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University of Delaware Volleyball Defeats Virginia Commonwealth, 3-0 on Senior Night

NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware volleyball team won it's sixth-straight match, and secured a spot for the upcoming Colonial Athletic Association Tournament by defeating Virginia Commonwealth, 3-0 on Senior Night, Saturday night at Barbara Viera Court.

Prior to the game, the Blue Hens honored seniors Taylor Govaars (Balboa, CA/ Newport Harbor), Nicole Stuka (Saugus, CA/ Hart), Valerie Murphy (Round Hill, VA/ Loudoun Valley-at right), and Sarah Engle (Yorba Linda, CA/ Esperanza).

The Blue Hens won by game scores of 30-26, 30-13, 30-25 to improve to 22-6, 9-3 in the CAA. Virginia Commonwealth fell to 5-19, 1-10 in the CAA with the loss.

The Blue Hens were led by Engle as she recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 15 digs while fellow seniors Govaars had a match high 21 digs and Stuka just missed the double double with 9 kills and 11 digs. Murphy rounded out the senior group with 11 kills.

Junior Niecy Taylor (Albuquerque, NM/ Cibola) hit a team best .526 with 12 kills and only two errors in 19 attacks. Freshman Colleen Walsh (Cleveland, OH/ Regina) had a team high 14 kills while fellow freshman Allison Lutz (Burnsville, MN/ Burnsville) had 32 assists.

The Rams were led by Griselle Lopez Pereira with 16 digs while Shahrzad Firouzabadian had 27 assists and 13 digs for the double double. Rachel Chapin just missed the double double with 10 kills and nine digs.

Delaware continues road play on November 12 at 7 p.m. when it travels to Towson for a crucial CAA match-up.When the two teams met earlier this season, Towson handed Delaware its only loss at home this year.

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Volleyball Box Score

                           
Volleyball Box Score 2004 Delaware Volleyball Va. Commonwealth vs Delaware (Nov 06, 2004 at Newark, DE) Va. Commonwealth | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Collins, Ciara...... 3| 9 6 34 .088| 0| 0 0| 2| 11| 0 1 0| 0| 9.5 5 Chapin, Rachel...... 3| 10 4 34 .176| 0| 0 1| 1| 9| 0 1 0| 0| 10.5 7 Sheppard, Lindi..... 3| 8 1 25 .280| 3| 0 0| 2| 5| 0 1 0| 0| 8.5 9 Belozyorova, Irina.. 3| 1 1 11 .000| 0| 2 0| 0| 2| 1 2 0| 0| 5.0 11 Firouzabadian, S.... 3| 1 1 10 .000| 27| 0 0| 0| 13| 0 0 1| 2| 1.0 14 Sexton, Amy......... 3| 4 4 17 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 2 0| 0| 6.0 1 Lopez Pereira, G.... 3| 0 0 3 .000| 0| 0 1| 1| 16| 0 0 0| 1| 0.0 8 Bodreeva, Ana....... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 12 Willey, Amanda...... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0| 0.5 TEAM................ | | | | 4| | | | 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 3| 33 17 134 .119| 30| 2 2| 10| 57| 2 8 1| 3| 41.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 12 10 50 .040 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 2 9 4 35 .143 Va. Commonwealth.... (0) 26 13 25 5-19, 1-10 CAA 3 12 3 49 .184 Delaware............ (3) 30 30 30 22-6, 9-3 CAA Delaware | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Lutz, Allison....... 3| 0 1 3 -.333| 32| 2 0| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 8| 2.0 7 Stuka, Nicole....... 3| 9 1 17 .471| 0| 1 2| 1| 11| 0 1 0| 0| 10.5 8 Murphy, Valerie..... 3| 11 3 25 .320| 2| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 2 0| 0| 12.0 10 Engle, Sarah........ 3| 11 3 31 .258| 2| 4 0| 0| 15| 0 0 0| 0| 15.0 12 Taylor, Niecy....... 3| 12 2 19 .526| 3| 0 0| 0| 3| 0 3 0| 0| 13.5 16 Ranck, Heather...... 3| 0 0 1 .000| 1| 1 1| 0| 13| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 4 Walsh, Colleen...... 3| 14 2 33 .364| 0| 0 0| 1| 4| 0 3 0| 0| 15.5 6 Govaars, Taylor..... 3| 0 0 2 .000| 1| 1 0| 0| 21| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 11 Welch, Megan........ 1| 0 0 0 .000| 15| 1 0| 0| 3| 0 1 0| 1| 1.5 17 McCormack, Claire... 1| 2 0 2 1.000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 3| 59 12 133 .353| 56| 10 3| 2| 75| 0 10 0| 9| 74.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 16 5 46 .239 Site: Newark, DE (Barbara Viera Court) 2 21 1 36 .556 Date: Nov 06, 2004 Attend: 200 Time: 1:18 3 22 6 51 .314 Referees: 1 2 3 Total Tie scores 5 1 8 14 Lead changes 3 1 4 8

Play-by-Play Summary

                           
Play-by-Play Summary (1st game) 2004 Delaware Volleyball Va. Commonwealth vs Delaware (Nov 06, 2004 at Newark, DE) DELAWARE: Lutz, Allison; Murphy, Valerie; Engle, Sarah; Taylor, Niecy; Ranck, Heather; Stuka, Nicole; libero Govaars, Taylor. VIRGINIA: Collins, Ciara; Chapin, Rachel; Sheppard, Lindi; Belozyorova, Irina; Firouzabadian, S.; Sexton, Amy; libero Lopez Pereira, G.. 1-0 [Ranck, Heather] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Lutz, Allison). 2-0 [Ranck, Heather] Ball handling error by Firouzabadian, S.. 2-1 [Ranck, Heather] Kill by Chapin, Rachel (from Sheppard, Lindi). 2-2 [Chapin, Rachel] Kill by Collins, Ciara (from Sheppard, Lindi). 3-2 [Chapin, Rachel] Service error. 3-3 [Taylor, Niecy] Kill by Sexton, Amy (from Firouzabadian, S.). 3-4 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Ball handling error by Lutz, Allison. 3-5 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Ball handling error by Lutz, Allison. 3-6 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Kill by Sheppard, Lindi (from Firouzabadian, S.). 4-6 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Attack error by Sheppard, Lindi (block by Stuka, Nicole; Murphy, Valerie). 5-6 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by Murphy, Valerie (from Lutz, Allison). 6-6 [Engle, Sarah] Attack error by Collins, Ciara. 6-7 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by Collins, Ciara (from Firouzabadian, S.). 6-8 [Sheppard, Lindi] Ball handling error by Lutz, Allison. 6-9 [Sheppard, Lindi] Kill by Collins, Ciara (from Firouzabadian, S.). 7-9 [Collins, Ciara] Kill by Murphy, Valerie (from Lutz, Allison). 8-9 [Stuka, Nicole] Attack error by Collins, Ciara. 8-10 [Stuka, Nicole] Service error. 9-10 [Collins, Ciara] Kill by Murphy, Valerie (from Lutz, Allison). 9-11 [Govaars, Taylor] Kill by Chapin, Rachel (from Sheppard, Lindi). 9-12 [Belozyorova, Irina] Service ace (Walsh, Colleen). 10-12 [Belozyorova, Irina] Attack error by Sexton, Amy (block by Taylor, Niecy; Walsh, Colleen). 10-13 [Lutz, Allison] Attack error by Taylor, Niecy (block by Sexton, Amy). 11-13 [Firouzabadian, S.] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Lutz, Allison). 12-13 [Ranck, Heather] Kill by Taylor, Niecy. 13-13 [Ranck, Heather] Ball handling error by Firouzabadian, S.. 13-14 [Ranck, Heather] Ball handling error by Lutz, Allison. red card to UD coach Bonnie Kenny 14-15 [Chapin, Rachel] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Lutz, Allison). 14-16 [Taylor, Niecy] Attack error by Murphy, Valerie. 15-16 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Kill by Murphy, Valerie (from Lutz, Allison). 16-16 [Engle, Sarah] Ball handling error by Lopez Pereira, G.. 17-16 [Engle, Sarah] Attack error by Collins, Ciara. 18-16 [Engle, Sarah] Attack error by Collins, Ciara. 18-17 [Engle, Sarah] Attack error by Stuka, Nicole (block by Sheppard, Lindi; Belozyorova, Irina). 19-17 [Sheppard, Lindi] Kill by Murphy, Valerie (from Lutz, Allison). 20-17 [Stuka, Nicole] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Lutz, Allison). 20-18 [Stuka, Nicole] Service error. 20-19 [Collins, Ciara] Kill by Chapin, Rachel (from Firouzabadian, S.). 21-19 [Collins, Ciara] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Lutz, Allison). 21-20 [Govaars, Taylor] Attack error by Engle, Sarah. 22-20 [Belozyorova, Irina] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Lutz, Allison). 23-20 [Lutz, Allison] Attack error by Sexton, Amy (block by Taylor, Niecy; Walsh, Colleen). 24-20 [Lutz, Allison] Attack error by Sexton, Amy. 25-20 [Lutz, Allison] Attack error by Chapin, Rachel. 26-20 [Lutz, Allison] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Lutz, Allison). 27-20 [Lutz, Allison] Attack error by Chapin, Rachel. 27-21 [Lutz, Allison] Attack error by Walsh, Colleen (block by Sexton, Amy; Willey, Amanda). 28-21 [Firouzabadian, S.] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Lutz, Allison). 28-22 [Ranck, Heather] Kill by Sheppard, Lindi (from Firouzabadian, S.). 28-23 [Chapin, Rachel] Kill by Sheppard, Lindi (from Firouzabadian, S.). 29-23 [Chapin, Rachel] Kill by Stuka, Nicole (from Lutz, Allison). 29-24 [Taylor, Niecy] Kill by Collins, Ciara (from Firouzabadian, S.). 29-25 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Bad set by Lutz, Allison. 29-26 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Kill by Collins, Ciara (from Firouzabadian, S.). Timeout Delaware. 30-26 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Kill by Murphy, Valerie (from Lutz, Allison).
Play-by-Play Summary (2nd game) VIRGINIA: Firouzabadian, S.; Collins, Ciara; Sheppard, Lindi; Sexton, Amy; Belozyorova, Irina; Chapin, Rachel; libero Lopez Pereira, G.. DELAWARE: Lutz, Allison; Stuka, Nicole; Engle, Sarah; Taylor, Niecy; Ranck, Heather; Murphy, Valerie; libero Govaars, Taylor. 1-0 [Firouzabadian, S.] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Lutz, Allison). 1-1 [Taylor, Niecy] Kill by Chapin, Rachel (from Firouzabadian, S.). 2-1 [Chapin, Rachel] Kill by Stuka, Nicole (from Lutz, Allison). 3-1 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Murphy, Valerie). 3-2 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by Collins, Ciara (from Firouzabadian, S.). 4-2 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Service error. 5-2 [Stuka, Nicole] Kill by Murphy, Valerie. 6-2 [Stuka, Nicole] Attack error by Belozyorova, Irina (block by Murphy, Valerie; Walsh, Colleen). 6-3 [Stuka, Nicole] Kill by Sheppard, Lindi (from Firouzabadian, S.). 7-3 [Sheppard, Lindi] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Lutz, Allison). 8-3 [Govaars, Taylor] Service ace (TEAM). 8-4 [Govaars, Taylor] Kill by Collins, Ciara (from Firouzabadian, S.). 8-5 [Collins, Ciara] Ball handling error by Lutz, Allison. 9-5 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Kill by Walsh, Colleen. 9-6 [Lutz, Allison] Kill by Chapin, Rachel (from Firouzabadian, S.). 10-6 [Belozyorova, Irina] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Lutz, Allison). 10-7 [Ranck, Heather] Service error. 11-7 [Firouzabadian, S.] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Lutz, Allison). 12-7 [Taylor, Niecy] Attack error by Sexton, Amy. 12-8 [Taylor, Niecy] Kill by Chapin, Rachel (from Firouzabadian, S.). 13-8 [Chapin, Rachel] Kill by Stuka, Nicole (from Lutz, Allison). 14-8 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by Stuka, Nicole (from Lutz, Allison). Timeout Va. Commonwealth. 14-9 [Engle, Sarah] Attack error by Lutz, Allison. 15-9 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Kill by Stuka, Nicole (from Lutz, Allison). 16-9 [Stuka, Nicole] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Lutz, Allison). 17-9 [Stuka, Nicole] Service ace (Sheppard, Lindi). 18-9 [Stuka, Nicole] Attack error by Chapin, Rachel. 19-9 [Stuka, Nicole] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Lutz, Allison). Timeout Va. Commonwealth. 19-10 [Stuka, Nicole] Kill by Sheppard, Lindi (from Firouzabadian, S.). 19-11 [Sheppard, Lindi] Ball handling error by Lutz, Allison. 20-11 [Sheppard, Lindi] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Lutz, Allison). 21-11 [Govaars, Taylor] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Engle, Sarah). 21-12 [Govaars, Taylor] Kill by Firouzabadian, S.. 22-12 [Collins, Ciara] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Lutz, Allison). 23-12 [Lutz, Allison] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Taylor, Niecy). 24-12 [Lutz, Allison] Service ace (Collins, Ciara). 25-12 [Lutz, Allison] Service ace (Collins, Ciara). 26-12 [Lutz, Allison] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Lutz, Allison). 27-12 [Lutz, Allison] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Lutz, Allison). 28-12 [Lutz, Allison] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Taylor, Niecy). 28-13 [Lutz, Allison] Kill by Chapin, Rachel (from Firouzabadian, S.). 29-13 [Belozyorova, Irina] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Lutz, Allison). 30-13 [Ranck, Heather] Attack error by Firouzabadian, S..
 Play-by-Play Summary (3rd game) DELAWARE: Engle, Sarah; Ranck, Heather; Stuka, Nicole; Murphy, Valerie; Lutz, Allison; Taylor, Niecy; libero Govaars, Taylor. VIRGINIA: Belozyorova, Irina; Sexton, Amy; Firouzabadian, S.; Chapin, Rachel; Sheppard, Lindi; Collins, Ciara; libero Lopez Pereira, G.. 0-1 [Ranck, Heather] Kill by Collins, Ciara (from Firouzabadian, S.). 1-1 [Collins, Ciara] Kill by Stuka, Nicole (from Ranck, Heather). 1-2 [Taylor, Niecy] Kill by Chapin, Rachel (from Firouzabadian, S.). 1-3 [Belozyorova, Irina] Service ace (Stuka, Nicole). 1-4 [Belozyorova, Irina] Kill by Chapin, Rachel. 1-5 [Belozyorova, Irina] Ball handling error by Lutz, Allison. 1-6 [Belozyorova, Irina] Kill by Sexton, Amy. Timeout Delaware. 2-6 [Belozyorova, Irina] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Lutz, Allison). 3-6 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by McCormack, Claire (from Lutz, Allison). 4-6 [Engle, Sarah] Service ace (TEAM). 5-6 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by McCormack, Claire (from Engle, Sarah). 6-6 [Engle, Sarah] Service ace (Chapin, Rachel). 6-7 [Engle, Sarah] Attack error by Murphy, Valerie. 6-8 [Firouzabadian, S.] Kill by Chapin, Rachel (from Firouzabadian, S.). 6-9 [Firouzabadian, S.] Bad set by Lutz, Allison. 6-10 [Firouzabadian, S.] Ball handling error by Lutz, Allison. 7-10 [Firouzabadian, S.] Kill by Murphy, Valerie (from Welch, Megan). 8-10 [McCormack, Claire] Kill by Murphy, Valerie (from Welch, Megan). 9-10 [McCormack, Claire] Attack error by Chapin, Rachel. 9-11 [McCormack, Claire] Kill by Sexton, Amy (from Firouzabadian, S.). 10-11 [Chapin, Rachel] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Welch, Megan). 11-11 [Govaars, Taylor] Attack error by Collins, Ciara. 11-12 [Govaars, Taylor] Kill by Sheppard, Lindi (from Firouzabadian, S.). 12-12 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Welch, Megan). 13-12 [Welch, Megan] Service ace (Sheppard, Lindi). 14-12 [Welch, Megan] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Welch, Megan). Timeout Va. Commonwealth. 14-13 [Welch, Megan] Kill by Sheppard, Lindi (from Firouzabadian, S.). 14-14 [Sheppard, Lindi] Attack error by Taylor, Niecy (block by Belozyorova, Irina). 15-14 [Sheppard, Lindi] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Govaars, Taylor). 15-15 [Ranck, Heather] Kill by Collins, Ciara (from Firouzabadian, S.). 16-16 [Collins, Ciara] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Welch, Megan). 16-17 [Taylor, Niecy] Kill by Belozyorova, Irina (from Firouzabadian, S.). 16-18 [Belozyorova, Irina] Attack error by Murphy, Valerie (block by Chapin, Rachel; Sexton, Amy). 17-18 [Belozyorova, Irina] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Welch, Megan). 18-18 [Engle, Sarah] Service ace (TEAM). 19-18 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by Murphy, Valerie (from Welch, Megan). 20-18 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by Murphy, Valerie (from Welch, Megan). 21-18 [Engle, Sarah] Service ace (TEAM). Timeout Va. Commonwealth. 22-18 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by Stuka, Nicole (from Welch, Megan). 22-19 [Engle, Sarah] Kill by Sexton, Amy (from Firouzabadian, S.). 23-19 [Firouzabadian, S.] Kill by Stuka, Nicole (from Welch, Megan). 24-19 [Stuka, Nicole] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Welch, Megan). 25-19 [Chapin, Rachel] Kill by Engle, Sarah (from Murphy, Valerie). 26-19 [Govaars, Taylor] Attack error by Collins, Ciara (block by Welch, Megan; Taylor, Niecy). 26-20 [Govaars, Taylor] Kill by Sheppard, Lindi (from Firouzabadian, S.). 25-22 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Attack error by Engle, Sarah. 26-22 [Lopez Pereira, G.] Kill by Walsh, Colleen (from Welch, Megan). 27-22 [Welch, Megan] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Welch, Megan). 27-23 [Welch, Megan] Attack error by Engle, Sarah (block by Collins, Ciara; Belozyorova, Irina). 27-24 [Sheppard, Lindi] Attack error by Walsh, Colleen. 27-25 [Sheppard, Lindi] Ball handling error by Welch, Megan. Timeout Delaware. 28-25 [Sheppard, Lindi] Kill by Taylor, Niecy (from Welch, Megan). 29-25 [Ranck, Heather] Kill by Stuka, Nicole (from Taylor, Niecy), block error by Firouzabadian, S.. 30-25 [Ranck, Heather] Service ace (Lopez Pereira, G.). ==================== DELAWARE 3, VA. COMMONWEALTH 0 -- DDD --
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