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2001 VOLLEYBALL ARCHIVES BLAIR TO REPRESENT SLU AT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
April 17, 2002 — Maricela "Reina" Blair, a sophomore on St. Lawrence University's volleyball team, has been selected to represent St. Lawrence at the 2002 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference in Florida. Blair will join over 300 student-athletes from across the country May 26-30 at Disney's Wide World of Sports and Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL. ODORCZUK, RANDALL EARN UCAA HONORS AS SAINTS FINISH SEASON ON A POSITIVE NOTE November 7 — Diana Odorczuk, a junior from Harwinton, CT, and Grace Randall, a freshman from Warrensburg, NY, were both named to the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association All-Conference team in recognition of their season as players on the St. Lawrence University volleyball team. The Saints finished the 2000 season with a winning record for the first time in recent history and had high hopes for the 2001 season despite a tough schedule. But the team struggled early on, going 3-13 in the first half of the season after losing some top players from last year’s team. “I think we just didn’t know how to win,” said head coach Kristenne Robison. “We just had to find out what our potential was and start playing to it. Once we figured out that we were capable of winning, we did.” The team closed out the season on a 10-7 run, and had an excellent performance in the UCAA tournament, beating Clarkson in five games before losing to Skidmore in five games. The Thoroughbreds are the No. 5 seed in the New York Region in the NCAA tournament. “Even though we lost to Skidmore, it was a very positive day,” Robison said. “Beating Clarkson in five then taking Skidmore to five was great for this team.” The Saints will lose two valuable seniors in Potsdam’s Lilith Anderson and Elizabeth Graydon, a native of Thendara, NY. But Odorczuk and Randall, both middle hitters, will return and figure to make a huge impact next year. “We’re going to be very strong in the middle next year,” Robison said. “I think we’ve got the strongest two middle hitters in the conference. Middle is primarily a quick offense and having two players that are that strong in that position makes us a force.” Randall led the team in hitting percentage (.275) and Odorczuk was second (.215). The duo combined for 3.54 kills per game and both players were solid defensively, contributing a total of 1.54 blocks per game and 4.12 digs per game. “Both players are going to have solid seasons next year,” Robison said. “I think we’ll see some untapped potential from Diana next year.” Other key returning players for the Saints will be sophomore setter Anna Edwards, and sophomore outside hitters Beth Patterson and Serena Shallish. The volleyball team will play some non-traditional matches in the spring to prepare for the fall season. SAINTS REPEAT PERFORMANCE AGAINST CLARKSON, FINISH FOURTH IN UCAA CHAMPIONSHIP November 3 — The volleyball team entered the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association championship as the lowest seed, but repeat their final regular season performance, defeating Clarkson in five matches to place fourth in the team's final competition of the year. The Saints defeated Clarkson in five games in the second day of competition, but were knocked off by Skidmore in five games. Skidmore finished in third in the tournament. Diana Odorczuk made the All-Tournament Team for the Saints. Vassar's Ashley Manlove was named the Most Valuable Player. Vassar won the tournament, winning all four of their matches. Union was second with a 3-1 record, and Clarkson finished in fifth place with an 0-4 record. The Saints lost matches to Union and Vassar in three games on Friday. With the results on the weekend the Saints finish their season with a 13-20 record. After starting the season 3-13, the Saints closed out the final half of their season with a 10-7 record. SAINTS COME BACK TO BEAT CLARKSON IN FINAL REGULAR SEASON MATCH October 20 — The St. Lawrence University volleyball team had already lost two tight matches to Clarkson earlier this season, but Lilith Anderson and Elizabeth Graydon got redemption on Saturday afternoon, as the Saints beat the Golden Knights in five games in Burkman Gymnasium. The match was the final regular season and final home game of the seniors’ careers. After falling 28-30 in the first game, the Saints came back and easily won the second game 30-17. Clarkson won the third game 21-30, but the Saints came back to win the final two games 30-25 and 15-13 for their first win over their north country rival this year. Sophomore captain Beth Patterson had a huge day offensively, putting away 23 kills. Anderson, a captain from Potsdam, added 11 kills for the Saints. Grace Randall had a great all-around game with six aces, four blocks and 11 digs. Diana Odorczuk added five blocks, and Anna Edwards had 55 assists for the Saints. Heather Sill led Clarkson with 17 kills, while Christina Lavoie had 37 assists. Sue Ellen Trumbull had 11 digs for the Golden Knights. St. Lawrence improves to 12-17 on the season, while Clarkson falls to 14-9. Both teams will play in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association tournament in two weeks in Saratoga. PATTERSON LEADS ON DEFENSE, VOLLEYBALL TEAM TAKES PLATTSBURGH IN FIVE October 16 — Beth Patterson, a sophomore from Stamford, CT, had 17 digs to lead St. Lawrence University's volleyball team over Plattsburgh in a five-game non-conference battle on Tuesday night in Plattsburgh. After losing the first game 27-30, the Saints took the next two 30-21 and 30-27. Plattsburgh coasted in the fourth game and the Saints lost 18-30 but took the fifth and deciding match 15-11. Kristen Ross, a freshman from Altona, NY, added 14 digs for the Saints, while Lilith Anderson, a senior from Potsdam, NY, had 15 kills. Diana Odorczuk, a junior from Harwinton, CT, led the way in the middle with 12 kills, four aces and four blocks. Anna Edwards, a sophomore from Waynesville, OH, handed out 45 assists in the match. Kim Bush led the Cardinals with 12 kills and seven blocks, while Erin Hutchinson had 13 kills and 11 digs for Plattsburgh. The Saints will wrap up their regular season schedule with a 1 p.m. game against Clarkson on Saturday in Burkman Gymnasium. SAINTS SPLIT IN DAY TWO OF OSWEGO INVITATIONAL October 13 — The Saints volleyball team swept Keuka in the opening match of the Bronze Pool before losing to Clarkson to take second in the pool as Diana Odorczuk earned All-Tournament Team honors. The Saints beat Keuka 32-30, 30-25 and 30-18 in their first match of the day. In the championship game of the Bronze Pool, the Saints fell to North Country rival Clarkson in four games, 14-30, 30-26, 35-33 and 30-27 to fall to 10-17 on the season. SAINTS SPLIT OPENING MATCHES, AWAIT SEEDING FOR DAY TWO IN OSWEGO October 13 — The volleyball team split their matches in the Oswego Tournament on Friday, coming back and beating Geneseo in their first match after losing the first two games, but losing to New Paltz in four games. Beth Patterson led the Saints with nine kills in the opening match, a 25-30, 27-30, 31-29, 30-28, 15-12 win. Kristen Ely helped out on defense with 20 digs, and UCAA Rookie of the Week Grace Randall contributed six blocks. Diana Odorczuk had four aces and five blocks, and Anna Edwards had 35 assists. After their opening match, the Saints fell to New Paltz 25-30, 30-27, 30-13, 30-28. The team does not know which bracket they will be playing in on Saturday. Union and Fredonia were the only teams to go 2-0, while five teams went 1-1, and two teams were 0-2. The Saints record moves to 9-16, and the team will play two matches on Saturday after the teams have been seeded. ODORCZUK, ANDERSON LEAD SAINTS OFFENSIVELY, TEAM WINS FIFTH OUT OF SEVEN October 9 — Diana Odorczuk and Lilith Anderson had big offensive nights to lead the volleyball team to its fifth win in seven matches on Tuesday night. The Saints defeated St. Michael's (Vt.) 28-30, 30-16, 30-25, 22-30, 15-6 to improve to 8-15 on the season. Odorczuk, a junior from Harwinton, CT, led the Saints with 18 kills and nine blocks, while Anderson, a senior from Potsdam, NY, had 14 kills on the night. Anna Edwards, a sophomore from Waynesville, OH, had 45 assists in the match for the Saints. The team will travel to Oswego for the second time in two weeks for the Oswego Tournament on Friday and Saturday. The team played a pair of matches in Oswego last Tuesday and defeated Potsdam and Oswego. RANDALL EARNS UCAA DISTINCTION AGAIN October 8 — Grace Randall was selected as the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Rookie of the Week on Monday. Randall, a freshman from Warrensburg, NY, was selected as the UCAA Performer of the Week two weeks ago. Randall had 35 kills in 60 attack attempts to lead the Saints to Diana Odorczuk led the St. Lawrence University volleyball team to two wins at the Oneonta Invitational on Saturday. The Saints won the silver bracket championship with the wins. Randall also had a total of 19 kills in wins over Potsdam and Oswego on Tuesday, giving the Saints a 4-2 record for the week. The team travels to Vermont on Tuesday for a match against St. Michael's and will compete in the Oswego Invitational this weekend. ODORCZUK LEADS TEAM TO SILVER BRACKET CHAMPIONSHIP October 6 — Diana Odorczuk led the St. Lawrence University volleyball team to two wins at the Oneonta Invitational on Saturday and was named to the All-Tournament Team. Odorczuk had a total of 12 kills, 21 blocks and an excellent day passing to led the Saints to wins over Utica 30-28, 29-31, 30-16, 30-20 and Hartwick 30-25, 34-32, 30-19. The Saints lost a pair of matches in the tournament on Friday. Other leaders for the Saints were Grace Randall, who had a total 35 kills and had a hitting percentage of .583 in the two matches, and Anna Edwards had 87 assists on the day. The team will travel to St. Michael’s on Tuesday for a 7 p.m. match. SAINTS DROP OPENING MATCHES IN ONEONTA October 5 — The volleyball team was defeated in four games in Oneonta today by Oneonta 30-23, 30-20, 29-31, 30-25, then fell to Union 30-21, 30-24, 30-22. The Saints will play in the Silver Medal Bracket on Saturday. SAINTS WIN TWO IN OSWEGO BEHIND RANDALL AND ODORCZUK October 2 — Grace Randall and Diana Odorczuk led the Saints to two wins in Oswego on Tuesday night, the team's first two-match winning streak since their third and fourth matches of the season Randall, a freshman from Warrensburg, NY, had 12 kills and four blocks in the Saints 27-30, 30-23, 30-26, 30-17 win over Potsdam, while Odorczuk had six aces. In the team's second game, Oswego pushed the Saints to the limit, but the Saints came from behind to beat the Lakers in five sets 21-30, 31-29, 23-30, 34-32, 15-10. Odorczuk, a junior from Harwinton, CT, led the team with nine kills, while Randall added seven. Anna Edwards, a sophomore from Waynesville, OH, totaled 62 assists in the two games. The Saints improve their record to 5-13, and will travel to Oneonta this weekend for a two-day tournament. SAINTS LOSE OPENING MATCHES, FAIL TO MAKE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND September 29 — The volleyball team lost both of their preliminary round matches and failed to qualify for the championship round in the First Annual St. Lawrence Volleyball Invitational. The team started with a four set less to Allegheny, the only set that the Gators lost in the entire tournament. Anna Edwards led the team with 33 assists. Grace Randall added eight, Liz Graydon had 10 digs, and Diana Odorczuk had three blocks in the match. In their second match, the Saints beaten by St. John Fisher in four sets and were eliminated from further competition, despite 55 assists from Edwards, nine kills and five aces by Randall, and 21 digs from Kristen Ely. After defeating the Saints, Allegheny then beat the University of Rochester in three sets to earn the top seed in the championship round. Allegheny quickly dispatched St. John Fisher in the championship game to win the tournament. Union, seeded fourth after their five set loss to the University of Rochester, were then able to beat the Yellowjackets in four sets to win the consolation game. Meghan Radkowski was named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament for Allegheny. Vicki Kajder also made the all-tournament team for the Gators. SHALLISH LEADS SAINTS IN LOSS TO LEMOYNE September 25 — Serena Shallish, a sophomore from Syracuse, NY, had six kills, but the St. Lawrence University volleyball team fell to LeMoyne 33-31, 30-24, 30-23 on Tuesday night in Syracuse. Anna Edwards, a sophomore from Waynesville, OH, continued to lead the Saints in assists with 22. With the loss the Saints fall to 3-11 on the season, while LeMoyne improves to 7-5. The team will host four other schools in the St. Lawrence Invitational on Saturday. FRESHMAN RANDALL SELECTED AS UCAA PERFORMER OF THE WEEK September 25 — Grace Randall was selected as the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Performer of the Week based on her achievements in the Saints last five volleyball matches. Randall, a freshman middle hitter from Warrensburg, NY, was a First-Team All-Tournament selection at the Amherst Volleyball Classic last weekend. In her last five matches she had 39 kills and a hitting percentage of .405. Randall also played well defensively, averaging 2.94 kills per game and 1.5 blocks per game. The Saints record stands at 3-10. The team will play LeMoyne in Syracuse tonight, and then will host the St. Lawrence Invitational at 10 a.m. on Saturday. SAINTS SPLIT AT AMHERST, RANDALL MAKES ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM September 22 — The St. Lawrence University volleyball team split their matches in the Amherst Invitational on Saturday, beating Rhode Island 30-27, 30-25, 23-30, 30-19 before falling to Plymouth in their second match 30-28, 30-28, 30-17. Grace Randall earned a spot on the All-Tournament team, making the first team. The Saints record moves to 3-10 on the season. The team will travel to Syracuse on Tuesday for a match against LeMoyne, then will host the SLU Invitational next weekend. SAINTS LOSE FIRST TWO AT AMHERST September 21 — The St. Lawrence University volleyball team lost the opening two matches of the Amherst Volleyball Classic on Friday. The Saints lost their opening match to Western Connecticut 30-18, 30-19, 30-20, then lost to M.I.T. 30-23, 30-17, 30-24. The Saints will continue playing in the tournament on Saturday. SAINTS FALL IN FIVE SETS TO CLARKSON September 18 — The St. Lawrence University volleyball team lost to Clarkson 28-30, 27-30, 23-30, 30-19, 4-15 on Tuesday night. The Saints were led by sophomore Serena Shallish, Syracuse, NY, who had 15 kills, 20 digs and six aces. Anna Edwards, a sophomore from Waynesville, OH, had 58 assists for the Saints, and freshman Grace Randall, Warrensburg, NY, had 11 kills and nine blocks. Caitlin Jarvis, a junior from Sheffield, MA, and Lilith Anderson, a senior from Potsdam, NY, contributed 10 kills each. With the loss the Saints fall to 2-7 on the season. The team will travel to Anherst, MA this weekend to compete in the 2001 Amherst Volleyball Classic. SAINTS WILL NOT COMPETE IN RIT MIZUNO INVITATIONAL September 14 — Volleyball coach Kristenne Robison has decided to cancel the team's trip to Rochester for the RIT Mizuno Invitational this weekend. In response to the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association member schools moved all Friday contests to Sunday. Since RIT is not a UCAA member school and the tournament involved many schools, the tournament could not be postponed. "It just didn't feel appropriate for us to travel and play today when the rest of the teams are going to wait until Sunday," Robison said of the decision. The games will not be made up. The teams will return to action on Tuesday for a match against Clarkson in Potsdam. SAINTS DROP TWO MORE MATCHES AT BALDWIN-WALLACE INVITATIONAL September 8 — The volleyball team lost their final game of the round-robin portion of the Baldwin-Wallace Invitational on Saturday morning, then lost in the opening round of the Consolation Bracket to end the weekend 0-4. Baldwin-Wallace defeated the Saints 30-19, 30-16, 30-13 to send the Saints to a No. 8 seeding in the Consolation Bracket. The Saints then lost to Albion for the second straight day, 30-19, 30-27, 30-10. With the losses, the Saints fall to 2-6 on the season. The team will travel to Rochester to compete in the Baldwin-Wallace Invitational next weekend. SAINTS LOSE FIRST TWO MATCHES OF BALDWIN-WALLACE INVITATIONAL September 7 — The volleyball team lost both of their opening day matches in straight sets in the Baldwin-Wallace Invitational on Friday. The Saints lost their opening match to Grove City 30-15, 30-13, 30-18, then fell to Albion 30-18, 30-28, 30-10. In the first match, Grace Randall led the Saints with eight kills, while Serena Shallish had eight kills in the Albion match. Anna Edwards had a total of 48 assists in the two matches. SAINTS REBOUND FROM OPENING DAY LOSES, WIN SILVER MEDAL FINAL IN RED DRAGON TOURNAMENT September 1 — The Saints volleyball team won both their matches on the second day of the Red Dragon Tournament in Cortland to capture the Silver Medal Bracket on Saturday. In their first match, the Saints defeated Oberlin 30-17, 30-24, 30-26 to advance to the final against Rochester. In the final, the Saints beat the Yellowjackets 30-16, 30-22, 32-30. In the Championship Bracket, Nazareth defeated Cortland 27-30, 30-22, 31-29, 30-16. Nazareth won all four of their games over the weekend. The Saints, now 2-2, will travel to Berea, OH, to compete in the Baldwin-Wallace Invitational next weekend. SAINTS LOSE OPENING GAMES IN RED DRAGON TOURNAMENT August 31 — The Saints volleyball team remained close in every set, but was unable to win a match in the first day of the Red Dragon Tournament held in Cortland. In their opening match, the Saints lost to Geneseo 30-22, 30-25, 30-28. In their second match, Penn St. Behrend defeated the Saints30-22, 24-30, 30-28, 30-26. The Saints will compete in the Silver Bracket on Saturday, Sept. 1. The team will play Oberlin at noon, and will play either D'Youville or Rochester at 2 p.m. to finish the tournament. Under new NCAA rules this year, the first four games of each match are played to 30 points with rally scoring. The fifth game, if needed, is rally scoring to 15 points. VOLLEYBALL TEAM MAKES SEVERAL SCHEDULE CHANGES August 28 — The Saints have announced several changes to their fall 2001 schedule. Keuka, originally scheduled to travel to Canton for a match on Tuesday, Sept. 4, has cancelled the match. No other opponent has been found to date. In addition, the match originally scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 11 at LeMoyne has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in Syracuse.
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