VICTORY FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ENDS 31-MATCH SKID
9-25-07
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 CALDWELL,
N.J. - After losing all 31 matches since re-establishing its volleyball
program, Caldwell College won its first match by defeating Felician College,
30-17, 27-30, 30-24, 30-17 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
contest Tuesday evening in the George R. Newman Center. The victory gives
the Cougars a 1-14 record on the season and a 1-4 mark in the conference.
Felician is now 0-11 overall, 0-4 CACC.
Caldwell discontinued its volleyball program in 1991, then brought the sport
back to campus last fall. The victory is also the first for head coach
Megan Hrbek, who came to Caldwell in 2006 to rebuild the program.
The Cougars took control early in Game 1 and never looked back, winning just
its second game this season. In the second game, Caldwell trailed 21-12
before battling back to tie the game at 22-22. The comeback fell just short,
as the Golden Falcons scored the last two points to take the game 30-27 and
tie the match at 1-1. Game 3 remained close throughout. With Caldwell
clinging to a 24-22 advantage, six straight Cougar points helped propel
Caldwell to a 30-24 win.
Momentum remained with the Scarlet, White and Gold in the fourth and
deciding game, with the Cougars building a 20-8 lead and never looking back.
Freshman outside hitter Cory Roesing (Secaucus, NJ/Secaucus) had
eight kills and junior outside hitter Laura Ciesla (Chicago, Il/Lane
Tech) recorded five kills in the final game to help Caldwell set a season
record of 18 kills in the final game.
Roesing finished with career highs of 26 kills and 23 digs, while freshman
middle blocker Keesha Francois (Elkins Park, PA/Cheltenham) recorded
11 kills and Ciesla had 10. Freshman setter Kendra Kane (Secaucus,
NJ/Lacordaire Acad.) also set a career high with 40 assists to spark the
offense. She also had eight service aces. Defensively, junior libero
Laura DeVico (Maywood, NJ/Hackensack) recorded 19 digs, with Kane adding
11 digs.
The Cougars will attempt to continue their winning ways when they play
another CACC match at Bloomfield College on Thursday, Sept. 27. Game time is
set for 7:00 p.m.
CC (3) - 30 27 30 30
FC (1) - 17 30 24 17
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