Press Release

NOVEMBER 14, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: CHRISTINE FRANCIES, ASST. SID
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Dons Win LaQuinta Independent Women’s Volleyball Championship

Orem, Utah – After a slow start on day one of the Independent Women’s Volleyball Championship, the Dons came back to take the title of champ. Junior Fabiana Souza was named MVP and seniors Lindsay Brammer and Lindi Bankowski joined Souza on the All-Tournament team. The ladies finished this season 24-10.

Final Results of LaQuinta Independent Women’s Volleyball Championship
1. IPFW
2. South Dakota State
3. Northern Colorado
4. North Dakota State
5. Utah Valley State
6. Texas A&M Corpus Christi
7. Texas-Pan American

Game 5: South Dakota State

The Mastodons finished the Jacks of South Dakota State easily Saturday afternoon after having a tough second game. The final match scores were 30-20, 31-29, 30-26.

Junior Fabiana Souza recorded a double double and led the team in digs (12) and kills (22). Sophomore Nicole Howell followed Souza in kills with 8 and also had 10 digs. Freshman Peachy Jankowski had 11 digs for the match. Senior Lindi Bankowski had 43 assists.

Sophomore Claire Jackson led the Dons on the blocking side with four assists. Senior Lindsay Brammer recorded two solos and one assist for the match.

For the match the Dons hit .197 and had their highest percentage in game one with .341.

Game 6: Texas-Pan American

In their last game of the tournament the Dons had no trouble with the Lady Broncs finished with final game scores of 30-16, 30-21, and 30-27.

Junior Fabiana Souza recorded her fifth double double for the tournament. She had 13 kills and 14 digs. Sophomore Nicole Howell followed Souza with 9 kills and also had 9 digs. Freshman Peachy Jankowski recorded 13 digs for the match and senior Lindi Bankowski had 33 assists.

Sophomore Claire Jackson was blocking as usual and had one solo and two assists. Howell and senior Janelle Pollard each had a block assist for the match.

Overall the Dons hit .209 for the match and had a .366 in game two.

Final Statistics for Championship

Junior Fabiana Souza recorded 121 kills for the tournament. She was followed by senior Lindsay Brammer with 50. Sophomore Nicole Howell rounded out the top three with 33 kills.

Souza dug up 74 balls as did freshman Peachy Jankowski. Howell recorded 72 digs for the tournament. Senior Lindi Bankowski had 250 assists for the tournament.

Sophomore Claire Jackson led the Dons in the blocking department with 3 solos and 23 assists. Brammer also had three solos and 12 assists. Freshman Cynara Martins recorded three solos and 7 assists. Souza led in solos with 4 and also had 16 assists for the tournament.

~Dons~