COUGARS
VOLLEYBALL

7-3-07
CALDWELL, N.J. – Five student-athletes will be joining the Caldwell College volleyball team starting in the fall of 2007, head coach Megan Hrbek announced. The incoming class consists of Justine Pecora of Clifton, N.J., Cory Roesing and Kendra Kane of Secaucus, N.J., and Kathleen Estes and Gena Przeszlo of Lyndhurst, N.J. The recruits join a Cougar volleyball program that last fall competed in its first intercollegiate season in 15 years.

“I’m thrilled to have such a talented group of student-athletes choose Caldwell College,” Hrbek said. “Each player brings an impressive list of accomplishments while playing on successful high school and club teams. These additions will solidify our lineup and allow us to run a more diversified and aggressive offense, which will take our program to the next level.”

Pecora, a 5-foot-11 outside hitter, attended Mount St. Dominic Academy in Caldwell, N.J., where she earned all-Essex County second team honors as a junior and senior. She also was named to the NJSIAA Prep All-State first team as a senior and received the NJSIAA Scholar Athlete Award. A two-time all-Northern Hills Conference first team selection, Pecora also made the all-Non-Public second team in 2006.

Roesing comes to Caldwell after an outstanding athletic career at Secaucus High School. A 5-9 middle blocker, she earned first team All-State honors as a junior and senior after leading her team to back-to-back Group 1 state titles. Roesing, who also was named a Highest Honorable Mention High School All-American by Prepvolleyball.com, recorded 905 kills in her career to rank 12th all-time in New Jersey history. The 2006-07 Hudson Reporter Female Athlete of the Year, Roesing was named all-Group 1 first team in basketball and all-Group 1 second team in softball. She holds the school records for points and rebounds in basketball and home runs in softball.

Kane is a 5-7 setter who attended Lacordaire Academy in Upper Montclair, N.J. She was named to the all-Non-Public second team as a junior and senior at Lacordaire while earning all-Essex County second team honors in 2006. In 2005, Kane helped Lacordaire advance to the finals of the NJSIAA Non-Public State Tournament.

Estes and Przeszlo were teammates at Lyndhurst High School, where they led the Golden Bears to their first appearance in the state tournament as seniors. Estes, a 5-8 outside hitter, was selected to the Bergen County Scholastic League first team in 2006. Przeszlo, a 5-9 middle blocker, earned BCSL second team accolades while also receiving the BCSL Annette Annunziato Award of Courage.

The Cougars, who compete in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference at the NCAA Division II level, were 0-17 in their inaugural season in 2006.

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