Elmira CollEgE Soaring EaglESHead Coach: Rhonda Faunce

Assistant Coach: Stephen England

No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 4 Sara Pieniazek ’17 L 5’6” Geneva, NY -- Geneva5 Sami Hanes ’16 S 5’5” St. Mary’s, PA -- St. Mary’s6 Molleigh Malanoski ’18 S 5’6” Elmira, NY -- Thomas A Edison7 Kierstin Derr ’16 OH 5’6” Elmira, NY -- Thomas A Edison8 Paola Ortiz ’16 OH 5’10” San Juan, Puerto Rico -- American Military Academy9 Amanda Blinkinsop ’16 OH 5’8” Colton, CA -- Colton11 Samantha Hawksley ’16 L 5’2” Lowville, NY -- Beaver River12 Ashley Heiman ’16 MH 6’0” Dansville, NY -- Wayland-Cohocton13 Christina North ’16 OH 5’8” East Berne, NY -- Berne-Knox-Westerlo14 Payton Rusin ’18 MH 6’0” Endicott, NY -- Union-Endicott18 Alicia Day ’17 MH 6’2” Mount Laurel, NJ -- Lenape22 Kelsey Ross ’16 L 5’5” Oswego, NY -- Oswego

Game NotesLast Time Out: The Elmira College women’s volleyball team is coming off their second consecutive win as the Purple and Gold defeated Alfred University, 3-1. Elmira’s victory over the Saxons extended the Soaring Eagles’ win streak against Alfred to 23 matches, a mark that dates back to the 2000 season.

Home Finale: Tonight’s match marks the final home contest of the 2014 season for the Soaring Eagles. Since 2001, Elmira has gone 4-9 in home finales, but the Purple and Gold have seen more success in recent years as EC has posted a 2-1 record in home finales over the last three years.

Moving Parts, No Problem: Kelsey Ross ’16 has spent the majority of the 2014 season as Elmira’s libero, and for good reason as she leads the team with a career-best 243 digs. However, against Alfred University, Ross made the move from libero to outside hitter, a move that paid divi-dends for Elmira as Ross registered a career-high 16 kills to lead EC to their second conference win of the year.

Season-High for EC: In Elmira’s 3-1 win over Alfred, the Soaring Eagles, as a team, posted a .208 hitting percent-age, a season-high for the Soaring Eagles.

Series History: Elmira and Penn Tech have played each other four times since their first meeting in 2011. The Soaring Eagles own a decisive 4-0 advantage in the series history. Of Elmira’s four wins, three have come in the form of 3-0 victories.

Looking Ahead: Following tonight’s match, the Soaring Eagles will hit the road to compete in the Hunter College Tri-Match on Saturday, October 18th. Elmira will face host Hunter College at 12:00 p.m. before facing Rutgers-Camden in the 2:00 p.m. match.

Day DatE opponEnt timE-rESult

SEPT. 2 pitt-BraDforD L, 0-3 5 Penn St.-Behrend L, 0-3 5 Skidmore W, 3-0 6 The Sage Colleges W, 3-2 6 at University of Rochester L, 0-3 12 York (PA) L, 0-3 12 Catholic L, 0-3 13 at Lycoming L, 1-3 13 Susquehanna L, 0-3 16 at Ithaca* L, 2-3 20 at Stevens Tech* L, 0-3 20 Houghton* L, 0-3 24 at Alfred State L, 0-3 26 SUNY IT L, 1-3 27 Alfred State L, 1-3 27 Utica L, 1-3 OCT. 4 nazarEth* L, 1-3 4 hartwiCk* W, 3-2 8 alfrED* W, 3-1 14 pEnn tECh 7:00 p.m. 18 at Hunter 12:00 p.m. 18 Rutgers-Camden 2:00 p.m. 25 St. John Fisher* 2:30 p.m. 25 at Utica* 5:00 p.m. 29 at SUNY Cortland 6:00 p.m. 31 RIT 4:00 p.m. 31 Clarkson 6:00 p.m.NOV. 1 Kean 12:00 p.m. 1 University of Rochester 4:00 p.m. *Denotes Empire 8 contest

2014 SChEDulE (4-15, 2-4 E8)

pEnnSylvania CollEgE of tEChnology wilDCatSHead Coach: Monica Brown

Assistant Coach: Shawn BradleyNo. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 1 Kaitlyn Young ’18 L 5’5” Harrisonburg, VA -- Turner Ashby2 Courtney Gernert ’15 OH 5’6” Palmyra, PA -- Palmyra Area4 Samantha Holdren ’18 RS 5’8” Shamokin, PA -- Shamokin Area 7 Samantha Pogash ’18 OH-MB 5’6” Saint Clair, PA -- Nativity BVM 9 Bridgette O’Leary ’18 MB 5’8” Altoona, PA -- Bishop Guifoyle10 Sophie Coldsmith ’18 S 5’6” Gettysburg, PA -- Gettysburg12 Kira Dorn ’18 RS 5’10” Sparty, PA -- Corry Area13 Loralee Lindemuth ’16 MB-OH 5’9” Tidioute, PA -- Tidioute 14 Felicia Webber ’18 OH-DS 5’5” Perry County, PA -- West Perry15 Kaitlyn Klein ’17 MB 6’0” Lock Haven, PA -- Central Mountain16 Rachel Cooper ’18 DS 5’5” Bangor, PA -- Faith Christian17 Keri Fargus ’18 MB 6’1” Avis, PA -- Jersey Shore

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EmpirE 8 StatiStiCal lEaDErS

Rank Kills (Min 2.00/Set) S NO AVG/S1. Rylie Bean (IC) 56 204 3.642. Mary Tobin (SIT) 78 266 3.413. Maria Allocco (NAZ) 90 290 3.224. Hattie Burgher (HC) 84 267 3.185. Kassandra Buseck (NAZ) 89 273 3.07

Rank Assists (Min 5.00/Set) S NO AVG/S1. Madi Wickens (NAZ) 82 794 9.682. Ashley Castillo (SIT) 72 694 9.643. Sami Hanes (EC) 69 551 7.994. Anna Coryell (HC) 84 667 7.945. Lora Allen (UC) 76 538 7.08

Rank Blocks S BS-BA AVG/S1. Jennifer Hicks (NAZ) 82 13-64 0.942. Naomi Prentice (HC) 78 24-44 0.873. Siobhan Sorensen (IC) 60 4-39 0.724. Annemarie Thomas (SIT) 77 10-45 0.715. Katie Hartman (IC) 49 13-21 0.69

Rank Digs (Min 1.00 per game) S NO AVG/S1. Laurel Wroblicky (HC) 84 452 5.382. Sydni Horner (SIT) 75 396 5.283. Erin Crandall (SJFC) 69 281 4.074. Maureen Thayer (NAZ) 89 362 4.075. Briona Enny (UC) 76 305 4.01

Rank Aces (Min 0.10/Set) S NO AVG/S1. Katie Hall (SIT) 75 53 0.712. Brianna Evans (SIT) 68 41 0.603. Christina Sciarra (SIT) 78 44 0.564. Maria Allocco (NAZ) 90 45 0.505. Madi Wickens (NAZ) 82 39 0.48

Game NotesA Look at the Wildcats: The Wildcats of Pennsylvania Col-lege of Technology enter tonight’s match with an 8-13 over-all record. Penn Tech is coming off two consecutive wins, both victories coming against Bryn Athyn College. The wins over Bryn Athyn snapped an eight match losing streak.

Dual Threat: Courtney Gernert ’15 and Samantha Pogash ’18 have been the focal points of the Wildcats’ offense. Gernert leads the team with 198 kills while Pogash is sec-ond with 127, making the two the only Penn Tech players with over 100 kills on the season.

Defensive Efforts: Not only has Gernert been having a standout year on offense, she has also excelled on the de-fensive side of things. She leads the Wildcats with 273 digs and is averaging 3.90 digs per set, the fifth highest average in Penn Tech’s conference, the North Eastern Athletic Con-ference (NEAC).

Struggles Away From Home: Penn Tech owns a respectable 5-5 record when playing on their home court at Lewis H. Bardo Gymnasium. However, the Wildcats have not fared as well when playing away from home as they have posted a 3-8 road record, a mark that includes a 1-2 showing in true road contests.

2014 Elmira College Women's VolleyballElmira College Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 13, 2014)

All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 4-15 2-2 0-6 2-7CONFERENCE 2-4 2-1 0-2 0-1NON-CONFERENCE 2-11 0-1 0-4 2-6

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points12 Ashley Heiman 78 159 2.04 81 433 . 1 8 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 0 8 0.10 12 23 35 0.45 12 1 -8 Paola Ortiz 68 131 1.93 104 480 . 0 5 6 7 0.10 31 31 0.46 9 119 1.75 3 9 12 0.18 5 2 -7 Kierstin Derr 69 130 1.88 119 557 . 0 2 0 7 0.10 28 32 0.41 39 149 2.16 0 3 3 0.04 0 0 -9 Amanda Blinkinsop 69 111 1.61 60 402 . 1 2 7 4 0.06 19 41 0.28 32 117 1.70 0 5 5 0.07 0 0 -18 Alicia Day 41 46 1.12 24 165 . 1 3 3 2 0.05 0 3 0.00 0 8 0.20 5 7 12 0.29 1 0 -13 Christina North 9 6 0.67 11 49 - . 1 0 2 0 0.00 0 3 0.00 2 7 0.78 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 -14 Payton Rusin 27 13 0.48 9 68 . 0 5 9 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.04 3 5 8 0.30 2 0 -22 Kelsey Ross 65 28 0.43 14 90 . 1 5 6 22 0.34 25 16 0.38 45 243 3.74 1 1 2 0.03 1 2 -5 Sami Hanes 69 11 0.16 5 61 . 0 9 8 551 7.99 17 22 0.25 0 152 2.20 2 14 16 0.23 1 9 -11 Samantha Hawksley 45 3 0.07 1 12 . 1 6 7 4 0.09 3 4 0.07 4 73 1.62 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 -6 Molleigh Malanoski 46 2 0.04 0 2 1.000 6 0.13 17 20 0.37 6 30 0.65 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 -4 Sara Pieniazek 16 0 0.00 5 10 - . 5 0 0 1 0.06 3 4 0.19 2 13 0.81 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -2 Melissa Morrow 2 0 0.00 0 3 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -

TEAM - - - - - - - - - - - 24 - - - - - - - - -ELMIRA COLLEGE 69 640 9.28 433 2332 . 0 8 9 604 8.75 143 177 2.07 163 920 13.33 26 67 59.5 0.86 24 18 -Opponents 69 738 10.70 286 2068 . 2 1 9 675 9.78 166 161 2.41 140 1018 14.75 30 182 121.0 1.75 35 26 -

Team Statistics ELMIRA OPPATTACK K i l l s 640 738 E r r o r s 433 286 Total Attacks 2332 2068 Attack Pct . 0 8 9 . 2 1 9 K i l l s / S e t 9.3 10.7SET A s s i s t s 604 675 A s s i s t s / S e t 8.8 9.8SERVE A c e s 143 166 E r r o r s 177 161 A t t e m p t s 884 1014 Serve Pct . 8 0 0 . 8 4 1 A c e s / S e t 2.1 2.4SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 163 140 E r r o r s / S e t 2.4 2.0 A t t e m p t s 904 768 Reception Pct . 8 2 0 . 8 1 8DEFENSE D i g s 920 1018 D i g s / S e t 13.3 14.8BLOCKING Block Solo 26 30 Block Assist 67 182 Total Blocks 59.5 121.0 B l o c k s / S e t 0.9 1.8 Block Errors 24 35Ball handling errors 18 26ATTENDANCE T o t a l 407 632 Dates/Avg Per Date 4/102 6/105 Neutral site #/Avg 9/41 Current win streak 2 - Home win streak 2 -

Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.09/02/14 PITT-BRADFORD L 0-3 22-25,23-25,19-25 0

@09/05/14 vs Penn St.-Behrend L 0-3 14-25,13-25,15-25 25@09/05/14 vs Skidmore W 3-0 25-22,25-19,25-22 50@09/06/14 vs Sage Colleges W 3-2 22-25,28-26,13-25,25-19,15-12 45@09/06/14 at Rochester L 0-3 24-26,9-25,12-25 77

09/12/14 vs York (Pa.) L 0-3 16-25,13-25,16-25 009/12/14 vs Catholic L 0-3 16-25,19-25,18-25 009/13/14 at Lycoming L 1-3 12-25,25-21,24-26,12-25 12309/13/14 vs Susquehanna L 0-3 8-25,15-25,19-25 123

*09/16/14 at Ithaca L 2-3 27-25,19-25,19-25,25-21,14-16 100*09/20/14 at STEVENS L 0-3 19-25,15-25,9-25 115*09/20/14 vs Houghton L 0-3 22-25,19-25,21-25 5409/24/14 at Alfred State L 0-3 17-25,17-25,20-25 15909/26/14 at SUNYIT L 1-3 18-25,25-18,18-25,17-25 5809/27/14 vs Alfred State L 1-3 17-25,25-23,18-25,16-25 3909/27/14 vs Utica College L 1-3 15-25,20-25,25-21,22-25 30

*10/04/14 NAZARETH L 1-3 17-25,25-23,18-25,16-25 110*10/04/14 HARTWICK COLLEGE W 3-2 22-25,25-23,28-30,27-25,16-14 167*10/08/14 ALFRED UNIVERSITY W 3-1 25-17,25-11,22-25,25-14 130

Record in 3-set matches: 1-9Record in 4-set matches: 1-5Record in 5-set matches: 2-1

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