Volleyball Captures Silver Bracket Championship at Roberts Wesleyan Tournament

Aug. 25, 2007

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Led by the offense of sophomore Colleen Toomey (Reading/Muhlenberg), the Shippensburg University women's volleyball won two matches on Saturday afternoon to capture the silver bracket championship of the Roberts Wesleyan Tournament. The Lady Raiders defeated Alderson-Broaddus 30-28, 38-36 and 30-15 before dropping Roberts Wesleyan 30-20, 30-28 and 30-15.

The only loss during the tournament for Shippensburg (3-1) came on Friday night to Westmont College who went undefeated to capture the title in the gold bracket on Saturday.

Toomey totaled 28 kills in the Lady Raiders' two victories, posting 15 in the victory over Alderson-Broaddus along with 18 digs and two service aces. Also against the Rattlers, sophomore Kali Antolik (Johnstown/Westmont Hilltop) added 10 kills and five service aces, sophomore Maureen DuVall (Poolesville, Md./Poolesville) totaled seven kills, six service aces and 42 assists and freshman Hannah Sorber (Noxon/Lake-Lehman) had seven kills.

The win against Alderson-Broaddus improved fourth-year Shippensburg head coach Leanne Piscotty's record to 17-0 against teams from the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Against Roberts Wesleyan, Shippensburg was led by Toomey's 13 kills and .400 hitting percentage as she committed just one error in 30 attempts. She also added another service ace and two digs. Sorber continued her strong play in just her fourth collegiate match as she totaled a career-high nine kills. Sophomore Renee Parseghian (Johnstown/Westmont Hilltop) had five service aces and nine digs while Duvall added two more kills and 20 assists.

Shippensburg returns home where it will open the home portion of its 2007 schedule when it hosts the Raider Classic on Friday and Saturday at Heiges Field House. The Lady Raiders will play Philadelphia at 4:00 PM before taking on Anderson (S.C.) at 8:00 PM.

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