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Blue Hens Open Delaware Invitational with Wins Over Albany, New Mexico

DATE: September 10, 2004

New Mexico 3, George Washington 1
Delaware 3, Albany 1
Albany 3, George Washington 1
Delaware 3, New Mexico 0

NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware volleyball squad picked up two decisive victories on the first day of their own Delaware Invitational Friday, defeating University at Albany 3-1 in the afternoon and the University of New Mexico 3-0 in the evening at Barbara Viera Court.

In the other two matches, New Mexico defeated George Washington 3-1 and Albany downed George Washington 3-1. The second and final day of the tournament will begin Saturday at 12 noon with Albany taking on New Mexico followed by the 2 p.m. match between Delaware and George Washington. A victory by the Blue Hens will give them the tournament title. Delaware has captured the tournament title four other teams, the most recent in 1997. This year marks the 28th season that the tournament has been held despite returning from a two-year hiatus this year.

Delaware, which extended its winning streak to three matches, improved to 3-2 on the season while New Mexico moved to 3-2, Albany moved to 2-4, and George Washington fell to 0-6 on the season.

The Blue Hens downed Albany 30-24, 29-31, 30-26, 30-26 as Claire McCormack recorded 14 kills and 13 digs, Valerie Murphy added a match-high 17 kills, and Allison Lutz dished out 54 assists. The Blue Hens recorded 11 service aces for the match. Shelby Goldman led Albany with 16 kills while Ashley DeNeal had 14 kills and 11 digs.

In Delaware's second game, the Blue Hens hit .398 for the match to just .212 for the Lobos. Four Blue Hens recorded 10 or more kills as McCormack had 14 to go with nine digs, New Mexico native Niecy Taylor added 11 kills, and Murphy and Colleen Walsh each chipped in with 10 kills. Lutz added 45 assists for the match. New Mexico was led by Kelly Therkelsen's nine kills.

In the other matches Friday, New Mexico downed George Washington 33-30, 30-17, 26-30, 30-25 as Therkelsen recorded 25 kills and Nicole Ryan added 15 kills. Julienne McLaughlin had 15 kills for the Colonials. In the other match, Albany downed George Washington 30-11, 24-30, 30-24, 30-23 as Goldman had 16 kills and Ashlee Reed added 14 kills and 18 digs. McLaughlin had a match-high 21 kills for GWU.

AGATE:

New Mexico 3, George Washington 1

                           
New Mexico | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 Cox, Kim............ 4| 0 0 2 .000| 0| 0 2| 0| 9| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 5 Meihack, Monica..... 4| 8 0 13 .615| 52| 1 1| 0| 4| 0 2 0| 0| 10.0 6 Ryan, Nicole........ 4| 15 8 45 .156| 2| 1 0| 0| 5| 0 2 0| 0| 17.0 8 Sondrup, Chelsea.... 4| 7 5 18 .111| 2| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 1 0| 0| 7.5 9 Weber, Samie........ 4| 13 3 28 .357| 2| 0 5| 0| 6| 0 5 0| 0| 15.5 15 Heasty, Jennifer.... 4| 6 3 18 .167| 0| 0 2| 0| 4| 0 1 0| 0| 6.5 3 Therkelsen, Kelly... 4| 25 4 41 .512| 0| 0 1| 1| 4| 0 2 0| 0| 26.0 7 Burke, Adah......... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 4| 1 1| 1| 25| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 14 Conklin, Laura...... 4| 0 0 2 .000| 0| 4 2| 1| 4| 0 0 0| 0| 4.0 TEAM................ | | | | 6| | | | 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 4| 74 23 167 .305| 62| 7 14| 9| 62| 0 13 0| 0| 87.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.5 Game K E TA Pct 1 22 8 55 .255 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS 2 16 2 28 .500 New Mexico.......... (3) 33 30 26 30 2-3 3 20 5 40 .375 George Washington... (1) 31 17 30 25 0-5 4 16 8 44 .182 George Washington | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Vernand, Lindsey.... 3| 2 5 15 -.200| 0| 0 1| 1| 5| 0 0 0| 0| 2.0 3 Downey, Katie....... 4| 7 5 24 .083| 5| 1 0| 0| 7| 0 3 0| 0| 9.5 4 Kabbes, Katie....... 4| 12 2 21 .476| 1| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 3 0| 0| 13.5 6 Parks, Shannon...... 4| 7 0 16 .438| 0| 5 1| 0| 0| 0 2 0| 1| 13.0 7 Lee, Kaimana........ 4| 1 0 8 .125| 37| 1 1| 0| 5| 0 3 1| 1| 3.5 9 McLaughlin, Juliene. 4| 15 9 43 .140| 1| 2 1| 1| 8| 0 0 0| 0| 17.0 5 Buche, Jessica...... 1| 0 0 1 .000| 2| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 8 Vesey, Jessica...... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 2| 0| 19| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 11 Greenleaf, Abigail.. 1| 1 1 5 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 12 Hatter, Abigail..... 2| 2 1 4 .250| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 2.0 14 Law, Molly.......... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 15 Brown, Janine....... 3| 7 4 20 .150| 0| 0 3| 1| 4| 1 1 0| 0| 8.5 TEAM................ | | | | 4| | | | 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 4| 54 27 157 .172| 46| 9 10| 7| 52| 1 12 1| 2| 70.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 17 9 53 .151 Site: Newark, DE (Barbara Viera Court) 2 10 8 35 .057 Date: Sep 10, 2004 Attend: 90 Time: 1:56 3 17 3 34 .412 Referees: 4 10 7 35 .086 1 2 3 4 Total Tie scores 6 2 16 8 32 Lead changes 4 2 6 3 15

Delaware 3, Albany 1

                           
University at Albany | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Buchanan, Blair..... 4| 2 4 10 -.200| 56| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 1| 2.0 2 DeNeal, Ashley...... 4| 14 8 45 .133| 1| 0 2| 0| 11| 0 1 0| 0| 14.5 9 Reed, Ashlee........ 4| 4 0 17 .235| 2| 0 1| 3| 8| 0 2 0| 1| 5.0 10 Goldman, Shelby..... 4| 16 1 29 .517| 1| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 1 0| 0| 16.5 11 Green, Ashley....... 4| 14 4 27 .370| 1| 0 0| 0| 5| 1 2 0| 0| 16.0 23 Spierre, Susan...... 4| 6 3 12 .250| 0| 0 3| 0| 4| 0 2 0| 0| 7.0 4 Dombrowski, Jill.... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 6 Hunter, Ashley...... 3| 10 4 17 .353| 1| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 1 0| 0| 10.5 12 Fiorillo, Kristin... 4| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 15 Rodriguez, Eileen... 4| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 1 6| 2| 17| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 TEAM................ | | | | 6| | | | 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 4| 66 24 159 .264| 62| 1 13| 11| 67| 1 9 0| 2| 72.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.5 Game K E TA Pct 1 14 5 36 .250 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS 2 23 5 45 .400 University at Albany (1) 24 31 26 26 1-4 3 12 6 36 .167 Delaware............ (3) 30 29 30 30 2-2 4 17 8 42 .214 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....... 4| 3 0 4 .750| 54| 1 0| 0| 6| 0 2 0| 2| 5.0 4 Walsh, Colleen...... 4| 8 7 26 .038| 1| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 0 0| 1| 9.0 8 Murphy, Valerie..... 4| 17 2 38 .395| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 1 1| 0| 18.5 10 Engle, Sarah........ 4| 10 5 31 .161| 0| 1 3| 0| 9| 0 0 0| 0| 11.0 12 Taylor, Niecy....... 4| 9 3 19 .316| 3| 1 3| 0| 2| 0 1 0| 0| 10.5 17 McCormack, Claire... 4| 14 4 39 .256| 0| 1 1| 0| 13| 0 0 0| 1| 15.0 6 Govaars, Taylor..... 4| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 1 2| 0| 15| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 7 Stuka, Nicole....... 2| 2 0 5 .400| 0| 1 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 3.0 14 Kardine, Erin....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 16 Ranck, Heather...... 4| 2 0 4 .500| 1| 5 3| 0| 12| 0 0 0| 0| 7.0 TEAM................ | | | | 1| | | | 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 4| 65 21 167 .263| 59| 11 14| 1| 59| 2 4 1| 4| 80.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 19 4 41 .366 Site: Newark, DE (Barbara Viera court) 2 14 6 40 .200 Date: Sep 10, 2004 Attend: 125 Time: 1:47 3 16 6 41 .244 Referees: 4 16 5 45 .244 1 2 3 4 Total Tie scores 0 18 6 10 34 Lead changes 1 9 2 8 20

Albany 3, George Washington 1

                           
George Washington | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Downey, Katie....... 2| 0 1 2 -.500| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 4 Kabbes, Katie....... 4| 4 2 18 .111| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 2 0| 0| 5.0 6 Parks, Shannon...... 4| 5 1 11 .364| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 2 0| 0| 6.0 7 Lee, Kaimana........ 4| 2 1 6 .167| 20| 0 1| 0| 3| 0 4 0| 2| 4.0 9 McLaughlin, Juliene. 4| 21 8 54 .241| 1| 1 2| 3| 10| 0 0 0| 0| 22.0 15 Brown, Janine....... 4| 5 4 26 .038| 3| 2 2| 0| 14| 2 2 0| 0| 10.0 1 Vernand, Lindsey.... 4| 7 6 30 .033| 2| 0 0| 4| 10| 1 0 0| 0| 8.0 5 Buche, Jessica...... 2| 0 0 2 .000| 9| 1 1| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 2| 1.0 8 Vesey, Jessica...... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 1| 13| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 11 Greenleaf, Abigail.. 1| 0 1 3 -.333| 1| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 12 Hatter, Abigail..... 1| 0 1 1-1.000| 0| 1 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 14 Law, Molly.......... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 1 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 TEAM................ | | | | 7| | | | 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 4| 44 25 153 .124| 36| 6 6| 15| 59| 3 10 0| 4| 58.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 3 7 29 -.138 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS 2 18 9 49 .184 George Washington... (1) 11 30 24 23 0-6 3 12 5 47 .149 University at Albany (3) 30 24 30 30 2-4 4 11 4 28 .250 University at Albany | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Buchanan, Blair..... 4| 4 1 8 .375| 43| 3 1| 0| 7| 0 1 0| 1| 7.5 2 DeNeal, Ashley...... 4| 7 5 29 .069| 0| 2 1| 0| 11| 0 0 0| 0| 9.0 9 Reed, Ashlee........ 4| 14 7 31 .226| 2| 1 0| 1| 18| 0 2 0| 0| 16.0 10 Goldman, Shelby..... 4| 16 5 39 .282| 1| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 0| 16.0 11 Green, Ashley....... 4| 11 4 21 .333| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 5 0| 0| 13.5 23 Spierre, Susan...... 4| 6 1 17 .294| 2| 2 3| 0| 7| 0 4 0| 2| 10.0 4 Dombrowski, Jill.... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 6 1| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 6.0 6 Hunter, Ashley...... 4| 1 2 6 -.167| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 12 Fiorillo, Kristin... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 1| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 15 Rodriguez, Eileen... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 2| 1 3| 0| 15| 0 0 0| 1| 1.0 TEAM................ | | | | 4| | | | 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 4| 59 25 151 .225| 50| 15 10| 6| 69| 0 12 0| 4| 80.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 17 5 33 .364 Site: Newark, DE (Barbara Viera Court) 2 10 6 42 .095 Date: Sep 10, 2004 Attend: 90 Time: 1:38 3 20 8 49 .245 Referees: 4 12 6 27 .222 1 2 3 4 Total Tie scores 0 7 5 6 18 Lead changes 1 6 1 2 10

Delaware 3, New Mexico 0

                           
New Mexico | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Therkelsen, Kelly... 3| 9 4 22 .227| 1| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 2 0| 0| 10.0 5 Meihack, Monica..... 3| 4 1 15 .200| 27| 0 1| 0| 5| 0 0 0| 1| 4.0 6 Ryan, Nicole........ 3| 9 3 32 .188| 0| 0 0| 1| 2| 0 1 0| 0| 9.5 8 Sondrup, Chelsea.... 3| 5 2 16 .188| 1| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 1 0| 0| 5.5 9 Weber, Samie........ 3| 3 1 11 .182| 0| 2 3| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0| 5.5 15 Heasty, Jennifer.... 3| 7 3 14 .286| 1| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 3 1| 0| 8.5 2 Cox, Kim............ 3| 1 0 1 1.000| 0| 0 0| 2| 5| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 7 Burke, Adah......... 3| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 0 2| 2| 13| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 14 Conklin, Laura...... 3| 0 0 1 .000| 1| 0 0| 2| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 TEAM................ | | | | 3| | | | 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 3| 38 14 113 .212| 31| 2 8| 10| 33| 0 8 1| 1| 44.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 11 3 28 .286 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 2 14 6 37 .216 New Mexico.......... (0) 17 24 22 3-2 3 13 5 48 .167 Delaware............ (3) 30 30 30 3-2 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| 3 0 4 .750| 45| 0 1| 0| 6| 0 3 0| 2| 4.5 4 Walsh, Colleen...... 3| 10 0 18 .556| 0| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 10.0 8 Murphy, Valerie..... 3| 10 2 19 .421| 1| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 7 0| 0| 13.5 10 Engle, Sarah........ 3| 8 4 20 .200| 1| 0 3| 0| 7| 0 4 0| 0| 10.0 12 Taylor, Niecy....... 3| 11 1 16 .625| 2| 1 3| 1| 2| 0 1 0| 0| 12.5 17 McCormack, Claire... 3| 14 4 32 .312| 0| 2 2| 0| 9| 0 1 0| 0| 16.5 6 Govaars, Taylor..... 3| 0 0 3 .000| 1| 2 0| 1| 12| 0 0 0| 0| 2.0 14 Kardine, Erin....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 16 Ranck, Heather...... 3| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 5 1| 0| 5| 0 0 0| 0| 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 3| 56 11 113 .398| 50| 10 10| 2| 49| 0 16 0| 2| 74.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 18 2 32 .500 Site: Newark, DE (Barbara Viera Court) 2 19 5 41 .341 Date: Sep 10, 2004 Attend: 130 Time: 1:18 3 19 4 40 .375 Referees: 1 2 3 Total Tie scores 1 7 3 11 Lead changes 1 3 2 6

 

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