Volleyball Drops Second Straight, 3-1 to Gwynedd Mercy
(10/10/07) The Centenary volleyball team took on PAC opponent Gwynedd Mercy College this evening at Hackettstown High School. In four close matches, the women the women were defeated by the Griffins.
In the first match the Lady Cyclones were defeated by the Griffins 30-22 but the women came back and took the second game, winning 30-21. After trailing for most of the third game the women forced the Griffins to extra points but they finally succumbed 33-31. Gwynedd Mercy took control in the fourth match and won 30-23 although Centenary kept them on their toes despite being behind throughout.
For the Lady Cyclones Victoria Rice (Corona del Mar, CA/Corona del Mar) led in kills with 19 and following close behind was senior Christina Boyer (Flemington/Hunterdon Central) with 12. Centenary played strong defense throughout the night and it showed with Tomomi Kise (Osaka, Japan/Abeno) recording 23 digs and three other players totaling over ten digs. Both Rice and Jolyn Veres (Denville Morris Knolls) tallied three service aces and Veres helped the team out with 34 assists.
Leading the Griffins in kills was Jessica Rufe with 12 and Kandace Pickeral led in assists with 40 and digs with 19.
The Lady Cyclones back in action this coming Saturday the 13th in a tri-match when they take on both non-conference rival Kean University and PAC opponent Cabrini. The first match begins at 12:30 pm at Hackettstown High School. Boxscore
Women Downed by Neumann in Three Games
(10/9/07) Yesterday evening the Centenary volleyball team took on PAC opponent Neumann College on the road. The Lady Cyclones lost in three games 30-21, 30-19, 30-22 to the Knights who remain unbeaten in the conference. This defeat takes the women’s overall record to 8-14 and conference record to 3-3.
Leading Centenary in the loss was freshman Kelley Zegarowitz (Bayonne/Bayonne) who had nine kills, two service aces and five digs. Tomomi Kise (Osaka, Japan/Abeno) and Christina Boyer (Flemington/Hunterdon Central) helped out on defense with 25 and 15 digs respectively. Boyer also helped on offense as well with four kills and teammate Victoria Rice (Corona del Mar, CA/Corona del Mar) added six kills and two blocks in the match.
For the Knights Emilee Gruse led the team in kills with 12 and Meghan Wilson tallied the most digs with 19.
The Lady Cyclones are back at home tomorrow evening in another PAC match up, this time against Gwynedd Mercy College at 7:00 pm. A win at home would increase the team’s record to above .500 in conference play.
Lady Cyclones Take Care of Mount Saint Mary in THree Straight
(10/6/07) The Centenary Lady Cyclones volley ball team defeated Mount Saint Mary earlier today in three games (31-29, 30-28, 30-22). The win for the Lady Cyclones improves their record to 8-13 overall while the loss for the Blue Knights drops them to 6-14.
In the first game the Lady Cyclones needed extra points for the 31-29 victory. The match did not get an easier for the hosts, as the second game of the match was also close and ending in another two point Centenary win. The third game of the match was again very closely decided as the Lady Cyclones came away with an eight point win and afternoon victory.
Christina Boyer (Hunterdon Central) led the Lady Cyclones in kills with 13; Victoria Rice (Corona del Mar) was right behind her with 12 kills of her own, Tomomi Kise (Oasak, Japan / Abeno) adding 19 digs. For the visitor’s Amanda Carfora led MSMC with 14 kills and 11 digs in the loss. The Lady Cyclones recorded 38 kills as a team in the 3 games. Boxscore
Volleyball Defeats Immaculata 3-0 for Third PAC Win
(10/2/07) The Centenary women’s volleyball took on PAC opponent Immaculata last evening in Immaculata Pennsylvania. The Lady Cyclones emerged victorious winning in just three games 30-20, 30-18 and 30-19. This win gives the women a winning record in the PAC Conference and brings them closer to a .500 record overall.
The women were led by senior Christina Boyer (Flemington/Hunterdon Central) in kills with 13 and she was followed by Victoria Rice (Corona del Mar, CA/Corona del Mar), who had eight. Freshman Kelly Zegarowitz (Bayonne/Bayonne) led the team in service aces with eight and also added five digs to the teams total. Tomomi Kise also aided in the victory for Centenary as she posted seven digs for her team, while teammate Jolyn Veres (Denville/Morris Knolls) tallied 21 assists. For Immaculata, both Jessica Lynch and Jayme Lenosky recorded six kills apiece.
The Lady Cyclones are now 7-12 overall and are ahead in the PAC with a record of 3-2. The volleyball team will take to the road again Thursday, October 4th when they take on non-conference opponent William Paterson at 7:00pm. Boxscore
Lady Cyclones Volleyball Sweeps Doubleheader
(9/22/07) Earlier this afternoon the Centenary Women’s Volleyball team won six of seven games, to sweep a doubleheader from Rosemont College and John Jay College.
In the opener, the Lady Cyclones improved to 2-1 in the PAC with a 3-0 victory over visiting Rosemont College. Centenary never trailed in any game, winning 30-20, 30-20, and 30-16 to knock of the Ramblers. The second match of the afternoon was a non-conference match for Centenary as they hosted John Jay College. After an impressive 30-17 win in game one, the Lady Cyclones were taken off their game by the visiting Bulldogs, who seemed to shake off the bus ride and took game two 30-28. Despite John Jay’s more inspired play throughout the rest of the afternoon, the Lady Cyclones took games three and four by the scores of 30-23 and 30-18 to complete the sweep.
For the afternoon, junior Victoria Rice (Corona del Mar, CA/Corona del Mar) led Centenary with 18 kills, 16 service aces, and a pair of blocks. Freshman Kelley Zegarowitz (Bayonne/Bayonne) added 11 kills, four aces, and two blocks, while Jolyn Veres (Denville/Morris Knolls) recorded 51 assists on the day. Boxscore 1 - Boxscore 2
Record Breaking Week for Centenary Volleyball
- Christna Boyer
Two Lady Cyclones become All-Time Leaders in Same Match
Last week turned out to be a very exciting and monumental week for the Centenary Women’s Volleyball program, despite the team going 2-3 in its five matches. On Monday evening, September 10th, two Centenary players each became the program’s All-Time leaders in separate statistical categories. Senior Christina Boyer (Flemington/Hunterdon Central) and junior Jolyn Veres (Denville./Morris Knolls) each became part of the program’s record book in the same match. Fortunately it was a successful match, won by Centenary 3-0 over Alvernia College.
- Jolyn Veres
Christina Boyer became the All-time leader in kills with 580 at the conclusion of the night. Since then she has added 32 more and currently sits at a career mark of 612. Her counter part Jolyn Veres became Centenary’s All-Time leader in assists registering 35 in the match against Alvernia, pushing her total to 949, breaking the previous mark of 918. Since then Veres has also become the first Centenary Volleyball player to reach 1,000 career assists. This milestone came in the first match of the University of Scranton Invitational last weekend. Veres has added 105 more to her total and current has 1,054 assists heading in to the end of the week.
Volleyball Drops PAC Match 3-0 to Eastern
(9/18/07) Earlier this evening in Women’s Volleyball visiting Eastern University downed Centenary 3-0 to improve to 2-0 in PAC play. The loss drops the host Lady Cyclones to 4-9 overall, 1-1 in conference.
Centenary played their best game of the night early in the match dropping a tough first game by the final of 30-23. In game one, Centenary came from four down to tie the score 17-17. From there each team traded side-out points, before Eastern rallied to score the games final six points tallying the six-point win. Following the early loss, Centenary never seemed to get back on track and the outside hitting of Eastern University took over. The visiting Eagles went on to take games two and three by scores of 30-16 and 30-9 to notch their second conference victory of the season.
Eastern’s Katie Ressler led the visitor’s with 13 kills and 12 digs while teammate Emma Klein added 12 kills and a dozen digs. For Centenary in the loss, Jenn Curtis (Bayonne/Holy Family) recorded 5 kills, Dairomy Bolano (Passaic/Patterson Catholic) chipped in with four kills and nine digs, while Jolyn Veres (Denville/Morris Knolls) added 19 assist and eight digs.
Veres Earns a Spot as PAC Player of the Week
Centenary College’s Jolyn Veres was honored at the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Volleyball Player of the Week for the week ending September 16th.
Veres finished out the week with 111 assists, 23 digs and three service aces for the Cyclones. In her team's victory over Alvernia, Veres became Centenary’s All-Time leader in assists (949) and surpassed the 1,000 career milestone mark in the University of Scranton Invitational this past weekend.
Women drop both Saturday Matches
- Jolyn Veres
Lady Cyclones' Veres surpasses 1,000 assist mark for her career
(9/15/07) This afternoon, Day 2 of the University of Scranton Invitational, the Centenary Women's Volleyball was unable to register another victory. The Lady Cyclones, who were playing in the Purple Division after a 1-1 night on Friday, dropped a tough opening match versus St. Lawrence University, losing 3-1 (14-30, 30-27, 27-30, 22-30). Centenary then turned around and played the very next time slot, taking on Wilkes UNiversity. Wlikes had too much for Centenary playing in their first action of the day, defeating Centenary in straight games 3-0 (18-30, 16-30, 19-30).
On the weekend the Centenary women went 1-3, dropping them to 4-9 on the season. In today's pair of matches Centenary was led by a tri of hitters. Victoria Rice (Corona del MAr, CA/Corona del Mar) was tops with 15 kills, while Christina Boyer (Flemington/Hunterdon Central) and Jenn Curtis (Bayonne/Holy Family) each added 12 kills each. Junior, setter Jolyn Veres (Denville/Morris Knolls) tallied 39 assists, inlcuding her 1,000th career assist in the day's first match. to go along with Tomoi Kise's (Osaka, Japan) 52 digs.
Lady Cyclones go 1-1 at First Night of Scranton Invitational
(9/14/07) On Friday evening the Lady CYclones split a two matches at the University of Scranton Invitational. Centenary took match #1, defeating Hood College in three games (30-20, 30-25, 30-25). In the night cap the Centenary women were downed by Mount Aloysius College by the same 3-0 score (23-30, 20-30, 15-30). With the split the Lady Cyclones move to 4-7 on the season, 3-7 in tournament play.
Centenary's Victoria Rice (Corona del Mar, CA/Corona del Mar) and Christina Boyer (Flemington/Hunterdon Central) paced the attack recording 21 and 20 kills respectively in the two matches. Setter Jolyn Veres (Denville/Morris Knolls) tallied 47 assists, while Libero Tomomi Kise (Osaka, Japan) tallied 56 digs.
With Centenary going an even 1-1 on the opening night of play, they will return to play on Saturday in the Purple Division. Centenary takes on St. Lawrence University at 10:00am and Wilkes University immediately following at 12:00pm.
Lady Cyclones Sweep Alvernia 3-0
(9/10/07) Tonight the Centenary volleyball team received the honor of not only being the first team to play a game in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, but also to get a victory. The Lady Cyclones were able to win in just three matches 30-26, 30-18 and 30-25. The team entered the game losing four straight matches and was happy to come away with a decisive win.
Fifth year senior Christina Boyer (Flemington/Hunterdon Central) led the team in two categories this evening tallying 19 kills, and four service aces. This brings Boyer’s kills to a season total of 112. She also registered 13 digs on the night.
Junior transfer, Victoria Rice (Corona del Mar, CA/Corona del Mar) aided in the victory with eight kills while Tomomi Kise (Osaka, Japan/Abeno) added digs out with 14. Capturing the lead in assists was junior Jolyn Veres (Denville/Morris Knolls) who had 35 on the night.
For the Crusaders in the loss, Natalie Minnich led with eight kills while Leah Crimi topped the assists category with 20.
This win increases the Lady Cyclones record to 3-6 overall and 1-0 in the PAC. The women travel to take on University of Scranton this Friday, September 14th at 4:00pm. Boxscore
Centenary goes 1-1 in First Night of Tournament
(8/31/07) The Lady Cyclones Volleyball opened their 2007 season with a pair of matches at the Moravian College Greyhound Premiere Invitational, in Bethlehem, PA yesterday. In the afternoon’s opening match, Centenary fell to host Moravian College 3-0 (21-30, 19-30, 11-30). Despite the loss, Centenary’s Christina Boyer (Flemington/Hunterdon Central) and Victoria Rice (Corona del Mar, CA/Corona del Mar) each recorded six kills, with Rice adding 19 digs. Junior setter, Jolyn Veres (Denville/Morris Knolls) tallied 13 assists.
In the evening match, the women bounced back for a 3-0 victory (30-23, 30-10, 30-23) over Sweet Briar College, evening their record at 1-1 heading into today’s second round. Centenary will play in the Gold Bracket on Saturday, taking on Penn State-Altoona at 10:00am and Alvernia College at 2:00pm.
For all the tournament results click below http://www.moravian.edu/athletics/volleyball/07tourney.htm
2007 Season Outlook
The 2007 Centenary Women’s Volleyball team has a great mixture of returning experience and fresh, new talent that has second year Coach Dinu Dan looking forward to a turnaround season. Coach Dan’s Lady Cyclones program returns six athletes from last season to the fall roster. These returnees include, seniors Jamie Herold [OP/MB], team’s third leading hitter last year, and Jennifer Vail [MB], team’s leader in digs (223) and service aces (50). Juniors Jolyn Veres [Setter], led Lady Cyclones in assists (411) and Dorothy Gasker [OH], who was third on the team in kills. The sophomore class is led by Jenny Noto [OH] and Jen Curtis [MB], team’s second leading hitter last fall. The addition of two fifth year seniors, Christina Boyer [MB/OH], second on the team in kills (127) in ’05, a 2nd Team All-Skyline Player in ’04, and the Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year in ’03; and Dairomy Bolano [OH], third leading hitter in ’04 and ’05, while being named a member of the All-Tournament Team at the NJAC/Skyline Challenge as a sophomore; should add even more depth to an already versatile team. Boyer rejoins the team after not playing in ’06, while Bolano returns after a knee injury kept her off the court the entire season. These leaders are enthusiastic about the year and have shown great promise and work-ethic in the off-season in preparing for what could be an extremely successful first year in the PAC (Pennsylvania Athletic Conference).
The other half the women’s combination is comprised of six incoming freshman, two first year players, and a transfer. Freshmen Cara Gibson [OH], Elizabeth Luckenbill [MB], Kelly Zegarowitz [MB/OH], Angela Pereira [OH], Lauren Lynch [OH] and Kristin Bender [LIB] join junior transfer Victoria Rice [MB/OH], sophomore Lorraine Keller [OH] and senior Sarah Walsh [OH] to round Coach Dan’s 2007 squad. Dan believes these incoming players will be a great asset to the women’s volleyball team and is looking forward to coaching them during the up coming season.
The Lady Cyclones 2007 schedule is one that will give the women a good test right from the start. Centenary opens the year with three high level, two-day tournaments at Moravian College, Muhlenberg College, and the University of Scranton mixed in with one conference match versus Alvernia College. From there the team jumps straight into a stretch of conference matches, acquainting themselves with future PAC opponents for the first time. By the end of the opening month, Centenary will have already competed on 11 different dates and should have grasp of where they stand heading into the second half of the year. The Centenary will close out 2007 with six conference match-ups that most likely will determine their appearance in the conference playoffs and what seed they will have earned.