(10/25/06) The Centenary Lady Cyclones volleyball took on Skyline opponent, Stevens Institute of Technology in their final home game of the season tonight.  The women fell short losing in three games, 30-12, 30-15, and 30-13.

For the Ducks’ in the victory Melissa Rhode (New Orleans, LA/Benjamin Franklin) from Stevens had seven kills along with 15 assists and Liz Livermont (Independence, CA/Owens Valley) helped with 16 assists. 

As for Centenary, Jennie Noto (Colonia/Mother Seton RHS) led the Lady Cyclones with eight kills in the loss. 

Centenary women’s volleyball is back in action in a tri-match at St. Joes-Patchogue with Farmingdale on Saturday, October 28th.
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(10/21/06) Earlier this afternoon visiting Baruch College defeated the Centenary Women’s Volleyball team 3-0 in their non-conference match-up.  The victory improves Baruch to 12-14 on the season, as the Bearcats have now won nine of their last ten matches.
 

The host Lady Cyclones dropped the three games by the scores of 16-30, 18-30 and 24-30 to fall to 2-21 overall on the year.  In the defeat junior Jamie Herold (Clinton/North Hunterdon) had very productive afternoon, registering seven kills, two blocks, and 16 digs.  Centenary’s Jenn Curtis (Bayonne/Holy Family) recorded 10 digs, while Jolyn Veres Denville/Morris Knolls) totaled 19 assists and six digs. 
 

For the Bearcats, Alice Livermore (Westbury, NY/W.T. Clarke) led the team with nine kills, while Myra Estepan (Jackson Heights, NY/Francis Lewis) and Ola Oeraj (Albania/Grover Cleveland) tallied 15 and 10 assists respectively.  BOXSCORE

(10/17/06) Earlier this evening the Centenary Women’s Volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to visiting Kean University.
 

Following an opening game that went to extra points with Kean eventually winning by the final 35-33, the Cougars ran off the final two without much of a problem 30-15 and 30-13.  The loss drops the Lady Cyclones to 2-20 on the season, while the victory gets Kean back to .500 at 12-12.  The Cougars’ Lauren Vazquez (Edgewater, NJ/Paramus Catholic) led the way with 12 kills, 13 digs, and four aces.  Her teammate Alicja Ciastoch (Teaneck, NJ/Immaculate Conception) added eight kills, nine digs, and 10 service aces, while Colleen Masterson (Rahway, NJ/Roselle Catholic) recorded a game high 37 assists.
 

As for Centenary, Jamie Herold (Clinton / North Hunterdon) and Dorothy Gasker (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe) totaled six kills a piece, with Jolyn Veres (Denville/Morris Knolls) recording 14 assists and nine digs in the loss.  BOXSCORE

(10/11/06) The Centenary Women’s Volleyball dropped a non-conference match earlier tonight by the final of 3-0 to Brooklyn College.
 

The Lady Cyclones had their opportunity to set the momentum in the night’s first game, but could not pull out the back and forth scoring and fell 30-28 in the opener.  Unfortunately for the hosts’ the evening’s energy never swung around to the other side of the net.  Centenary dropped Game two by the score of 30-22, and eventually Game three 30-25.  The loss drops the Lady Cyclones to 2-18 on the season.
 

For Centenary in the loss Jennie Noto (Colonia/Mother Seton RHS) led the offensive attack with seven kills.  Jolyn Veres (Denvile/Morris Knolls) recorded 16 assists to go along with her 10 digs, and one service ace.  As for Brooklyn College (8-7), Daphne Brunet (Brooklyn/Pattonville) and Gabrielle Rodriguez (Brooklyn/Nazareth) paced the offense totaling eight and six kills respectively.  Teammate Nancy Vuong (Malverne/Valley Stream North) tallied 19 assists and nine digs in the victory.  BOXSCORE

(9/20/06)  The Centenary Lady Cyclones got their first victory of the season tonight against the Rosemont College Lady Ramblers.  Centenary was able to win the match in only three games 30-9, 30-16 and 30-6.

Junior, Heather Domotor (Kendall Park/South Brunswick) led the team in kills with 11 while senior Jennifer Vail (New Providence/New Providence) followed closely behind with seven.  Domotor also lead the team in digs with eight. 

The Cyclones had 17 aces in the match with sophomore Jolyn Veres (Denville/Morris Knolls) recording five of them.  Along with leading the team in Aces, Veres also helped her team with 25 assists throughout the match.    

Jessica DeMesky (West Chester,PA/West Chester) led the Lady Ramblers with four kills and four digs on the night. 

Tonight’s match improved the Cyclone’s record to 1-11.  Centenary volleyball is back in action against Skyline Conference opponent Old Westbury on Saturday September 23rd.   BOXSCORE

The 2006 season begins under the direction of first year Head Coach Dinu Dan.  Coach Dan accepted the coaching position in the late summer and has a very enthusiastic outlook to what this fall could be for the Lady Cyclones program. Following a 2005 campaign that saw the Centenary women finish 8-17 overall and seventh (2-6) in the Skyline, one spot out of the conference playoffs, the coaching change and a group of new faces has the volleyball team looking for fresh start. 

According to Coach Dan, the team’s objective at Centenary will be to give the opportunity to the student-athletes to build up and create a successful Division III volleyball program.  The administration and our volleyball players are committed to turning around the women’s program here at Centenary College.  We are determined to make a difference in the school and the future of the volleyball program.  The team begins the new journey with a productive pre-season where our team members showed a great deal of dedication.  We are now creating a team nucleus that is based on reliable female volleyball players.  Everyone has worked hard towards the main goal, attempting to change the team’s outlook and approach to the game into a positive one.  Although there is a tremendous amount of work that needs to be done in order to achieve the goal, the program has great potential to grow in the upcoming season and in the future.

The Centenary women return six players from a year ago, including three starters and their main libero player.  The lone senior returning for the Lady Cyclones is middle hitter Jen Vail.  Vail saw limited time last year, although statistically playing in 23 of the teams 25 matches.  She recorded 14 kills and 22 digs on the season.  Jamie Herold and Heather Domotor are two juniors who will bring much needed experience to the Cyclones front court this fall.  Domotor was second on team in kills last season with 151 (1.46 kpg), while Herold, the team’s only left-handed attacker, totaled 44 kills from the middle position.  The largest number of returning players comes for the sophomore class, where Coach Dan has his top assist player in setter Jolyn Veres, the team’s top defensive player, libero Tomomi Kise, and a talented outside hitter in Jennie Noto.