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November 8th, 2007

HONOLULU - The No. 10 University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team (21-4, 15-0 WAC) swept through the San Jose State Spartans (13-14, 7-9) 30-25, 30-27 and 30-14 in front of a crowd of 6,047 at the Stan Sheriff Center Thursday.

Jamie Houston led a balanced UH attack, hitting .364 while posting match-highs in kills (16) and digs (13). Amber Kaufman hit .727 with eight kills and two blocks while Juliana Sanders hit .381 with 11 kills. Aneli Cubi-Otineru added 12 kills and 10 digs with Elizabeth Ka`aihue posting 12 digs.

An ace by Houston, that trickled off the net, capped a 7-3 run for Hawai`i to start the first game. San Jose State used a three-point run to tie it at 13-13. The game would see 10 more ties before the Rainbow Wahine broke through with a 6-1 run, taking a 28-24 advantage before closing out the game 30-25.

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November 8th, 2007

RUSTON, La.-The No. 13 New Mexico State volleyball team continued their winning ways as they beat Louisiana Tech 4-0 (30-21, 29-31, 30-24, 30-17) in Ruston, La., Nov. 8., as two Aggies recorded 20 kills.

Junior Lindsey Yon (San Antonio, Texas) and sophomore Krista Altermatt (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) each bolted down 20 kills in the four-game match. Altermatt hit the ball consistently as she came up with a .405 hitting percentage. They both also had double-digit digs for another double-double on the season for each player.

“Lindsey and Krista played tough for us tonight,” head coach Mike Jordan said. “Our setters fed them the ball well and that helped them get their kills tonight.”

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Nov. 8, 2007

ATLANTA - Callie Miller notched a career-high 20 kills and Talisa Kellogg hit .455 while recording a match-high 21 kills to lead Georgia Tech past No. 14 Duke, 3-1 (30-24, 30-23, 27-30, 31-29) Thursday night at O'Keefe Gym. With the win, the Yellow Jackets improved to 18-9 on the season and 12-5 in the ACC, while Duke fell to 20-5 and 15-2 in conference play.

The Yellow Jackets' win is Tech's 12th over a ranked opponent since Shymansky was named head coach in 2002, and extends the program's streak to six-consecutive years of recording at least one victory over a ranked team.

"Our team played with great poise tonight and stayed in control of the match from the first point to the last," head coach Bond Shymansky said. "It feels like every week we've had improvement, and we're certainly rising at the right time."

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Nov. 8, 2007

ATHENS, Ohio - The No. 15 Ohio volleyball team captured its fifth-straight Mid-American Conference regular season championship Thursday evening with a 3-0 (30-21, 30-23, 30-15) victory against Kent State at the Convocation Center. The Bobcats become just the second school in the history of the conference to win five consecutive regular season titles, joining Western Michigan, which won the regular season six times from 1983-88.

Ohio (22-4, 14-1) out-hit Kent State (19-9, 10-5) .357 to .119 and landed 58 kills to Kent State's 34. The significant difference in hitting was the result of a strong Bobcat defense, which collected 65 digs to the Golden Flashes' 39.

Senior middle blocker Melissa Griffin (Whitehall, Mich.) led the Bobcat attack with 16 kills on 27 swings, while committing only two errors for a .519 hitting percentage. Ohio sophomore outside hitter Ellen Herman (Toledo, Ohio) totaled 13 kills (.226) and freshman outside hitter Melissa Szkutnik (Perrysburg, Ohio) had a solid match with 10 kills on a .421 clip.

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Nov. 8, 2007

DAYTON, Ohio - A boisterous crowd of 1,838 fans lifted the #16 Dayton volleyball team to a 3-0 (33-31, 30-18, 30-23) sweep of Atlantic 10 rival Xavier on Thursday night at Frericks Center. The largest crowd ever to watch a home UD volleyball match saw the Flyers clinch the 2007 A-10 Regular Season Title and improve to 27-1, 11-1 A-10.

After suffering its only loss of the season at Xavier on Oct. 19, Dayton redeemed itself on Thursday with a 3-0 sweep to ensure the Flyers will be the top seed in next weekend's Atlantic 10 Championship in Charlotte, NC via a 4-3 aggregate in games won between the two matches.

Dayton has won A-10 Regular Season Championships in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 and now 2007. Its run of four straight regular season titles matches George Washington (1992-1995) for the second longest run of consecutive championships in A-10 history. Penn State won the first seven Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championships from 1984-1990.

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Nov. 8, 2007

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Five different players recorded double-digit kills as the 19th-ranked University of San Diego women's volleyball team won a thrilling 3-2 West Coast Conference match over visiting Loyola Marymount University Thursday evening at USD's Jenny Craig Pavilion.

With the 30-26, 31-29, 22-30, 21-30, 15-13 win, the Toreros improve to 18-7 overall and move to 8-3 in the WCC. With the loss, the Lions fall to 13-1 overall and 5-6 in the WCC.

Amy DeGroot led the team with her 16 kills to go along with 17 digs to post a double-double. Erin Wiskar was the second USD player to record a double-double with 10 kills and a career-high 20 digs. Laurel Abrahamson was the third Torero in double digit kills with 11, Torey Ellick added in 10 kills and freshman right side Ali Troost was the final USD player in double digit kills with 12. Sophomore libero Andrea Csaszi led the team with 23 digs. As a team, USD hit for a .128 clip.

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November 8th, 2007

SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly senior libero Kristin Jackson (above) became both the 25th player in the history of NCAA Division I volleyball to record 2,000 career digs and appear in 400-consecutive games Thursday evening, as the No. 22 Mustangs won for the 13th time in their last 14 matches by downing UC Santa Barbara, 30-21, 30-23, 23-30, 30-17, at Mott Gym.

Jackson entered Thursday’s match needing 11 digs to notch 2,000 for her career. She reached the plateau early in the second game and finished the evening with 28 to move into 21st on the all-time leaderboard. Jackson, who has appeared in each of the Mustangs’ 402 games since the start of her 2004 freshman season, enters Saturday’s 7 p.m. match at UC Riverside ranked 25th in Division I history in consecutive games played. In Division I history, only 15 other athletes have played every possible game of their career for their respective program (minimum 400 games).

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Nov. 8, 2007

Riverside, Calif. - Brittany Moore slammed 22 kills and hit .327 as Cal State Fullerton downed UC Riverside 3-1 in a Big West Conference volleyball match Thursday night at The Student Recreation Center.

Fullerton evens their record back up at 13-13 overall and 7-7 in conference play. The seventh league win sets a school record for the most conference victories by any Titan team. UC Riverside fell to 6-18, 2-11.

Alex Wolnisty (16) and Deven Bukoski (11) added double figures in kills to add to Moore's second consecutive night with 20-plus kills. Moore also added a game high three aces from the service line and three block assists in the 23-30, 30-18, 30-19, 30-17 victory.

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