Saturday - October 28

MATCH ONE:

WestConn		23	30	30	7	15
Rhode Island College	30	27	25	30	9

Highlights for WCSU:  Krystal Wilson 47 set assists and 25 digs
Blair Waycasy 20 kills and two blocks
Catherine Irwin 12 kills, 23 digs and 4 aces

MATCH TWO:
			G1	G2	G3
RIC		3	30	30	30
UMass Boston	0	22	15	20

MATCH THREE:
			G1	G2	G3
West Conn	3	30	30	30
UMass Boston	0	20	19	24

Scott - WCSU vs. UMass:
 Gretchen Olson 10 Kills, 2 Blocks, 2 Aces
Chrissy Bell 22 Digs
Krystakl Wilson 39 Assists, 3 Aces, 10 Digs

College Women’s Volleyball
At Westfield, Mass., Oct. 26, 2006

Westfield State 3 – Western Connecticut 1

Game Scores:
Game 1: Westfield State 30 – Western Connecticut 28
Game 2: Western Connecticut 31 – Westfield State 29
Game 3: Westfield State 30 – Western Connecticut 20
Game 4: Westfield State 30 – Western Connecticut 25

Overall Record: Westfield State – 15-13;  Western Connecticut 6-15
		 

Individual Statistics For Westfield State
Lindsay Dalene: 21 kills, 9 blocks, 3 aces
Elissa Genereux of Belchertown:  51 assists, 3 blocks
Krista Grifoni: 34 digs
Stephanie Bartkus: 13 kills, 2 blocks, 19 digs
Morgan Hosking: 15 kills
Caitlin Kirby: 21 digs

Individual Statistics For Western Connecticut
Krystal Wilson of Meredin, CT: 49 assists
Kathryn Kupchik of Cromwell, CT: 17 kills
Christina Bell of Prospect, CT: 32 digs

Danbury, Conn.- Coast Guard rolled to a three-game sweep over Western Connecticut State University at The O’Neill Center Thursday. The Bears, which improved to 13-2 on the season, prevailed, 30-15, 30-19 and 30-16.
     Coast Guard was led by junior right-side hitter Corinne McCormack (Havertown, PA) who had eight kills, 23 digs and one service ace.
     Nicole Gurr (Acton, CA) led all players with 13 kills and had 14 digs and two aces on the night.
     Christine Rostowfske (Walnut, CA) had a strong all-around match with six kills, 34 assists, six digs and a game-high six service aces.
     The Colonials' sophomore outside hitter, Gretchen Olson (Marlborough, CT) registered a team-high six kills. She also had 17 digs.
     Krystal Wilson (Meriden, CT) had a team-high 18 assists for WestConn.
     Heather Keogh (Monroe, CT) added six kills in the loss.
     WestConn freshman libero Christina Bell (Prospect, CT) led all players with 30 digs.
     The Colonials, which fall to 5-13, travel to Endicott College for a tri-meet with Emerson College on Saturday, October 14. Coast Guard hosts Regis College on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Coast Guard (13-2)          30     30     30
WestConn (5-13)              15     19     16

Western Connecticut vs Emerson College (Oct 14, 2006 at Beverly, MA)

   Western Connecticut    |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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3  Krystal Wilson......  5|  9   0  14  .643| 50|  1   0|  0| 23| 2  2  0|  2
6  Katie Kupchik.......  5|  6   1  18  .278|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 2  3  2|  0
9  Catherine Irwin.....  5|  8  14  36 -.167|  1|  3   3|  0| 16| 0  0  0|  0
14 Gretchen Olson......  5| 10   4  28  .214|  1|  3   3|  0| 12| 0  6  1|  0
16 Blair Waycasy.......  5| 20   6  37  .378|  1|  1   2|  0| 15| 0  1  0|  1
22 Heather Keogh.......  5| 13   6  36  .194|  4|  2   3|  1| 17| 0  6  1|  1
17 Chrissy Bell........  5|  0   0   2  .000|  4|  1   0|  1| 28| 0  0  0|  1
21 Caitlyn Allgaier....  5|  1   0   1 1.000|  1|  0   0|  1|  3| 0  0  0|  0
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   Totals..............  5| 67  31 172  .209| 63| 11  11|  3|114| 4 18  4|  5

 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  11 13  45 -.044   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  4  5  TEAM RECORDS
   2  16  0  31  .516   Western Connecticut. (3) 25 30 29 30 15  6-13
   3  18 10  44  .182   Emerson College..... (2) 30 14 31 20  9  5-10
   4  13  6  35  .200
   5   9  2  17  .412

Western Connecticut vs Endicott College (Oct 14, 2006 at Beverly, MA)

   Western Connecticut    |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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3  Krystal Wilson......  3|  4   1  18  .167|  8|  1   1|  0| 10| 0  0  0|  0
6  Katie Kupchik.......  3|  7   5  19  .105|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  1  1|  0
9  Catherine Irwin.....  2|  1   5  11 -.364|  1|  1   0|  1|  5| 0  1  0|  0
14 Gretchen Olson......  3|  2   9  14 -.500|  1|  1   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
21 Caitlyn Allgaier....  2|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
22 Heather Keogh.......  3|  2   6  15 -.267|  1|  1   1|  1| 11| 0  0  1|  0
1  Gina Furtado........  1|  0   1   1-1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
15 Dezarhae Hymes......  2|  0   0   0  .000|  9|  0   0|  2|  5| 0  0  0|  1
16 Blair Waycasy.......  3|  5   6  23 -.043|  0|  0   0|  1| 11| 0  0  0|  0
17 Chrissy Bell........  3|  0   1   2 -.500|  0|  0   0|  0| 20| 0  0  0|  1
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   Totals..............  3| 21  34 104 -.125| 20|  4   3|  5| 65| 0  2  2|  2

 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 1.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1   7 12  38 -.132   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2   5 11  27 -.222   Western Connecticut. (0) 17  7 15  6-14
   3   9 10  39 -.026   Endicott College.... (3) 30 30 30  17-9

Day 1 Results (Friday, Oct. 6)
Cortland def. Hamilton, 30-9, 30-9, 30-18
Ithaca def. Western Conn. St., 30-10, 30-17, 30-16

Day 2 Results (Saturday, Oct. 7)
Cortland def. Western Conn. St., 30-13, 30-8, 30-20
Ithaca def. Hamilton, 30-17, 30-22, 30-16
Cortland def. Ithaca, 26-30, 30-27, 30-23, 30-26
Hamilton def. Western Conn. St., 30-28, 30-25, 30-25

Records (Tournament, Overall)
Cortland (3-0, 19-9)
Ithaca (2-1, 18-10)
Hamilton (1-2, 6-11)
Western Conn. St. (0-3, 5-11)

Danbury, Conn.- Eastern Connecticut State University swept Western Connecticut State University, 3-0 at The O’Neill Center Tuesday night. The Warriors, now 15-5 overall and 3-0 in the Little East Conference prevailed, 30-15, 30-18 and 30-24.
     Eastern Connecticut ,which as a team hit 25.2% on the night, was paced by Emma Sousa (Coventry, CT) and Jessica Keogh (Monroe, CT) who each had 12 kills on the night. Keogh tallied 12 digs and two services aces.
     Priscilla Dougherty (Island Park, NY) registered 32 sets assists and had 10 digs for the Warriors.
     Marianna Capomolla (Stamford, CT) led the visitors with 16 digs and five aces,
     Leaders for the Colonials included, Krystal Wilson (Meriden, CT) with 23 digs, freshman Dezarhae Hymes (Kingston, NY) tallied 15 set assists and Gretchen Olson (Marlborough, CT) had a team-high seven kills.
     The Colonials travel to the SUNY Cortland Tournament this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6 and 7.

WestConn (5-8, 2-3 LEC)                  15    18    25
Eastern Connecticut (15-5, 4-0 LEC) 30    30    30

Danbury, Conn.- Western Connecticut State University fell to 4-7 on the season following a 3-0 loss to Wesleyan University at The O’Neill Center Wednesday night. The Cardinals prevailed, 30-28, 30-18 and 30-25.
     Wesleyan improves to 9-2.
     In the opener, Wesleyan raced out to a 13-9 advantage before WestConn knotted the score at 26-26. After two early ties, 6-6 and 7-7, the Cardinals scored 23 of the next 34 points to close out the Colonials in the second game. Game three, WestConn closed within one point on five occasions, the final time at 26-25, before Wesleyan scored the final four points.
     Leaders for the Colonials included, Krystal Wilson (Meriden, CT) with 20 digs, freshman Dezarhae Hymes (Kingston, NY) tallied 15 set assists and Heather Keogh (Monroe, CT) had a team-high six kills.
The Colonials host Kings Point this Saturday at noon.

WestConn (4-7)    28    18    25
Wesleyan (9-2)     30    30    30
 

Saturday - September 23

at Plymouth State, Plymouth, NH

Plymouth State      	3	30	30	30
WestConn           	0	17	28	23

WestConn           	3	30	30	30
Southern Maine      	0	23	21	23

Plymouth State      	3	30	30	30	
Southern Maine     	0	11	13	23

New York, N.Y. — The John Jay women’s volleyball team lost 3-1 (30-14, 30-20, 23-30, 14-30) to Western Connecticut State at the Doghouse on Thursday evening.

After losing the first two matches, the Bloodhounds roared back to take game three. John Jay jumped out to an 11-4 lead. But the visiting Colonials rallied back and claimed the lead momentarily (18-17). The Bloodhounds then went on a spurt and took the lead for good. And with John Jay already leading 24-23, they took the next six points for the win.

But that would be as close as John Jay would get as Western Connecticut opened up game four on a 6-2 spurt and never looked back en route to win.

Sara Altamirano (Bronx, NY/ John F. Kennedy) led the way with 11 kills for the Bloodhounds. She also contributed with seven assists and two service aces in the loss. Fellow teammate Jennifer Tiburcio (New York, NY/ Louis D. Brandeis) had five kills as John Jay fell to 2-6 on the season.

Gretchen Olson (Marlborough, CT/ RHAM) led the way for Western Connecticut with nine kills (no errors) and a .562 attack percentage, while Heather Keogh (Monroe, CT/ Masuk) had nine kills and 10 digs.

Short Box Score (Match)
2005 WestConn Volleyball Statistics
Western Connecticut vs Saint Joseph (CT)
(Sep 19, 2006 at West Hartford, Conn.)

Western Connecticut def. Saint Joseph (CT) 30-12,30-28,30-17

Western Connecticut (2-5) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Gretchen Olson 10-2-2;
Heather Keogh 6-6-0; Lisa Rivers 5-0-3; Marybeth Plaskus 5-4-0; Katie
Kupchik 4-0-1; Blair Waycasy 3-0-0; Krystal Wilson 1-1-0; Gina Furtado
1-0-0; Caitlyn Allgaier 0-1-0; Lindsey Turner 0-5-0; Totals 35-19-5.0.
(Assists) - Lindsey Turner 15. (Dig leaders) - Krystal Wilson 7;
Marybeth Plaskus 4

Saint Joseph (CT) (0-6)

Match #1 			1 	2 	3 	4 	F
UMass-Dartmouth (4-3, 0-1 LEC) 	27 	27 	32 	18 	1 
Keene State (9-3, 1-0 LEC) 	30 	30 	30 	30 	3 

Match #2 			1 	2 	3 	4 	F
UMass-Dartmouth (4-4, 0-2 LEC) 	24 	30 	25 	20 	1 
Western Conn. (1-4, 1-0 LEC) 	30 	21 	30 	30 	3

Match #3 			1 	2 	3 	4 	F
Western Conn. (1-5, 1-1 LEC) 	27 	35 	20 	15 	1 
Keene State (10-3, 2-0 LEC) 	30 	33 	30 	30 	3

Danbury, Conn.- Western Connecticut State University fell to 0-4 on the season with a 3-0 loss to Vassar College Feldman Arena at The O’Neill Center Wednesday night.
     The Brewers swept the Colonials, 31-29, 30-28 and 30-24.
     Alia Al-Khatib (Port Charlotte, FL) led Vassar with 14 kills and 23 defensive digs on the night.
     Katie Newton (Santa Barbara, CA) had fine all-around performance with eight kills, 17 digs and a team-high three service aces.
     Freshman Dezarhae Hymes (Kingston, NY) tallied 18 set assists in the loss to the Brewers.
     Heather Keogh (Monroe, CT) led WestConn's attack with nine kills.
     Defensively, co-captain Krystal Wilson (Meriden, CT) tallied a team-high 35 digs.
     In the opening game, WestConn led 25-18 before the Brewers scored 13 of the final 17 points including three straight services by Jasmin Iskandar (San Dimas, CA) which ultimately broke a 29-29 tie.
     Vassar, 6-0, led from the start in game two, but the Colonials made a game of it closing within 29-28.
     In the finale, the Brewers raced out to a 26-13 lead before WestConn drew within four, 28-24 behind strong service from freshman Christina Bell (Prospect, CT).
     WestConn takes to the road for its next six matches beginning at Keene State College in a tri-match with UMass Dartmouth this Saturday, September 16 in the Little East Conference opener.

Vassar (6-0)            31 30 30
WestConn (0-4)       29 28 24

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Eastern Connecticut State University women’s volleyball team was nearly a unanimous pick to repeat as the Little East Conference champions in the annual preseason poll, which was voted on by the conferences eight head coaches. The Warriors received 62 total points, including seven of the eight first-place ballots. Under the leadership of Head Coach Jolie Ward, Eastern Connecticut posted an overall record of 28-11 and captured the 2005 conference tournament, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the 14th time in the program’s history. The 2005 Little East Coach of the Year returns a strong corps of talented student-athletes eager to return to postseason play, including 2005 Little East Conference Defensive Player of the Year and All-Conference first-team pick senior Marianna Capomolla. Eastern Connecticut is currently 2-3 on the 2006 campaign.
     Just eight points off the pace, Keene State College earned the final first-place vote while collecting 54 total points. Last season, the Owls registered an overall record of 17-12 and advanced to the championship round of the Little East Conference Tournament. Keene State’s front line will feature All-Conference second-team selection junior setter Kelly Yankowski and sophomore Brittany O’Brien (229 kills).
     Rhode Island College (43 pts.) and Plymouth State University (39 pts.) are separated by just four points for third and fourth, respectively. The Anchorwomen completed the 2005 campaign with a 22-14 overall record, while the Panthers posted a 23-17 overall mark.
     The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and Western Connecticut State University are tied for fifth with 33 points, while the University of Southern Maine and the University of Massachusetts at Boston are seventh with 12 points.

Eastern Connectiuct  (7)                          62
Keene State  (1                                      54
Rhode Island College                             43
Plymouth State University                       39
Western Connecticut                               33
UMass Dartmouth                                    33
Southern Maine                                      12
UMass Boston                                          12

Danbury, Conn.- Western Connecticut State University fell to 0-3 on the season with tri-match losses to SUNY New Paltz, 3-0 and Westfield State College, 3-0 at The O’Neill Center Saturday afternoon.
     The Hawks prevailed in the opener, 30-17, 30-16 and 30-22. The Owls took the nightcap, 30-25, 30-25, 35-33.
     New Paltz defeated Westfield State, 3-2 in a thriller, 27-30, 30-17, 30-23, 25-30, 18-16.
     Gretchen Olson (Marlborough, CT) led the Colonials with 10 kills and had 10 digs against New Paltz.  Against Westfield State, she had eight kills, seven digs and two blocks.
     Freshman Dezarhae Hymes (Kingsten, NY) tallied 27 set assists in the loss to the Hawks. In the nightcap, she had 35 sets, three digs and three kills.
     Katie Kupchik (Cromwell, CT) had a game-high 15 kills against the Owls.

MATCH ONE
WestConn (0-2)     17 16 22
New Paltz (4-3)      30 30 30

Other WestConn Highlights vs. New Paltz
Marybeth Plaskus - 4 kills, 6 digs
Gretchen Olson - 10 kills, 10 digs
Krystal Wilson - 16 digs
Dezarhae Hymes - 27 set assists

MATCH TWO
Westfield State (2-3)    30 17 23 30 16
New Paltz (5-3)           27 30 30 25 18

MATCH THREE
WestConn (0-3)          25 25 33
Westfield State (3-3)   30 30 35

Other WestConn Highlights vs. Westfield State
Marybeth Plaskus - 8 kills, 11 digs
Katie Kupchik - 15 kills and 4 blocks
Gretchen Olson - 8 kills, 7 digs
Dezarhae Hymes - 35 sets, 3 digs, 3 kills

Greg Poole Named Head Women's Volleyball Coach At Western Connecticut State University

DANBURY, CT - Western Connecticut State University has named Gregory Poole Head Women's Volleyball Coach, announced Director of Athletics Ed Farrington.
     "I am excited about coming to Western Connecticut State University.  With a rich tradition of excellence backing up the women's volleyball program," said Poole.  "There is a tremendous opportunity to develop WestConn back into power in the Little East Conference."
     Poole most recently was the Head Women's Volleyball Coach and Coordinator of Intramurals and Recreation at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
     He compiled a 136-114 record (54.4%) in nine seasons as the Head Coach of the Golden Bears. He led his teams to three straight 20-win seasons from 2002-04 and directed his squad to a 16-15 mark this past fall. His squads also advanced to the semifinals of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament the last six years.
     Poole, a native of Fairport, New York, is a 1996 graduate of Springfield College where he was a member of the men’s volleyball team.
     He takes over for Pablo Baez who guided the Colonials through a 10-14 overall record and 3-4 mark in the highly competitive Little East Conference. 
     Prior to Baez's one-year stint, WestConn won 20 or more games in six of the seven previous seasons under Richard Myers.  During that same stretch, the Colonials won 49 straight Little East Conference matches.