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Release
NOVEMBER
12,
2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: CHRISTINE FRANCIES, ASST. SID
260-481-0729
IPFW
Finishes Third at Independent Tournament
Greeley,
CO -
The IPFW Women's Volleyball team went into Saturday undefeated in the tournament,
but South Dakota State proved to be the competition that
would ruin their streak. IPFW lost to SDSU in five games
to go to the consolation bracket. The Mastodons finished
the tournament in third place while Utah Valley State
took the Independent title.
IPFW
v. South Dakota State
It was
a back and forth game for the Mastodons in the afternoon
match against South Dakota State. After the Dons took game
one, the Jackrabbits bounced back to take game two. It
took a game five, but IPFW couldn't hold out, falling 3-2
with final scores of 30-27, 27-30, 32-30, 26-30, 11-15.
Fabiana
Souza had
a career game with 34 kills (just two shy of the single match
record at IPFW) with 81 attempts for a hitting percentage of
.309. She finished off her double-double with 17 digs and also
put up two service aces, a block solo and three block assists.
Claire
Jackson and Amanda
Pfister each put up 12 kills while Nicole
Howell was close behind with 11. Howell finished
up her double-double with 12 digs.
Erika
Leitzke put
up 61 assists and 19 digs for the afternoon. Peachy
Jankowski dug up 22 balls in the game.
For SDSU,
Minette Ridenour had 26 kills with Kristina Martin close
behind with 23. Kristie Klusaw had 76 assists and Samantha
Pearson dug up 29 balls for the Jackrabbits.
IPFW
v. Northern Colorado
The Mastodons
faced Northern Colorado for a second time at the tournament
and the result was the same, a win for the Dons in three,
30-20, 30-17, 30-23.
Souza
led with 12 kills for the match. She finishes her career
with 2,305 kills in four years. This season she knocked
down 524 kills. Souza also dug up 9 balls and had two block
assists.
Jackson,
Pfister, and Jessica Miller each put up
10 kills for the Dons in their final match. Jackson hit
a .571, and also had three block assists.
Leitzke
added 28 assists and seven digs to the match for the Dons
and finishes her only season at IPFW with 1,171 assists.
She added two service aces as well.
Jessica
Dominiak spent
time in the setter position and made good use of it.
She knocked down 5 kills in 6 attempts (.833 hitting
percentage) along with 13 assists and two block assists.
For Northern
Colorado, Lenay Goble had nine kills while Corrinne Chapin
had 29 assists.
The Mastodons
finished the tournament in third place and Souza was named
to the All-Tournament team. They wrapped up their season
going 24-6, the fewest losses since going Division I and
best winning percentage (.800) as well.
All-Tournament
Team
Lacee Koelliker, Utah Valley State (MVP)
Maegan Hoyt, Utah Valley State
Camie Manwill, Utah Valley State
Amy Anderson, South Dakota State
Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State
Fabiana Souza, IPFW
Abby Mayne, Northern Colorado
Kim Hebl, North Dakota State
Danielle Holthe, Texas-Pan American
Kati Broom, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Annie Fiorvanti, Providence
Final Independent Standings
1. Utah Valley State
2. South Dakota State
3. IPFW
4. Northern Colorado
5. North Dakota State
6. Providence
7. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
8. Texas-Pan American
~Dons~
