red Lion), who posted a match-high 15 kills to go with six blocks, while sophomore Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) added 11 kills and 10 digs.

Senior Stacey Wasserman (Upperco, MD/Owings Mills) added 38 assists and nine digs while first-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) posted 15 digs for the Blue Jays.

Against St. Mary's, the Blue Jays (10-2 overall) received 15 kills and 12 digs from Tanner, 13 kills from Downs and 11 kills and 14 digs by senior Ashley Whitmarsh (New Castle, DE/Padua Academy).

Wasserman finished with 42 assists, four aces and 21 digs while senior Kayla Kassis (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) recorded 15 digs and Gold added 12.

The Blue Jays will continue pool play on Saturday morning against Wilkes University before entering the crossover round for their final match of the tournament in the afternoon.

Elizabethtown 3, Swarthmore 0
(30-21, 30-23, 30-23)
Elizabethtown leaders:
Kills: Kelly Downs, 15
Assists: Stacey Wasserman, 38
Digs: Allie Gold, 15
Aces: Allie Gold, 3
Blocks: Kelly Downs, 6

St. Mary's (Md.) 3, Elizabethtown 1
(31-29, 29-31, 30-25, 30-26)
Elizabethtown leaders:
Kills: Paige Tanner, 15
Assists: Stacey Wasserman, 42
Digs: Stacey Wasserman, 21
Aces: Stacey Wasserman, 4
Blocks: Kelly Downs, 3