November 6, 2009
2009 GNAC Women’s Volleyball Championship Preview
The two top teams in regular season play; #1 Seed Emerson College and #2 Seed Johnson & Wales University will be on display this weekend at the 2009 GNAC Women’s Volleyball Championship on November 7th at Emerson’s Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium in Boston, Mass. at 1:00 pm. MORE>>
2009 GNAC Women’s Volleyball Championship Preview
The two top teams in regular season play; #1 Seed Emerson College and #2 Seed Johnson & Wales University will be on display this weekend at the 2009 GNAC Women’s Volleyball Championship on November 7th at Emerson’s Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium in Boston, Mass. at 1:00 pm. MORE>>
2009 GNAC Women's Volleyball Championship Final Set
#1 Seed Emerson College and #2 Seed Johnson & Wales University will compete in the 2009 GNAC Women's Volleyball Championship. The match will be played on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 1:00 PM at Emerson's Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium.
GNAC Rookies of the Week: October 27
Kyle Buscagila (Men’s Soccer, Norwich), Christina Gallart (Women’s Volleyball, Mount Ida), Samantha Gigliotti (Women’s Soccer, Albertus Magnus), Kyle Harper (Men’s Golf, Rhode Island College) and Jenna Reid (Women’s Tennis, Emmanuel) have been named Great Northeast Athletic Conference Rookies of the Week.
GNAC Rookies of the Week: October 13
Christina Annicelli (Women’s X-Country, Lasell), Danielle Figueroa (Women’s Soccer, Albertus Magnus), Kenna Finlayson (Women’s Volleyball, Rivier), Kyle Harper (Men’s Golf, Rhode Island College), Sabrina Salmela (Women’s Tennis, Simmons College), Matthew Scully (Men’s X-Country, Lasell), and Kevin Shirley (Men’s Soccer, Emmanuel) have been named Great Northeast Athletic Conference Rookies of the Week.
GNAC Players of the Week: October 6
Caprice Capacci (Women’s Cross Country, Emerson), Ashley Costantino (Women’s Volleyball, Johnson & Wales), Megan Harrington (Women’s Tennis, Emmanuel), Jamal Howard (Men’s Soccer, Albertus Magnus), Bobby Newcomb (Men’s Golf, Johnson & Wales), Greg Redfield (Men’s Cross Country, Johnson & Wales), Samantha Reynolds (Women’s Soccer, Johnson & Wales), Jenna Ross (Women’s Volleyball, Emmanuel) and Lauren Zaniboni (Women’s Volleyball), have been named Great Northeast Athletic Conference Players of the Week. Will Pike (Men’s Soccer, St. Joseph’s (ME)) and Elizabeth Stickley (Women’s Soccer, Lasell) were named Goalkeepers of the Week.
Rivier Tabbed to Win GNAC in Preseason Coaches Poll
Rivier has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the Great Northeast Athletic Conference volleyball title this season in a vote by the conference’s head coaches. The Raiders, the 2007 and 2008 GNAC champions, received seven of the possible 13 first-place votes, tallying 90 overall points. Rivier is coming off a season in which they compiled an 11-1 conference record (25-11 overall).
Emerson Women's Volleyball Receives NEWVA Academic Team Award
The Emerson College Women's Volleyball team has earned the Team Academic Award from the New England Women's Volleyball Association. Emerson is one of only 15 Division III teams in the New England region to qualify for the Award, and is the only Great Northeast Athletic Conference team to be recognized. To earn the award a team must compile a composite grade point average of 3.3 or better on a 4.0 scale for the Fall 2008 semester. Emerson qualified with a 3.319 team average.
Rivier Women's Volleyball Wins 2008 GNAC Championship
Nashua, N.H.. – Top seeded Rivier College women’s volleyball won a hard fought battle for the second straight season against #2 seed Johnson & Wales University, 3-1 at the Muldoon Health & Fitness Center on Saturday afternoon.
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Rivier Selected As GNAC Women's Volleyball Preseason Favorite
Defending GNAC tournament champion Rivier has been selected first in the 2008 GNAC women’s volleyball preseason poll with 136 points. Johnson & Wales was a very close second with 135 points, followed by Emerson and Norwich, respectively.
Rivier Claims 2007 GNAC Women's Volleyball Championship
Providence, R.I. – Junior Nicole Hersey (Milton, N.H.) was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2007 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship after leading #2 seed Rivier to a thrilling 3-2 victory against #1 seed Johnson & Wales at the Harborside Recreation Center on Saturday afternoon. Rivier played flawless right out of the gates and jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a 30-20 victory in set one. Johnson & Wales rebounded with a 30-26 win in game two and a 30-28 win in game three. Rivier knotted the match with a 30-26 win in the fourth game. In the fifth and deciding game, the two teams battled until the very end. The Raiders, faced with a seemingly insurmountable 12-14 deficit, showed no signs of giving in and rattled off 4 straight points to take a 16-14 win en route to the 3-2 victory.
