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University of Bridgeport ...........................................................4Dowling College ........................................................................5LIU Post ........................................................................................6New York Institute of Technology ..........................................7

Robert DranoffCommissioner

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Leslie BuschAssistant Commissioner

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East Coast Conference Staff

The 2013 East Coast Conference Volleyball Championship Program was written, laid out and designed by Casey Rafferty, Director of Media Relations, in Adobe InDesign CS5. Cover art work was designed by ECC graphic design intern, Jessica Doughty. Special thanks to the editorial assistance provided by: Bob Dranoff, Leslie Busch, and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.

UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORTNo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School1 Biljana Savic Jr. OH/S 5-10 Novi Sad, Serbia/Gimnazija Isidora Sekulic 3 Frida Randen Fr. MB/RS 6-0 Sodertalje, Sweden/ Allebergsgymnastet4 Larissa Oliveira Jr. MB 5-11 Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Magnum Agostiniane HS5 Salina DeCicco Fr. DS 5-7 Kingston, N.Y./Kingston HS6 Fernanda Silva Sr. S 6-0 Brasilia, Brazil/Alabama State7 Sofija Markovic So. MB 6-1 Belgrade, Serbia/Sportska Gimnazija 8 Martina Santia So. OH/DS 5-10 Sezze, Italy/E. Mojorana9 Michele Santos Jr. S/DS 5-9 Campinas, Brazil/Ranger College10 Sarah Rosa So. OH 5-11 Itajuba, Brazil/ Winthrop University11 Ying Shen Jr. OH 5-11 Nanjing, China/Syracuse University12 Jade Zhao Jr. MB 6-1 Huhhot, China/Syracuse University13 Kelly Palma Gr. L 5-9 Stamford, Conn./ Seton Hall University14 Amanda Kunrath Jr. OH/RS 6-1 Ivoti, Brazil/ Florida State College

Head Coach: Leo Uzcategui (5th season)Assistant Coach: Helena CastroGraduate Assistant Coach: Fernanda CostaVolunteer Assistant Coach: Sabrina Simas

About BridgeportAn international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs, at the University of Bridgeport, the New Eng-land’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.

Coach Leo Uzcategui

Larissa Oliveira

Biljana Savic

Ying Shen

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Quick FactsLocation: Bridgeport, Conn.Founded: 1927Enrollment: 4,800Nickname: Purple KnightsColors: Purple and WhitePresident: Neil Albert SalonenDirector of Athletics: Jay MoranArena (capacity): Harvey Hubbell Gym (1,200)

Did You Know?• The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won the last five USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Champi-onships.• UB men’s swimming team took eighth place at the 2013 NCAA Division II National Championship Meet.• The Bridgeport women’s volleyball team won the school’s first-ever NCAA Division II East Regional Title in the fall of 2011 and has now made four straight appearances in the regional final.• The UB men’s soccer team has made 11 consecutive confer-ence tournament appearances.

DOWLING COLLEGENo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School1 Katarzyna Klocek Fr. RS/MB 6-3 Poznan, Poland/Zespol Szkol Mistrzostwa Sportowego4 Mirjana Radovanovic Sr. S 5-8 Dubrovnik, Croatia/Turisticka i Ugostiteljska5 Kayla Dillman So. S 5-3 Rochester, N.Y./Victor HS6 Cassy Kelly Jr. OH 5-8 Fraser, Mich./Fraser HS7 Anna Rowan Fr. DS 5-7 Blue Point, N.Y./Bayport HS8 Yarden Amsalem So. MB 6-0 Tel Aviv, Israel/Hof HaSharon HS9 Elizabeth Gorman Jr. MB/RS 5-10 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst HS10 Dragana Jelovac Jr. MB 6-1 Kotor, Montenegro/Mladost13 Kayla Morgan So. L 5-6 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst HS 15 Franki Dove So. OH 5-11 Manorville, N.Y./Eastport Southmanor HS 18 Nicole Parkas Jr. L 5-4 Dix Hills, N.Y./Saint Anthony’s HS19 Jessica Kalbfleisch So. OH 6-0 Ridge, N.Y./Longwood HS

Head Coach: Kevin DesLauriers (1st Season)Assistant Coaches: Caitlin Bendy, Justine Hoffmann, and Amanda Ostapow

About DowlingFounded in 1955 as part of Adelphi University’s Suffolk Campus, the college purchased the former W.K. Vanderbilt estate in Oakdale in 1962. In 1968 the college was renamed after its chief benefactor, Robert Dowling, a noted city planner and aviator.

Situated on the banks of the Connetquot River on a former Vanderbilt estate, Dowling’s Rudolph Cam-pus in Oakdale is among the nation’s most beautiful. The 105-acre Brookhaven Center is located on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley and features high-tech learning facilities for a broad range of under-graduate and graduate courses. Located within walking distance to the Long Island Rail Road and fea-turing free parking and shuttle bus service, Dowling is easily accessible from both Suffolk and Nassau counties, as well as the five boroughs of New York City.

Coach Kevin DesLauriers

Kayla Dillman

Jessica Kalbfleisch

Cassy Kelly

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Quick FactsLocation: Oakdale, N.Y.Founded: 1955Enrollment: Over 6,500Nickname: Golden LionsColors: Navy Blue and GoldPresident: Dr. Norman R. SmithDirector of Athletics: Melody CopeArena (capacity): Dowling Gymnasium at SJU Eastern Long Island Campus (800)

Did You Know?• The men’s soccer program won the National Champi-onship in 2006 and advanced to the National Champi-onship game in 2008• Dowling has had four baseball student-athletes selected in the MLB First Year Player draft (Kip Roggen-dorf, ‘93, Toronto; Wilberto Ortiz, ‘06, Los Angeles (AL); Billy Mottram, ‘07, Chicago (NL); David Wendt, ‘09, Tampa Bay)• The men’s lacrosse team won the program’s first Na-tional Championship in 2012• In 2012-13 Dowling’s women’s basketball team advanced to the National Championship game after becoming the second team in ECC history to win the NCAA East Region Tournament.• The volleyball team has made 11 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.

LIU POSTNo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School1 Heather Adams Jr. MB 6-1 Centerville, Ohio / Centerville2 Geony Fisher Sr. RS 5-10 Goodyear, Ariz. / Millennium3 Lulu Centro Jr. S 5-7 Rome, Italy / Indian River4 Katie Hudencial Gr. DS 5-7 Mechanicsville, Va. / Hanover5 Katie Barto So. S 5-7 East Rockaway, N.Y. / East Rockaway6 Rachel Ringor So. L 5-1 Honolulu, Hawaii / Roosevelt7 Melissa Hansen So. MH 6-0 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Mesa Ridge9 Lynsea Hensel Fr. MB/RS 6-1 Burnt Hills, N.Y. / Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake12 Makamae Namahoe Sr. OH 5-10 Hilo, Hawaii / Hilo13 Tori Baran Fr. OH/S 5-9 Brawley, Calif. / Brawley Union14 Susy Cricchi Sr. MH 6-1 Borgovelino, Rieti, Italy / Casper15 Analise Austin Fr. MH/RS 5-10 Honolulu, Hawaii / Moanalua16 Monica Amador So. S/OH 5-11 Cedar Park, Texas / Cedar Park19 Shelby McCool Fr. OH 5-9 Eugene, Ore. / Henry D. Sheldon

Head Coach: Shellane Ogoshi (5th Season)Assistant Coach: Jose Brito

About LIU PostThe LIU Post Campus of Long Island University is a private, residential campus in Brookville, New York, offering more than 250 under-graduate 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. Situ-ated 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 activi-ties 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’s award-winning Co-operative Education program places students at companies from MTV to American Express as well as government, health care and com-munity service agencies. Our professional experience and Career Planning Office sponsors career fairs with top employers and keeps students in touch with the latest job openings.

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.

Coach Shellane Ogoshi

Lulu Centro

Shelby McCool

Rachel Ringor

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Quick FactsLocation: Brookville N.Y.Founded: 1954Enrollment: 8,472Nickname: PioneersColors: Green and GoldPresident: Dr. Kimberly R. ClineDirector of Athletics: Bryan CollinsArena (capacity): Pratt Recreation Center (3,000)

Did You Know?• Each of the Pioneers’ eight fall sports qualified for their respective conference championships with men’s soccer, field hockey, and men’s and women’s cross country taking home their conference titles.• The Pioneer third-ranked field hockey and eighth-ranked men’s soccer teams have been nationally ranked over the course of the entire season.• Sophomore libero Rachel Ringor currently leads the confer-ence in digs per set (4.75) and service aces per set (0.46).• Outside hitters Makamae Namahoe and Shelby McCool have each registered eight double-doubles this season.

NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School1 Lindsay Abrams So. OH/MB 5-8 Islip, N.Y./Islip HS2 Savannah Donarski Sr. OH 5-11 Powell, Wyo./Casper College3 Katarina Sretenovic Sr. RS 6-1 Belgrade, Serbia/Mineral Area College4 Shelby Cable Sr. OH 5-9 DeSoto, Mo./DeSoto HS5 Becky Syers So. L 5-4 East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow HS6 Taylor Pulley Jr. L/S 5-4 Bloomfield, Mo./Mineral Area College7 Kelly Brown Sr. MB 6-0 Queens Village, N.Y./Thomas Edison HS8 Marija Jovanovic Sr. S 5-9 Belgrade, Serbia/Mineral Area College9 Sarah Stein Sr. RS/L 5-7 Bay Shore,N.Y./Bay Shore11 Kate Brock So. MH 6-1 River Edge, N.J./River Dell HS16 Jushel Mitchell Sr. OH/RS 5-10 Rosedale, N.Y./Thomas Edison17 Lana Kravtchenko Fr. OH/MH 6-4 Brooklyn, N.Y./Fort Hamilton HS

Head Coach: Gail Wasmus (28th Season)Assistant Coach: Kevin Cardoza

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; educa-tion; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has 13,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. NYIT sponsors 11 NCAA Division II programs and one Division I team. Led by President Edward Guiliano, NYIT is guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional edu-cation, 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.

Coach Gail Wasmus

Shelby Cable

Savannah Donarski

Marija Jovanovic

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Quick FactsLocation: Old Westbury, N.Y.Founded: 1955Enrollment: 15,000Nickname: BearsColors: Blue and GoldPresident: Edward Guiliano, Ph. D.Director of Athletics: Clyde Doughty Jr.Arena (capacity): Recreation Hall (500)

Did You Know?• Milestones: Senior Marija Jovanovic earned her 2,00th career assist on Nov. 7 against Bridgeport. She is the fifth Bear to reach the milestone. Senior Shelby Cable became the 10th Bear to amass 1,000 career digs and the fourth Bear to have both 1,000 career kills and digs. She accomplished the milestone on Sept. 26 at American International. • In the Record Books: Senior Kelly Brown has climbed her way up the career record books for blocking. She ranks second all-time in total (410) and block assists (290) and seventh in solo blocks.• Academic Honors: Jovanovic earned her first CoSIDA Academic All-District honor. Her accomplishments advance her to the All-America ballot.

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