CORTLAND SUMMARY | STEVENS SUMMARY | CUMULATIVE STATS
CORTLAND, N.Y. -- Following a grueling five-game win over host Cortland in the semifinals Saturday, Nazareth's women's volleyball lost to Empire 8 Conference newcomer Stevens Institute of Technology in the championship match of the Red Dragon Classic. Scores were 30-20, 30-19, 31-29 in favor of Stevens.

Nazareth reached the championship with a five-game win over Cortland. Scores were 30-26, 23-30, 27-30, 30-28, 15-5.

Junior outside hitter Laura Persico (pictured), who amassed 75 kills in the four weekend matches, represented Nazareth on the all-tournament team along with sophomore setter Kate Zwickl, who had 54 assists against Cortland and 179 for the weekend.

Senior Elizabeth Tregan and sophomore Carra Vanderstyne each  pounded out 16 kills against  Cortland to go with 15 for Persico and 14 for sophomore Katelynn Reed.  Sophomore Mallorie Clary had 17 digs in that match.

In the Stevens match, Persico had 15 kills with just two hitting errors and Vanderstyne had seven kills. Clary added 21 digs.

Nazareth is off until Sept. 12 when the Golden Flyers host Geneseo in a non-conference match at 7 p.m.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS:


Court 1 (Championship Pool)
Semifinals: Nazareth def. Cortland 3-2 (30-26, 23-30, 27-30, 30-28, 15-5)
Semifinals: Stevens Inst. def. New Paltz 3-0 (30-14, 30-27, 30-28)
Third Place: Cortland def. New Paltz 3-1 (30-21, 29-31, 30-26, 30-24)
Championship: Stevens Inst. def. Nazareth 3-0 (30-20, 30-19, 31-29)


NOTE: Stevens wins its first Red Dragon Classic title in its second year at the tournament. The Ducks were second last year.


Court 2
Lebanon Valley def. Baptist Bible 3-1 (30-18, 30-16, 28-30, 30-19)
Rochester def. Fredonia 3-2 (30-23, 28-30, 30-16, 26-30, 15-10)
Fredonia def. Baptist Bible 3-1 (29-31, 30-19, 30-22, 30-27)
Lebanon Valley def. Rochester 3-1 (30-6, 30-24, 23-30, 30-15)


Court 3
Skidmore def. Buffalo St. 3-0 (30-21, 30-18, 30-20)
Montclair St. def. Swarthmore 3-0 (30-25, 30-24, 30-28)
Swarthmore def. Buffalo St. 3-0 (30-19, 30-17, 30-18)
Skidmore def. Montclair St. 3-0 (30-15, 30-20, 30-26)



FRIDAY'S RESULTS:


Pool A
Cortland def. Buffalo St. 3-0 (30-7, 30-10, 30-20)
Cortland def. Baptist Bible College 3-0 (30-19, 30-17, 30-10)
Baptist Bible College def. Buffalo St. 3-0 (30-15, 30-18, 30-14)


Pool B
Fredonia def. Swarthmore 3-0 (30-23, 30-26, 30-21)
Stevens Institute def. Fredonia 3-2 (25-30, 25-30, 30-22, 30-21, 15-6)
Stevens Institute def. Swarthmore 3-1 (27-30, 30-18, 30-14, 30-20)


Pool C
New Paltz def. Montclair St. 3-1 (30-20, 29-31, 30-17, 32-30)
New Paltz def. Rochester 3-1 (30-18, 26-30, 30-28, 30-21)
Rochester def. Montclair St. 3-0 (30-20, 31-29, 30-25)


Pool D
Nazareth def. Skidmore 3-2 (27-30, 30-26, 28-30, 30-16, 15-7)
Lebanon Valley def. Skidmore 3-1 (20-30, 30-17, 30-14, 30-20)
Nazareth def. Lebanon Valley 3-1 (33-35, 30-25, 30-15, 30-20)


ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Name (School) Yr., Pos. Hometown (High School)
JaHanna Dixon (Fredonia) Sr., Outside Hitter Hamburg (Frontier)
Margaret Prebula (Lebanon Valley) Jr., Middle Hitter York, PA (Northeastern)
Lauren Dinsdale (Skidmore) So., Libero/Setter Harrington Park, NJ (NV Regional)
Rachel Bender (Rochester) Fr., Setter Allison Park, PA (Hampton)
Katie Becofsky (New Paltz) Sr., Setter Altamont (Schalmont)
Brittney Horton (Cortland) Jr., Setter Owego (Owego Free Academy)
Michelle Gaufman (Cortland) So., Outside Hitter Wantagh (MacArthur)
Kate Zwicki (Nazareth) So., Setter Chester (Warwick)
Laura Persico (Nazareth) Jr., Outside Hitter Ravena (Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk)
Jessica Gardner (Stevens Inst.) Jr., Middle Blocker Penfield (Penfield)
Dawn Herring (Stevens Inst.) Sr., Outside Hitter Prince Frederick, MD (Calvert)
# MVP - Melissa Rhode (Stevens Inst.) Jr., Setter/Right Side New Orleans, LA (Benjamin Franklin)

# also named to 2006 All-Tournament Team