Press Release

NOVEMBER 11, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: CHRISTINE FRANCIES, ASST. SID
260-481-0729

IPFW Undefeated Going Into Final Day of Tournament

Greeley, CO - The IPFW Women's Volleyball team made a clean sweep of Friday, defeating Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Northern Colorado. The Mastodons will now face South Dakota State at 12:30 pm tomorrow before heading to their final match in the evening.

IPFW v. Texas A&M Corpus Christi

In the early match the Dons faced the Islanders of Texas A&M Corpus Christi at the Independent Championship. IPFW took off early and never looked back, defeating the Islanders in straight games, 30-13, 30-19, 30-24.

Fabiana Souza led the way with 16 kills and hit a .424 for the afternoon. She also had three service aces and two block assists in the win.

Jessica Miller had a career afternoon against the Islanders. Miller knocked down 14 kills (career high) and almost broke her hitting percentage record with a .542 after going 14-1-24. Miller also matched Souza's block assists with two.

Erika Leitzke was the only Mastodon with a double-double. She put up 27 assists and had 10 digs for the afternoon.

Libero Peachy Jankowski dug up 15 balls in the three game win.

Jessica Dominiak put up 9 assists while breaking three of her career records. As a setter, the assists weren't record breaking, but the attack skills were. Dominiak went 4-1-7 hitting a .429. She broke her own career highs in kills, attempts and hitting percentage.

IPFW v. Northern Colorado

The Mastodons once again started off well, taking the first two games of their third match in the championship. Game three went to the Bears of Northern Colorado, but the Mastodons fired back, taking game four. IPFW won in four, 30-23, 30-23, 20-30, 30-26. IPFW broke Northern Colorado's 35 game home win streak with the win. It was also the Dons first win over UNC.

Souza led again, coming close to her career numbers, but matched her previous season high of 26 kills this evening. Souza completed her double-double of the evening with 14 digs. She also added three block assists for the night.

Amanda Pfister knocked down 11 kills and put up four block assists for the evening. Miller continued to shine posting 10 kills and hitting .500, she had no errors for the match. She also put up three block assists.

Leitzke just missed the double-double, posting 55 assists and nine digs.

Overall the Dons hitting got better throughout the match and they finished with a .220. Northern Colorado finished with nine team blocks.

For UNC, three Bears were in double figure kills, Amanda Wiggins (16), Lizzy Rhoads (13), and Lenay Goble (10). Corrinne Chapin and Lauren Carter each put up 23 assists.

The Mastodons will now face South Dakota State in the morning round with an approximate start time of 12:30 pm. Then IPFW could either play in the third place match or championship match that evening.

 

~Dons~