2017 GNAC Women's Volleyball News
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GNAC Announces 2018 Woman of the Year Finalists
June 28, 2018The four annual nominees are JWU's Raquel Pederzani, Lasell’s Taylor Falco, Saint Joseph’s of Maine’s Elyse Caiazzo, and Regis' Brittany Stone. -
Over 1,000 Student-Athletes Garner 2017-18 GNAC Academic All-Conference Selection
June 14, 2018A total of 1,008 student-athletes have been named to the 2017-18 GNAC Academic All-Conference Team, achieving a 3.25 cumulative GPA and having reached second-year academic status.
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NEWS: GNAC's Next Wave of Leaders Emerge Through Recent NCAA Opportunities
January 31, 2018Earlier this month, four GNAC student-athletes had the opportunity to attend the NCAA Convention and GNAC staffer Annie Jenkins was one of 227 individuals to attend the 2018 NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar.
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Dana Jones Named Lasell Head Women's Volleyball Coach
January 09, 2018Lasell College is pleased to announce that Dana Jones has been named the Head Coach for the Women's Volleyball Team.
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Anna Maria Names Jamika Townsend Women’s Volleyball Coach
November 30, 2017Anna Maria College Athletic Department has named Jamika Townsend the women's volleyball coach as announced by athletic Director, Serge DeBari, this week.
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Three GNAC Student-Athletes Named CoSIDA Women's Volleyball Academic All-District®
November 29, 2017Anna Maria's Rebecca Foti, SJC's Jordynne Copp and JWU'S Kate Walker have received College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) All-District® honors.
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JWU's Magical Season Ends Against Host Calvin in NCAA Women's Volleyball Elite Eight
November 16, 2017The Wildcats' journey took them all the way to the national quarterfinals, but their run was stopped by defending national champion Calvin, 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 26-24) on Thursday night.
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JWU's Nancy Somera Named AVCA National Coach of the Year
November 15, 2017Johnson & Wales women's volleyball fourth-year head coach Nancy Somera has been voted the AVCA Division III National Coach of the Year.
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Four from JWU Women's Volleyball Earn AVCA All-America Honors
November 14, 2017Johnson & Wales' Kate Walker, Maria Coniglio, Brylee Frank and Katie Leidhold all garnered AVCA Division III All-America distinction, it was announced on Tuesday.
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PURE MICHIGAN!: JWU Women's Volleyball Beats MIT 3-2 to Capture NCAA Tournament Regional
November 12, 2017Johnson & Wales has advanced to the D3 Elite Eight in Grand Rapids, Mich. after a five-set win over MIT in the regional title match on Sunday afternoon.
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Epic Comeback Sends JWU Women’s Volleyball to NCAA Regional Finals
November 11, 2017The top-seeded Wildcats rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat No. 4 Wesleyan in a five-set thriller in the regional semifinals on Saturday evening.
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JWU Women's Volleyball Opens NCAA Tournament with 3-0 Sweep of Elms
November 10, 2017The top seed in the Providence Regional, the No. 8 nationally-ranked Wildcats defeated Elms (25-10, 25-10, 25-12) on Friday for the first NCAA victory in program history.
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JWU Women's Volleyball's Kate Walker Named AVCA Regional Player of the Year
November 09, 2017Four Wildcats were named to the AVCA All-New England Region Team on Thursday, including Regional Player of the Year Kate Walker.
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Regional Host JWU Captures Three GNAC Women's Volleyball Major Honors
November 07, 2017Three-time defending GNAC champion Johnson & Wales has placed seven on the 2017 Women’s Volleyball All-Conference Teams, including three on the First Team.
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JWU Women's Volleyball Hosting Regional Headlines GNAC's NCAA Tourney Selections
November 06, 2017JWU women's volleyball, Lasell women's soccer, SJC men's soccer and SJC field hockey learned their NCAA Tournament first-round matchups on Monday.
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THREEPEAT!: #10 JWU Women’s Volleyball Sweeps Simmons for GNAC Title
November 04, 2017Now 65-1 over the last two seasons, JWU improved upon the 10th-best home court winning streak in NCAA history (39 matches) with its 3-0 GNAC Championship victory over Simmons on Saturday.
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#1 JWU, #2 Simmons Earn GNAC Women's Volleyball Semifinal Sweeps on Thursday
November 02, 2017The No. 10 nationally-ranked Wildcats will aim for their third straight GNAC Championship on Saturday (1PM), while Simmons makes its first-ever appearance in the conference title game.
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High Seeds All Sweep in GNAC Women's Volleyball Tournament Quarterfinals
October 31, 2017#1 JWU, #2 Simmons, #3 Rivier and #4 Lasell all earned 3-0 victories on Tuesday evening as the 2017 GNAC Tournament got underway.
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GNAC Corvias Women's Volleyball Report: Week 9
October 30, 2017Simmons' Morgan Weeg averaged 5.30 kills and 2.90 digs per set in a 3-0 week to collect the final GNAC Player of the Week award of the 2017 season.
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JWU Women's Volleyball Goes Unbeaten in GNAC Play for Second Straight Year
October 28, 2017#1 JWU, #2 Simmons, #3 Rivier and #4 Lasell will host GNAC Tournament Quarterfinal contests when postseason action begins on Tuesday evening.
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GNAC Corvias Women's Volleyball Report: Week 8
October 23, 2017JWU sophomore Maria Coniglio averaged 4.25 kills and 3.17 digs with three double-doubles in a 3-0 week for the No. 14 nationally-ranked Wildcats.
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GNAC Corvias Women's Volleyball Report: Week 7
October 16, 2017Rivier's Hayley Macken was the catalyst in a 3-0 week, dishing out 10.82 assists per set to lead the way for the Raiders and claim Player of the Week honors.
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GNAC Corvias Women's Volleyball Report: Week 6
October 09, 2017JWU's Kate Walker averaged 4.00 kills and 2.00 blocks per set with a whopping .700 hitting percentage in a 3-0 week.
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JWU Women’s Volleyball Earns First National Ranking at #20 in AVCA Poll
October 03, 2017One of four remaining undefeated teams in Division III (16-0), JWU swept No. 14 MIT last Friday and earned a national ranking for the first time in program history.
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GNAC Corvias Men's Soccer Report: Week 5
October 02, 2017JWU's Brylee Frank averaged 9.78 assists in quarterbacking the Wildcats to a 3-0 week, which included an impressive 3-0 victory over No. 14 MIT.
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GNAC Corvias Women's Volleyball Report: Week 4
September 25, 2017JWU's Kate Walker hit .524 for the week while averaging 3.00 kills per set, as the Widlcats won three road games in nine sets, including a sweep of Rivier.
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GNAC Corvias Women's Volleyball Report: Week 3
September 18, 2017JWU's Maria Coniglio averaged 3.00 kills and 3.83 digs per set in a 2-0 week, as the Wildcats earned 3-0 sweeps of NESCAC opponents Bates and Bowdoin.
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Rivier Volleyball Head Coach Craig Kolek Reaches Historic 400-400 Milestone
September 17, 2017Longtime Raiders head coach Craig Kolek is the first coach in NCAA history to compile over 400+ wins for a school's men's and women's programs.
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GNAC Corvias Women's Volleyball Report: Week 2
September 11, 2017In a perfect 4-0 week, Franklin Pierce transfer and JWU junior Katie Liedhold posted per-set averages of 3.86 kills, 3.00 digs and 0.71 blocks while hitting .364.
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GNAC Corvias Women's Volleyball Report: Week 1
September 05, 2017JWU Setter Brylee Frank was named the Kean Invitational Tournament MVP after averaging 10.69 assists and 2.62 digs, as the Wildcats went a perfect 4-0.
