East Coast Conference Staff Dr. Robert Dranoff Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org 631.372.0332
Melissa Reilly Associate Commissioner mreilly@eccsports.org 631.372.1886
Casey Rafferty Assistant Commissioner crafferty@eccsports.org 631.372.0886
The 2017 East Coast Conference Volleyball Championship Program was written, laid out and designed by Casey Rafferty, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Communications, in Adobe InDesign CS5. Special thanks to the editorial assistance provided by: Bob Dranoff, Melissa Reilly, and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.
IF i WIN I ’ L L B A C K I T U P W I T H H U M I L I T Y.
Don’t undo my hard work with poor sportsmanship.
2016 ECC Volleyball Championship November 18 - Semifinals
November 19 - Final
No. 1 Daemen d. No. 4 LIU Post, 3-1 No. 2 NYIT d. No. 3 Bridgeport, 3-1 at Amherst, N.Y.
No. 2 NYIT d. No. 1 Daemen, 3-1 at Amherst, N.Y.
Most Outstanding Player Allison Fowler, NYIT
Past Champions 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Southampton NYIT Dowling Dowling Dowling Dowling Dowling Pace Dowling Dowling Mercy Mercy Mercy New Haven
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Queens Dowling Dowling Dowling Dowling Dowling Bridgeport Dowling Dowling Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport NYIT
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name Yr 1 Hunter Barker Fr. 2 Ellie Rich Jr. 3 Olivia Storaci Fr. 4 Sheri Middleton Sr. 5 Angela Sciuto Fr. 6 Morgan Knight So. 7 Klein Johnson Fr. 8 Amanda Hennemann So. 9 Emily Burford So. 10 Bruna Santos Sr. 11 Lexi Enck Jr. 12 Claire Anderson So. 13 Makayla Maroney So. 16 Mikayla Martin Fr.
Pos OH S DS MB OH OH S OH MB RS/OH OH/DS OH/RS MB OH
Ht Hometown/Previous School 5-11 Parker, Colo. /Ponderosa 5-9 Highlands Ranch, Colo. /Rock Canyon 5-7 Longmont, Colo. /Longmont 6-3 Humboldt, Kan./Ft. Scott CC 5-6 Milford, Conn. /Jonathan Law 5-10 Highlands Ranch, Colo. /Mountain Vista 5-9 San Antonio, Texas/Taft 5-10 Nova Petropolis, Brazil /Colegio Cenecista Frederico Michaelsen 5-11 Albuquerque, N. M. /Univ. of New Mexico 5-11 Curitiba, Brazil /Trinity Valley JC 5-8 Lititz, Pa. /Lititz Christian 5-10 Oak Harbor, Washington /Oak Harbor 5-11 Parker, Colo. /Ponderosa 5-7 Bristol, Conn. /Bristol Eastern
Coach Gary Mullin
Head Coach: Gary Mullin (4th Season) Assistant Coaches: Sarah Rosa and Sara Cruz Amanda Hennemann
Ellie Rich
Quick Facts
Location: Bridgeport, Conn. Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 4,800 Nickname: Purple Knights Colors: Purple and White President: Neil Albert Salonen Director of Athletics: Anthony Vitti Arena (capacity): Harvey Hubbell Gym (1,200)
About Bridgeport
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Did You Know?
• Along with leading his team to the last two NCAA Division II East Regional titles and a berth in the NCAA Final Four two seasons ago, UB head women’s soccer coach Magnus Nilerud earned his 250th career victory this season. • UB has recently broken ground for a new baseball field adjacent to campus in beautiful Seaside Park. • The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won six of the last nine USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships. • UB’s women’s swimming team captured its first Metropolitan Conference title in February of 2016.
Bruna Santos
An international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs, at the University of Bridgeport, the New England’s fastest growing university, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UB is among America’s strong international universities with 25 percent of our students coming from overseas. The University’s commitment to educate students from throughout the world is recognized in the US News and World Report issue on colleges. With students from more than 80 countries who are active in student government, publications and clubs, the University of Bridgeport prides itself in being a real world experience in globalization. Through its International Programs, the University provides academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities which support the University’s commitment to promote global citizenship and a commitment to public service. There are 200 full- and part-time faculty, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars. Known for its competent, committed, caring faculty, the University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 11:1. It also takes pride in its commitment to diversity. Some 32 percent of its students are members of minorities. Committed to creating new learning venues, the University of Bridgeport’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its Office of Distance Learning pioneered the first online graduate degree program in the State of Connecticut. A variety of online courses and certificate programs are also available.
LIU POST
No. Name Yr 1 Giulia Genna Jr. 2 Rachel Londot Jr. 3 Elise Strange Jr. 4 Shannon Sahli So. 5 Indira Rojas Sr. 6 Abby Eckhardt So. 7 Navah Evans Jr. 8 Kristen Bendy Jr. Coach Amanda Ostapow 9 Asiya Way Fr. 10 Allie Ahearne So. 11 Lauren Kloos Fr. 12 Kassie Akouri-Tejedor So. 15 Sydney Audiffred-Zauner Fr. 16 Allie Lackner Fr. 20 Cara Kennedy So. 21 Lea Brady So. 26 Danielle Valenza Sr.
Pos S OH MH OH L L/DS DS RS MH L/DS OH/RS S OH/RS L/DS OH/RS MH/RS OH/RS
Ht Hometown/Previous School 5-10 Rome, Italy/Liceo Meucci 5-9 Utica, Ohio/Utica 6-0 Chesapeake, Va./Hickory 5-10 Orange, Calif./Foothill 5-5 Coamo, Puerto Rico/Monroe 5-6 Westminster, Colo./Pomona 5-8 Oakland, Calif./Bishop O’Dowd 6-2 Stony Brook, N.Y./Canisius 6-0 Denver, Colo./East 5-7 Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin 5-11 Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park 5-7 North Miami Beach, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons 5-11 North Aurora, Ill./Aurora Central Catholic 5-6 Albuquerque, N.M./Saint Pius X 5-10 Mineola, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial 6-1 Woodbridge, Va./Osbourn Park 6-0 Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge
Kassie Akouri-Tejedor Head Coach: Amanda Ostapow (2nd Season) Assistant Coach: Jose Brito, Stephanie Sheehan, and Taryn McCulloch
Rachel Londot
Danielle Valenza
About LIU Post
Quick Facts
Location: Brookville N.Y. Founded: 1954 Enrollment: 8,472 Nickname: Pioneers Colors: Green and Gold President: Dr. Kimberly R. Cline Director of Athletics: Debbie DeJong Arena (capacity): Pratt Recreation Center (3,000)
Did You Know?
• The Pioneers are making a 14th-consecutive appearance in the East Coast Conference Championship • LIU Post’s 28 wins marks the most wins in a season since 1982 •The Pioneers were selected to finish fourth in the 2016 ECC Preseason Coaches’ Poll. • The Pioneers rank first in DII in service aces (297).
The LIU Post Campus of Long Island University is a private, residential campus in Brookville, New York, offering more than 250 undergraduate and graduate degrees in accountancy, business, computer science, education, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts. Founded in 1954, LIU Post offers small classes, state-of-the art facilities and a safe, beautiful campus just 25 miles from Manhattan. Situated on 307 acres on the North Shore of Long Island, the campus features stately historic mansions, redbrick academic buildings, rolling green lawns, and formal gardens. Special campus highlights include wireless classrooms, a writing center, a museum, a recreation center, and one of the largest research libraries in the New York Metropolitan Region. LIU Post’s’ 8,500 undergraduate and graduate students enjoy exceptional health and fitness facilities, more than 80 clubs and 1,000 activities each year, competitive NCAA sports programs and the celebrated Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. More than 85 percent of the LIU Post students receive some form of financial assistance or scholarship. LIU Post graduates have gone on to become entrepreneurs, executives at major firms, teachers, doctors, artists, scientists and journalists. Many of our more than 100,000 alumni have achieved prominence in society’s most dynamic fields. For more information, visit the LIU Post Web Site at www.liu.edu/post.
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MOLLOY COLLEGE No. Name Yr Pos 1 Kacey Affrunti Fr. M 3 Ariana Incantalupo So. OH 4 Brittany Palladino-DesLauriers Fr. DS 5 Maggie Lavelle Fr. RS/DS 6 Emily Meyer Fr. DS/OH 7 Sophia Smith So. S 8 Meaghan Carr Jr. L/DS 9 Alexa Morgan Fr. S 10 Jeanne Reinis Jr.. OH 11 Tara Carlin So. OH 12 Carly Banks R-So. RS 13 Francesca Castellano So. OH/DS 14 Hailey Wehr So. M/RS 15 Shannon Wren So. MB 17 Devon Hagerstrom So. MB 22 Dakota O’Neill Sr. DS 24 Jessica Fischetti So. L/DS
Ht Hometown/Previous School 6-2 Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur 5-8 Syosset, N.Y./Syosset 5-3 Westhampton Beach, N.Y./Westhampton Beach 5-8 Hicksville, N.Y./Holy Trinity 5-6 Seaford, N.Y./St. John the Baptist 5-7 Georgetown, Texas/Georgetown 5-1 Mineola, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy 5-2 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst 5-10 Santa Fe Springs, Calif./Whittier Christian Coach Kevin DesLauriers 5-7 Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park 5-9 Camas, Wash./Camas 5-6 Belle Harbor, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall Academy 6-0 Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham Wading River 6-0 Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook 6-0 Bethpage, N.Y./Plainedge 5-3 Long Beach, N.Y./Long Beach 5-5 Seaford, N.Y./Seaford Kacey Affrunti
Carly Banks
Quick Facts
Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 3,300 Nickname: Lions Colors: Maroon and White President: Drew Bogner, Ph.D Director of Athletics: Susan CassidyLyke Arena (capacity): Quealy Gymnasium (525)
About Molloy:
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Did You Know?
• Molloy’s volleyball team is currently having the best season in the program’s history, topping 20 wins. • Members of the team are ranked in the top-50 nationally in seven different statistical categories (Aces Per Set, Assists Per Set, Digs Per Set, Kills Per Set, Service Aces, Total Assists, Total Digs) • Sophia Smith became the first in the program’s history to top 1000 assists in a single season; Carly Banks has set a new single-season kill record for the Lions this year. • The Lions are making their first ECC Championship appearance since the 2008 season.
Dakota O’Neill
Molloy College is an institution of the Dominican tradition which offers students a rich, multi-dimensional educational experience in an academically challenging environment. We foster critical thinking and creative exploration while preparing students to live and work in the global world of today. Money magazine recently ranked Molloy College the #1 “Value All-Star” in the nation.
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Coach Gail Wasmus
No. Name Yr 1 Kylee Kanealey So. 2 Chessie Santeramo Sr. 5 Karley Brewster So. 6 Samantha Degaray Jr. 8 Karolina Moderova Sr. 9 Allison Fowler Sr. 10 Portia McIntosh Jr. 11 Tiffany Verni Jr. 14 Megan Mannle Sr. 15 Paige Trakas Jr. 16 Ashley Chieca Fr. 21 Haley Gilmour Fr.
Pos MB DS/L S/RS DS OH S/RS L/DS OH MB MB/RS MB/RS MB
Ht Hometown/Previous School 6-2 Rochester, N.Y./Irondequoit 5-5 Fremont, Calif./Ashford University 5-8 Perry, Ohio/Perry 5-7 Huntington, N.Y./Walt Whitman 5-10 Zalesie, Slovakia/Sport Gymnazium Ostredkova 10 5-9 Centennial, Colo./Cherry Creek 5-6 Aurora, Colo./Cherokee Trail 5-8 Patchogue, N.Y./Dowling College 6-0 Franklin Square, N.Y./Franklin Square 6-0 Middletown, Del./Appoquinimink 5-11 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst 6-2 Peoria, Ariz./Sunrise Mountain
Head Coach: Gail Wasmus (32nd season) Assistant Coach: Emily Syers
Allison Fowler
Karolina Moderova
Quick Facts Tiffany Verni
Location: Old Westbury, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 15,000 Nickname: Bears Colors: Blue and Gold President: Hank Foley Director of Athletics: Dan Velez Arena (capacity): Recreation Hall (500)
Did You Know?
• Allison Fowler is the two-time defending ECC Setter of the Year. •Outside hitter Karolina Moderova recorded her 1,000th career dig on Sept. 1 • NYIT volleyball set a program record for wins during the 2016-17 season with 29 en route to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament’s East Region.
About NYIT
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has 12,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. NYIT sponsors 13 NCAA Division II programs. Led by President Hank Foley, NYIT is guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger void. To date, 95,000 graduates have received degrees from NYIT. For more information, visit nyit.edu.
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IF i LOSE I ’ L L R E S P O N D W I T H R E S P E C T.
Don’t undo my hard work with poor sportsmanship.