Women's Volleyball
2008 Kutztown Classic

last updated 09/02/2008 02:23 PM

Aug. 29, 2008
Kutztown 3, Mercy College 0 (25-11, 25-10, 25-14)   RECAP
Stonehill College 3, Virginia State College 0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-11)   RECAP

Aug. 30, 2008
Kutztown 3 Virginia State 0 (25-6, 25-13, 25-18) RECAP
Stonehill 3, Mercy 0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-17) RECAP
Mercy 3, Virginia State 0 (25-11, 25-11, 25-18) RECAP
Stonehill 3, Kutztown 1 (25-19, 23-25, 20-25, 15-25) RECAP

KU 3, Mercy College 0
BOXSCORE

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — The Kutztown University women's volleyball team opened up the 2008 season with a 3-0 win over Mercy College in the Kutztown Classic at Keystone Hall Friday.

The Golden Bears, led by 20 assists and 10 digs from Jamie Celia (so. Douglassville/Daniel Boone), won 25-11, 25-10 and 25-14 in straight sets to open the tournament.

Kelsey Nester (so. Catasauqua/Catasauqua) led the offensive charge with nine kills and one block. Danielle Ozment (so. Reading/Holy Name) had six kills and Katie Miller (jr. Elizabethtown/Elizabethtown) had five. Miller also had two blocks.

Newcomer Cali Snell (fr. York/York Suburban) had three blocks and three kills in her first collegiate match.

Lindsey Smith (fr. Hanover/Delone Catholic), at libero, had 11 digs for the Golden Bears.

Shedeiky Hamilton led Mercy with six kills and Crasheena Ward and Diana Bruzzone each had nine digs.

Stonehill College 3, Virginia State University 0
BOXSCORE

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — The Stonehill College women's volleyball team won in straight sets against Virginia State College to start off its 2008 season at the Kutztown Classic on Friday night.

Leading the way were Laura Noonan and Michelle Thornhill with seven kills apiece. Thornhill also had seven digs for the Skyhawks.

Stonehill's Andrea Wirth contributed with 16 assists and nine digs. Katherine Masson and Laura Huselton were solid along the net with three blocks each.

Jasmine Davis had four kills and five blocks for Virginia State, and Reneisha Hill recorded 13 digs.

Kutztown University 3, Virginia State University 0
BOXSCORE

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — The Kutztown University women's volleyball team continued its winning ways with a victory in three straight sets over Virginia State University at the Kutztown Classic on Saturday.

The Golden Bears (2-0) ran away with the first set 25-6, and won 25-13 and 25-18 to close out the Trojans.

Cali Snell (fr. York/York Suburban) led the offense with nine kills and two blocks. Katie Miller (jr. Elizabethtown/Elizabethtown) and Lindsay Confer (so. Wingate/Bald Eagle Area) had six kills each. Miller also had three blocks.

Jamie Celia (so. Douglassville/Daniel Boone) had 20 assists and four service aces. Also adding to the offense with three service aces were Nora Alexander (so. Plymouth Meeting/Plymouth-Whitemarsh) and Lindsey Smith (fr. Hanover/Delone Catholic). Smith led KU with eight digs.

Virginia State's Brooke Wilson and Jade Austin led the offense, with two kills each.

Stonehill 3, Mercy 0
BOXSCORE

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Stonehill defeated Mercy 3-0 Saturday afternoon at the KU Classic.  Set scores were 25-14, 25-19 and 25-17.

Michelle Thornhill had nine kills and eight digs for the Skyhawks (2-0).  Andrea Wirth dished out 26 assists.

For Mercy (0-2), Ashley Zufelt had 11 kills, while Diana Bruzzone had 22 digs.

Mercy 3, Virginia State 0
BOXSCORE

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Mercy snapped its two-match losing streak to start the 2008 season with a 3-0 win over Virginia State.  Set scores were 25-11, 25-11 and 25-18.

Diana Bruzzone had 13 kills to lead Mercy (1-2).  Trevese Smith dished out 21 assists.

For the Vikings (0-3), Jasmine Davis and Brooke Wilson had three kills apiece. 

Stonehill 3, Kutztown 1
BOXSCORE

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — The Golden Bears women's volleyball team dropped its first match of the 2008 season 3-1 to Stonehill College.

KU won the first set 25-19, but dropped the final three 23-25, 20-25 and 15-25.

Setter Jamie Celia (so. Douglasville/Daniel Boone) had 36 assists and 17 digs.

Leading the offense was Cali Snell (fr. York/York Suburban) with nine kills and two blocks.

Also, contributing offensively were Lindsay Confer (Wingate/Bald Eagle Area) and Katie Lutz (Greencastle/Greencastle Antrim) with eight kills each. Lutz also had four blocks.

Danielle Ozment (so. Reading/Holy Name) had six kills, three service aces and 15 digs for KU.