Elmira College Soaring Eagles Head Coach: Rhonda Faunce Assistant Coach: Stephen England
No. 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 18 22
Name--Class Melissa Morrow ’18 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. OH L S S OH OH OH L MH OH MH MH L
Ht. 5’7” 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 Season Opener: The Elmira College women’s volleyball team opens the 2014 season against the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Elmira has been excellent in season opening games, going 11-2 in the last 13 season openers. Of Elmira’s last 13 season opening games, nine have been played at Speidel Gymnasium, with the Soaring Eagles posting a convincing 8-1 record. However, the only team to beat Elmira in a home season opener in the last 13 years was the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford during the 2010 season.
Hometown--Secondary School Medford Lakes, NJ -- Shawnee 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 (0-0, 0-0 E8)
Day Date Opponent Time-Result SEPT. 2 Pitt-Bradford 7:00 p.m. 5 Penn St.-Behrend 4:00 p.m. 5 Skidmore 8:00 p.m. 6 The Sage Colleges 11:00 a.m. 6 at University of Rochester 3:00 p.m. 12 York (PA) 4:00 p.m. 12 Catholic 6:00 p.m. 13 at Lycoming 9:30 a.m. 13 Susquehanna 1:30 p.m. 16 at Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. 20 at Stevens Tech* 11:00 a.m. Purple vs. the Panthers: In the last 13 years, Elmira and 20 Houghton* 1:30 p.m. Pitt-Bradford have squared off a total of seven times. El- 24 at Alfred State 7:00 p.m. 26 SUNY IT Tournament TBA mira owns a 5-2 edge in the series with their only two loss- 27 SUNY IT Tournament TBA es coming in the 2010 and 2007 seasons. Additionally, Nazareth* 11:00 a.m. the Purple and Gold are riding a four-match win streak OCT. 4 4 H artwick* 4:00 p.m. against the Panthers entering tonight’s contest. 8 Alfred* 7:00 p.m 14 Penn Tech 7:00 p.m. Big Shoes to Fill: Scrolling through Elmira’s roster, one 18 at Hunter 12:00 p.m. very noticeable name that is missing is former All-Ameri- 18 Rutgers-Camden 2:00 p.m. can Taryn Rumsey ’14. Rumsey, who graduated last June, 25 St. John Fisher* 2:30 p.m. accounted for nearly 40 percent of Elmira’s kills in the 25 at Utica* 5:00 p.m. 2013 season. Her absence however has opened the door 29 at SUNY Cortland 6:00 p.m. 31 RIT 4:00 p.m. for several returning players to step-up, including local tal- 31 Clarkson 6:00 p.m. ent Kierstin Derr ’16, who logged a career-high 253 kills NOV. 1 Kean 12:00 p.m. last season. 1 University of Rochester 4:00 p.m. Looking Ahead: Following tonight’s non-conference tilt *Denotes Empire 8 contest with the Panthers, Elmira will make the short trip to the Flower City as the Soaring Eagles compete in the University of Rochester Tournament. Elmira will open tournament play against another team from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Penn State Behrend.
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Panthers Head Coach: Tina Phillips
No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 21 23
Name--Class Kelsey Repke ’17 Michelle Ratzel ’15 Peyton Kauffman ’15 Melanie Yanetsko ’15 Ceara Savard ’18 Kaitlin McCann ’17 Erin Fagan ’18 Emily Reitz ’18 Megan Geary ’17 Jenessa Ceprish ’16 Brittany Watts ’17 Brittni Cumberland ’15 Haley Vinelli ’18 Taylor McMillen ’15
Pos. DS DS S RS DS MB MB-OH DS-L S OH OH-MB S OH MH-RS
Ht. 5’1” 5’3” 5’6” 5’8” 5’2” 5’9” 5’11” 5’2” 5’6” 5’6” 5’10” 5’10” 5’6” 5’10”
Game Notes Last Time Out: The Panthers of Pitt-Bradford enter tonight’s non-conference match with a 2-2 overall record after competing in the University of Scranton Tournament last weekend. Pitt-Bradford opened the tournament with a perfect 2-0 record with a pair of wins against Bard College and Wentworth Institute of Technology before dropping their next two contests to Keystone College and the University of Scranton. Returning Veterans: Pitt-Bradford returns several key players from a season ago, including last season’s kills leader in Taylor McMillen ’15 as well as the Panther’s top two setters in Peyton Kauffman ’15 and Brittni Cumberland ’15. McMillen will be both setters’ main target as the 2013 AllAMCC First Team selection posted a season-high 21 kills against the Soaring Eagles last season. On the other hand, Cumberland just might be as big of a threat with her transitioning into more of an attacking role this season as she has already posted a pair of double-digit kill performances. One Win From Career 150: Head coach Tina Phillips is sitting on 149 career wins after picking up two wins this past weekend in Scranton. One more win for Coach Phillips will give her 150 career wins at Pitt-Bradford.
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Hometown--Secondary School Russell, PA -- Eisenhower Smethport, PA -- Smethport York, PA -- York Catholic Olean, NY -- Olean New Cumberland, PA -- Red Land Bradford, PA -- Bradford Waverly, NY -- Waverly Puxsutawney, PA -- Puxsutawney Douglasville, PA -- Daniel Boone Allport, PA -- West Branch Johnsonburg, PA -- Johnsonburg Effort, PA -- Pleasant Valley Bradford, PA -- Bradford New Bethlehem, PA -- Redbank Valley
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Empire 8 Statistical Leaders Kills (Min 2.00/Set) S NO Rylie Bean (IC) 4 16 Hattie Burgher (HC) 6 19 Dana Martin (WICK) 10 31 Maria Allocco (NAZ) 13 36 Brandi Blaszak (UC) 8 22
AVG/S 4.00 3.17 3.10 2.77 2.75
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Assists (Min 5.00/Set) Ashley Castillo (SIT) Molly Brown (IC) Lora Allen (UC) Quincy Kinzel (WICK) Anna Coryell (HC)
S 13 4 8 14 6
NO 117 35 60 103 43
AVG/S 9.00 8.75 7.50 7.36 7.17
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Blocks Jacquelynn Hicks (AU) Mckenzie Kingsbury (SIT) Brandi Blaszak (UC) Annemarie Thomas (SIT) Becca Youngman (SIT)
S 9 3 8 13 9
BS-BA AVG/S 5-6 1.22 1-2 1.00 6-1 0.88 1-8 0.69 2-4 0.67
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Digs (Min 1.00 per game) Kayla Gromen (IC) Laurel Wroblicky (HC) Sydni Horner (SIT) Mary Tobin (SIT) Hattie Burgher (HC)
S 4 6 13 12 6
NO 27 36 64 46 21
AVG/S 6.75 6.00 4.92 3.83 3.50
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Aces (Min 0.10/Set) S Alyssa Quimby (HC) 6 Kayla Gromen (IC) 4 Rosa Maun (WICK) 4 Katie Hall (SIT) 12 Hannah Armstrong (WICK) 8
NO 8 4 4 10 6
AVG/S 1.33 1.00 1.00 0.83 0.75
School Stevens Nazareth Elmira Ithaca Hartwick St. John Fisher Utica Houghton Alfred
2013 Empire 8 Standings (Final) Conf 7-0 6-1 4-3 4-3 3-4 3-4 1-6 0-0 0-7
CPct. Overall Pct. 1.000 27-7 0.794 0.857 29-9 0.763 0.571 22-13 0.629 0.571 16-22 0.421 0.429 13-20 0.394 0.429 14-18 0.438 0.143 9-23 0.281 0.000 20-11 0.645 0.000 3-27 0.100
Streak L1 L1 L1 L3 W2 L3 L2 L2 L10
Elmira College Volleyball Elmira College Overall Individual Statistics (as of Aug 25, 2014) All matches Overall record: 22-13 Conf: 3-3 Home: 5-3 Away: 6-5 Neutral: 11-5 Attack ##
Player
16
Taryn Rumsey Kierstin Derr Ashley Heiman Alicia Day Paola Ortiz Abbie Martin Christina North Amanda Blinkinsop Sami Hanes Sara Pieniazek Catherine Miller Kelsey Ross Samantha Hawksley ELMIRA COLLEGE Opponents
7 12 18 8 14 13 9 5 4 10 22 11
sp mp-ms
125 109 126 126 117 22 5 122 120 17 126 123 9 126 126
35-19 32-16 35-18 35-19 34-7 11-0 5-0 35-4 35-18 10-0 35-2 35-10 6-0 35-35 35-35
k
k/s
546 253 207 162 96 18 4 72 25 2 3 1 0 1389 1139
4.37 2.32 1.64 1.29 0.82 0.82 0.80 0.59 0.21 0.12 0.02 0.01 0.00 11.0 9.04
e
Set ta
176 1393 160 816 113 633 77 531 74 362 14 68 2 12 36 245 6 108 1 6 5 29 3 14 0 1 667 4218 594 3768
Dig ##
Player
16
Taryn Rumsey Kierstin Derr Ashley Heiman Alicia Day Paola Ortiz Abbie Martin Christina North Amanda Blinkinsop Sami Hanes Sara Pieniazek Catherine Miller Kelsey Ross Samantha Hawksley TEAM ELMIRA COLLEGE...... Opponents...........
7 12 18 8 14 13 9 5 4 10 22 11
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sp
re
dig
pct
a
Serve a/s
sa
.266 18 0.14 .114 6 0.06 .148 4 0.03 .160 4 0.03 .061 9 0.08 .059 5 0.23 .167 0 0.00 .147 10 0.08 .176 1141 9.51 .167 44 2.59 -.069 52 0.41 -.143 8 0.07 .000 0 0.00 .171 1301 10.3 .145 1049 8.33
54 38 0 4 39 2 2 32 38 3 64 12 2 290 196
Blocking
dig/s
bs
125 40 332 2.66 109 21 192 1.76 126 3 46 0.37 126 5 23 0.18 117 2 139 1.19 22 1 14 0.64 5 0 1 0.20 122 18 192 1.57 120 3 241 2.01 17 2 24 1.41 126 49 566 4.49 123 32 162 1.32 9 1 11 1.22 - 18 126 195 1943 15.42 126 282 1785 14.17
13 4 18 25 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 73 78
ba
total
blk/s
be
bhe
26 39 12 16 37 55 38 63 13 22 2 2 0 0 5 5 19 22 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 154 150.0 297 226.5
0.31 0.15 0.44 0.50 0.19 0.09 0.00 0.04 0.18 0.06 0.02 0.00 0.00 1.19 1.80
7 3 17 15 12 1 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 65 76
0 1 4 1 5 0 0 0 32 4 1 3 0 51 70
sa/s
se
0.43 60 0.35 45 0.00 2 0.03 6 0.33 32 0.09 5 0.40 2 0.26 29 0.32 58 0.18 4 0.51 42 0.10 7 0.22 1 2.30 293 1.56 288
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