Elmira CollEgE Soaring EaglESHead Coach: Rhonda Faunce

Assistant Coach: Stephen England

No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 2 Melissa Morrow ’18 OH 5’7” Medford Lakes, NJ -- Shawnee4 Sara Pieniazek ’17 L 5’6” Geneva, NY -- Geneva5 Sami Hanes ’16 S 5’5” St. Mary’s, PA -- St. Mary’s6 Molleigh Malanoski ’18 S 5’6” Elmira, NY -- Thomas A Edison7 Kierstin Derr ’16 OH 5’6” Elmira, NY -- Thomas A Edison8 Paola Ortiz ’16 OH 5’10” San Juan, Puerto Rico -- American Military Academy9 Amanda Blinkinsop ’16 OH 5’8” Colton, CA -- Colton11 Samantha Hawksley ’16 L 5’2” Lowville, NY -- Beaver River12 Ashley Heiman ’16 MH 6’0” Dansville, NY -- Wayland-Cohocton13 Christina North ’16 OH 5’8” East Berne, NY -- Berne-Knox-Westerlo14 Payton Rusin ’18 MH 6’0” Endicott, NY -- Union-Endicott18 Alicia Day ’17 MH 6’2” Mount Laurel, NJ -- Lenape22 Kelsey Ross ’16 L 5’5” Oswego, NY -- Oswego

Game NotesSeason Opener: The Elmira College women’s volleyball team opens the 2014 season against the University of Pitts-burgh at Bradford. Elmira has been excellent in season opening games, going 11-2 in the last 13 season openers. Of Elmira’s last 13 season opening games, nine have been played at Speidel Gymnasium, with the Soaring Eagles posting a convincing 8-1 record. However, the only team to beat Elmira in a home season opener in the last 13 years was the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford during the 2010 season.

Purple vs. the Panthers: In the last 13 years, Elmira and Pitt-Bradford have squared off a total of seven times. El-mira owns a 5-2 edge in the series with their only two loss-es coming in the 2010 and 2007 seasons. Additionally, the Purple and Gold are riding a four-match win streak against the Panthers entering tonight’s contest.

Big Shoes to Fill: Scrolling through Elmira’s roster, one very noticeable name that is missing is former All-Ameri-can Taryn Rumsey ’14. Rumsey, who graduated last June, accounted for nearly 40 percent of Elmira’s kills in the 2013 season. Her absence however has opened the door for several returning players to step-up, including local tal-ent Kierstin Derr ’16, who logged a career-high 253 kills last season.

Looking Ahead: Following tonight’s non-conference tilt with the Panthers, Elmira will make the short trip to the Flower City as the Soaring Eagles compete in the Univer-sity of Rochester Tournament. Elmira will open tourna-ment play against another team from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Penn State Behrend.

Day DatE opponEnt timE-rESult

SEPT. 2 pitt-BraDforD 7:00 p.m. 5 Penn St.-Behrend 4:00 p.m. 5 Skidmore 8:00 p.m. 6 The Sage Colleges 11:00 a.m. 6 at University of Rochester 3:00 p.m. 12 York (PA) 4:00 p.m. 12 Catholic 6:00 p.m. 13 at Lycoming 9:30 a.m. 13 Susquehanna 1:30 p.m. 16 at Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. 20 at Stevens Tech* 11:00 a.m. 20 Houghton* 1:30 p.m. 24 at Alfred State 7:00 p.m. 26 SUNY IT Tournament TBA 27 SUNY IT Tournament TBA OCT. 4 nazarEth* 11:00 a.m. 4 hartwiCk* 4:00 p.m. 8 alfrED* 7:00 p.m 14 pEnn tECh 7:00 p.m. 18 at Hunter 12:00 p.m. 18 Rutgers-Camden 2:00 p.m. 25 St. John Fisher* 2:30 p.m. 25 at Utica* 5:00 p.m. 29 at SUNY Cortland 6:00 p.m. 31 RIT 4:00 p.m. 31 Clarkson 6:00 p.m.NOV. 1 Kean 12:00 p.m. 1 University of Rochester 4:00 p.m. *Denotes Empire 8 contest

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univErSity of pittSBurgh at BraDforD panthErSHead Coach: Tina Phillips

No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 1 Kelsey Repke ’17 DS 5’1” Russell, PA -- Eisenhower3 Michelle Ratzel ’15 DS 5’3” Smethport, PA -- Smethport4 Peyton Kauffman ’15 S 5’6” York, PA -- York Catholic5 Melanie Yanetsko ’15 RS 5’8” Olean, NY -- Olean6 Ceara Savard ’18 DS 5’2” New Cumberland, PA -- Red Land7 Kaitlin McCann ’17 MB 5’9” Bradford, PA -- Bradford8 Erin Fagan ’18 MB-OH 5’11” Waverly, NY -- Waverly9 Emily Reitz ’18 DS-L 5’2” Puxsutawney, PA -- Puxsutawney10 Megan Geary ’17 S 5’6” Douglasville, PA -- Daniel Boone11 Jenessa Ceprish ’16 OH 5’6” Allport, PA -- West Branch12 Brittany Watts ’17 OH-MB 5’10” Johnsonburg, PA -- Johnsonburg14 Brittni Cumberland ’15 S 5’10” Effort, PA -- Pleasant Valley21 Haley Vinelli ’18 OH 5’6” Bradford, PA -- Bradford23 Taylor McMillen ’15 MH-RS 5’10” New Bethlehem, PA -- Redbank Valley

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EmpirE 8 StatiStiCal lEaDErS

Rank Kills (Min 2.00/Set) S NO AVG/S1. Rylie Bean (IC) 4 16 4.002. Hattie Burgher (HC) 6 19 3.173. Dana Martin (WICK) 10 31 3.104. Maria Allocco (NAZ) 13 36 2.775. Brandi Blaszak (UC) 8 22 2.75

Rank Assists (Min 5.00/Set) S NO AVG/S1. Ashley Castillo (SIT) 13 117 9.002. Molly Brown (IC) 4 35 8.753. Lora Allen (UC) 8 60 7.504. Quincy Kinzel (WICK) 14 103 7.365. Anna Coryell (HC) 6 43 7.17

Rank Blocks S BS-BA AVG/S1. Jacquelynn Hicks (AU) 9 5-6 1.222. Mckenzie Kingsbury (SIT) 3 1-2 1.003. Brandi Blaszak (UC) 8 6-1 0.884. Annemarie Thomas (SIT) 13 1-8 0.695. Becca Youngman (SIT) 9 2-4 0.67

Rank Digs (Min 1.00 per game) S NO AVG/S1. Kayla Gromen (IC) 4 27 6.752. Laurel Wroblicky (HC) 6 36 6.003. Sydni Horner (SIT) 13 64 4.924. Mary Tobin (SIT) 12 46 3.835. Hattie Burgher (HC) 6 21 3.50

Rank Aces (Min 0.10/Set) S NO AVG/S1. Alyssa Quimby (HC) 6 8 1.332. Kayla Gromen (IC) 4 4 1.003. Rosa Maun (WICK) 4 4 1.004. Katie Hall (SIT) 12 10 0.835. Hannah Armstrong (WICK) 8 6 0.75

Game NotesLast Time Out: The Panthers of Pitt-Bradford enter to-night’s non-conference match with a 2-2 overall record after competing in the University of Scranton Tournament last weekend. Pitt-Bradford opened the tournament with a per-fect 2-0 record with a pair of wins against Bard College and Wentworth Institute of Technology before dropping their next two contests to Keystone College and the University of Scranton.

Returning Veterans: Pitt-Bradford returns several key play-ers from a season ago, including last season’s kills leader in Taylor McMillen ’15 as well as the Panther’s top two set-ters in Peyton Kauffman ’15 and Brittni Cumberland ’15. McMillen will be both setters’ main target as the 2013 All-AMCC First Team selection posted a season-high 21 kills against the Soaring Eagles last season. On the other hand, Cumberland just might be as big of a threat with her tran-sitioning into more of an attacking role this season as she has already posted a pair of double-digit kill performances.

One Win From Career 150: Head coach Tina Phillips is sitting on 149 career wins after picking up two wins this past weekend in Scranton. One more win for Coach Phillips will give her 150 career wins at Pitt-Bradford.

Elmira College VolleyballElmira College Overall Individual Statistics (as of Aug 25, 2014)

All matches

Overall record: 22-13 Conf: 3-3 Home: 5-3 Away: 6-5 Neutral: 11-5

Attack Set Serve

## Player sp mp-ms k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s se

16 Taryn Rumsey 125 35-19 546 4.37 176 1393 . 2 6 6 18 0.14 54 0.43 607 Kierstin Derr 109 32-16 253 2.32 160 816 . 1 1 4 6 0.06 38 0.35 4512 Ashley Heiman 126 35-18 207 1.64 113 633 . 1 4 8 4 0.03 0 0.00 218 Alicia Day 126 35-19 162 1.29 77 531 . 1 6 0 4 0.03 4 0.03 68 Paola Ortiz 117 34-7 96 0.82 74 362 . 0 6 1 9 0.08 39 0.33 3214 Abbie Martin 22 11-0 18 0.82 14 68 . 0 5 9 5 0.23 2 0.09 513 Christina North 5 5-0 4 0.80 2 12 . 1 6 7 0 0.00 2 0.40 29 Amanda Blinkinsop 122 35-4 72 0.59 36 245 . 1 4 7 10 0.08 32 0.26 295 Sami Hanes 120 35-18 25 0.21 6 108 . 1 7 6 1141 9.51 38 0.32 584 Sara Pieniazek 17 10-0 2 0.12 1 6 . 1 6 7 44 2.59 3 0.18 410 Catherine Miller 126 35-2 3 0.02 5 29 - . 0 6 9 52 0.41 64 0.51 4222 Kelsey Ross 123 35-10 1 0.01 3 14 - . 1 4 3 8 0.07 12 0.10 711 Samantha Hawksley 9 6-0 0 0.00 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 0.22 1

ELMIRA COLLEGE 126 35-35 1389 11.0 667 4218 . 1 7 1 1301 10.3 290 2.30 293Opponents 126 35-35 1139 9.04 594 3768 . 1 4 5 1049 8.33 196 1.56 288

Dig Blocking

## Player sp re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe

16 Taryn Rumsey 125 40 332 2.66 13 26 3 9 0.31 7 07 Kierstin Derr 109 21 192 1.76 4 12 1 6 0.15 3 112 Ashley Heiman 126 3 46 0.37 18 37 5 5 0.44 17 418 Alicia Day 126 5 23 0.18 25 38 6 3 0.50 15 18 Paola Ortiz 117 2 139 1.19 9 13 2 2 0.19 12 514 Abbie Martin 22 1 14 0.64 0 2 2 0.09 1 013 Christina North 5 0 1 0.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 09 Amanda Blinkinsop 122 18 192 1.57 0 5 5 0.04 2 05 Sami Hanes 120 3 241 2.01 3 19 2 2 0.18 5 324 Sara Pieniazek 17 2 24 1.41 0 1 1 0.06 2 410 Catherine Miller 126 49 566 4.49 1 1 2 0.02 1 122 Kelsey Ross 123 32 162 1.32 0 0 0 0.00 0 311 Samantha Hawksley 9 1 11 1.22 0 0 0 0.00 0 0- TEAM - 18 - - - - - - - -

ELMIRA COLLEGE...... 126 195 1943 15.42 73 154 150.0 1.19 65 51Opponents........... 126 282 1785 14.17 78 297 226.5 1.80 76 70

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SChool Conf CpCt. ovErall pCt. StrEak

Stevens 7-0 1.000 27-7 0.794 L1Nazareth 6-1 0.857 29-9 0.763 L1Elmira 4-3 0.571 22-13 0.629 L1Ithaca 4-3 0.571 16-22 0.421 L3Hartwick 3-4 0.429 13-20 0.394 W2St. John Fisher 3-4 0.429 14-18 0.438 L3Utica 1-6 0.143 9-23 0.281 L2Houghton 0-0 0.000 20-11 0.645 L2Alfred 0-7 0.000 3-27 0.100 L10

2013 EmpirE 8 StanDingS (final)