Elmira College Soaring Eagles Head Coach: Rhonda Faunce Assistant Coach: Stephen England
No. 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 18 22
Name--Class Sara Pieniazek ’17 Sami Hanes ’16 Molleigh Malanoski ’18 Kierstin Derr ’16 Paola Ortiz ’16 Amanda Blinkinsop ’16 Samantha Hawksley ’16 Ashley Heiman ’16 Christina North ’16 Payton Rusin ’18 Alicia Day ’17 Kelsey Ross ’16
Pos. L S S OH OH OH L MH OH MH MH L
Ht. 5’6” 5’5” 5’6” 5’6” 5’10” 5’8” 5’2” 6’0” 5’8” 6’0” 6’2” 5’5”
Game Notes Last Time Out: The Elmira College women’s volleyball team is coming off a thrilling five-set win over Hartwick College. After trailing 2-sets-to-1, Elmira rallied against the Hawks to pull out a 3-2 win. The victory over Hartwick gave the Purple and Gold their first Empire 8 Conference win of the season. Heiman’s Career Day: Ashley Heiman ’16 had one of her best weekends as a Soaring Eagle when EC hosted Nazareth College and Hartwick College. She totaled 27 kills and nine blocks in the two matches. However, it was her play against Hartwick that really stood out as she tied her career-high with 17 kills to guide Elmira to their first Empire 8 Conference win of the season. Career Day for Hawksley: In Elmira’s match against Hartwick, Samantha Hawksley ’16 made a career-high 17 digs, eight more than her previous career-high which was set earlier this season against Catholic University. Season High for Hanes: Third-year talent Sami Hanes ’16 continued her superb play as Elmira’s setter this past weekend. Against Harwick, the St. Mary’s, PA native had a season-high 49 assists. Her 49 assists marks the third time this season she has assisted on 40 or more kills and the 11th time she has accomplished this feat in her EC career. Series History: Elmira owns a decisive edge in the series history against Alfred University. The Soaring Eagles enter tonight’s match-up riding a 22-match win streak that dates back to the 2000 season. Looking Ahead: Following tonight’s match against Alfred, Elmira will play in their home finale on Tuesday, October 14th when the Soaring Eagles welcome the Wildcats of Penn Tech to Speidel Gymnasium for a non-conference showdown at 7:00 p.m.
Hometown--Secondary School Geneva, NY -- Geneva St. Mary’s, PA -- St. Mary’s Elmira, NY -- Thomas A Edison Elmira, NY -- Thomas A Edison San Juan, Puerto Rico -- American Military Academy Colton, CA -- Colton Lowville, NY -- Beaver River Dansville, NY -- Wayland-Cohocton East Berne, NY -- Berne-Knox-Westerlo Endicott, NY -- Union-Endicott Mount Laurel, NJ -- Lenape Oswego, NY -- Oswego
2014 Schedule (3-15, 1-4 E8) Day Date Opponent Time-Result SEPT. 2 Pitt-Bradford L, 0-3 5 Penn St.-Behrend L, 0-3 5 Skidmore W, 3-0 6 The Sage Colleges W, 3-2 6 at University of Rochester L, 0-3 12 York (PA) L, 0-3 12 Catholic L, 0-3 13 at Lycoming L, 1-3 13 Susquehanna L, 0-3 16 at Ithaca* L, 2-3 20 at Stevens Tech* L, 0-3 20 Houghton* L, 0-3 24 at Alfred State L, 0-3 26 SUNY IT L, 1-3 27 Alfred State L, 1-3 27 Utica L, 1-3 OCT. 4 Nazareth* L, 1-3 4 Hartwick* W, 3-2 8 Alfred* 7:00 p.m 14 Penn Tech 7:00 p.m. 18 at Hunter 12:00 p.m. 18 Rutgers-Camden 2:00 p.m. 25 St. John Fisher* 2:30 p.m. 25 at Utica* 5:00 p.m. 29 at SUNY Cortland 6:00 p.m. 31 RIT 4:00 p.m. 31 Clarkson 6:00 p.m. NOV. 1 Kean 12:00 p.m. 1 University of Rochester 4:00 p.m.
*Denotes Empire 8 contest
Alfred University Saxons Head Coach: Amanda Hubbard
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 16
Name--Class Valerie Cardillo ’17 Taylor Kiernan ’15 Jessica Scoones ’18 Aubrey Totsline ’18 Diana Lang ’18 Kristen Julian ’16 Chelsea Pietrzykowski ’16 Jacquelynn Hicks ’18 Brianna Dudick ’16 Emily Rechin ’15 Mary Lou Patnaude ’17 Heather D’Andrea ’18 Tiffany Webber ’15
Pos. L-DS L-DS L-DS S L-DS L-DS S-OPP MB OH RS OH L-DS DS
Ht. 5’5” 4’11” 5’4” 5’4” 5’3” 5’3” 5’7” 5’11” 5’6” 5’7” 5’8” 5’5” 5’3”
Hometown--Secondary School Webster, NY -- Webster Schroeder Patchogue, NY -- Patchogue-Medford Deansboro, NY -- Waterville Rochester, NY -- Fairport Brunswick, NY -- Tamarac Henrietta, NY -- Rush-Henrietta Canandaigua, NY -- Canandaigua Greenville, NY -- Greenville Somers, NY -- Somers Silver Creek, NY -- Silver Creek Burnt Hills, NY -- Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Erie, PA -- Mercyhurst Prep Delhi, NY -- Delaware Academy
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Empire 8 Statistical Leaders Kills (Min 2.00/Set) S NO Mary Tobin (SIT) 69 232 Rylie Bean (IC) 32 106 Maria Allocco (NAZ) 73 240 Hattie Burgher (HC) 74 235 Joelle Goldstein (IC) 49 153
AVG/S 3.36 3.31 3.29 3.18 3.12
Offensive Threats: Alfred’s focal point on offense will be Chelsea Pietrzykowski ’16 and Mary Lou Patnaude ’17. Pietrzykowski leads the Saxons with 115 kills this season, but Patnaude is not far behind with 100. However, teams have been zeroing in on the two hitters lately as neither player has logged double-digit kills in over two weeks.
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Assists (Min 5.00/Set) Ashley Castillo (SIT) Madi Wickens (NAZ) Sami Hanes (EC) Anna Coryell (HC) Lora Allen (UC)
S 63 65 65 74 60
NO 607 614 510 567 425
AVG/S 9.63 9.45 7.85 7.66 7.08
Struggles at Home: The Saxons have totaled four wins this season and all four have occurred away from Alfred’s home court. Three of their four wins came on neutral courts while the other came in a true road match against Morrisville State, a match that Alfred won, 3-1.
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Blocks Naomi Prentice (HC) Jennifer Hicks (NAZ) Katie Hartman (IC) Annemarie Thomas (SIT)
S 68 65 30 68
BS-BA AVG/S 18-41 0.87 11-43 0.83 8-15 0.77 8-44 0.76
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Digs (Min 1.00 per game) Sydni Horner (SIT) Laurel Wroblicky (HC) Kayla Gromen (IC) Maureen Thayer (NAZ) Erin Crandall (SJFC)
S 66 74 51 72 65
NO 349 374 216 295 261
AVG/S 5.29 5.05 4.24 4.10 4.02
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Aces (Min 0.10/Set) Katie Hall (SIT) Christina Sciarra (SIT) Brianna Evans (SIT) Maria Allocco (NAZ) Madi Wickens (NAZ)
S 66 69 59 73 65
NO 51 42 32 38 32
AVG/S 0.77 0.61 0.54 0.52 0.49
Game Notes A Look at the Saxons: The Saxons of Alfred University enter tonight’s matchup 4-17 overall record with an 0-5 mark in Empire 8 Conference play. Alfred is coming off three consecutive losses to Empire 8 teams, dropping matches to Ithaca College, Stevens Tech, and St. John Fisher College.
Strength in Serves: There is no doubt Alfred has struggled this season but one area the Saxons have excelled in has been their ability to get easy points off their serve. Through 21 matches, Alfred has logged 126 services aces, just two aces behind Elmira College and St. John Fisher College, who are tied for fourth most in the E8.
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2014 Empire 8 Standings
Conf 6-0 6-0 5-0 2-3 2-3 1-4 1-4 1-5 0-5
CPct. Overall Pct. 1.000 14-3 0.824 1.000 14-5 0.737 1.000 17-3 0.850 0.400 10-9 0.526 0.400 8-14 0.364 0.200 7-11 0.389 0.200 3-15 0.167 0.167 6-14 0.300 0.000 5-16 0.238
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Streak W8 W6 W9 W1 W1 L2 W1 L3 L3