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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 01:33 PM

Senior Asia Kaczor (Wroclaw, Poland/College of Southern Idaho) recorded 19 kills in a .425 performance (19-2-40) Friday as the No. 5 USC Trojans swept the Pepperdine Waves, 3-0 (30-22, 30-23, 31-29), in the first round of the 2007 NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament at the Galen Center.

With 40 attempts, Kaczor set a USC single-season record and now has 1,281 on the season. She passed her own mark of 1,272, set last season. She now has 553 kills as well, one behind Jennifer Kessy (554 in 1998) for second place on USC's list for most kills in a season. She will need 10 kills tomorrow night to tie her own record of 563 set last season and 11 to set a new record.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 01:34 PM

Michaela Hasalikova had 17 kills on .406 hitting to lead the 49ers to a tough five-game victory in Long Beach State’s NCAA Tournament opener Friday night. Alexis Crimes added 21 kills to lead all hitters for the match. The 49ers advance to Saturday's second round with the 30-20, 28-30, 30-27, 23-30, 15-10 win.

With her 21 kills, the 49ers’ star Crimes moved past Antoinnette White for third place in career kills with 1,732 in her career. Her combined hitting and blocking with Hasalikova would prove to be the difference in the long match along with solid all-around play from Ashley Lee and Nicole Vargas, each of whom came away with a double-double on the night.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 01:39 PM

The University of Delaware used a balanced attack to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after upending Princeton, 3-1 (24-30, 32-30, 30-27, 30-22), at Carnesecca Arena on Friday night.

Four Blue Hens notched at least 10 kills in the contest, including Kelly Gibson who recorded a match-high 19 to go along with 20 digs and two aces.

Colleen Walsh also had 11 kills during the match, while Katie Dennehy chipped in with seven of Delaware’s 12 blocks.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 01:40 PM

The Red Storm volleyball team won its NCAA Tournament opener Friday night in front of a record crowd of 1,241 at Carnesecca Arena, defeating the LIU Blackbirds 3-0 (30-25, 30-25, 30-16). With the win, St. John's improves to 32-3 overall, and LIU ends the season at 23-14.

The Red Storm was led by senior Hui Ping Huang, who recorded match-high's with 16 kills, a .556 hitting percentage and eight total blocks. Senior Wioleta Leszczynska finished with the match's only double-double, as she dished out 41 assists and pulled in 10 digs, while junior Lena Yee led the team with 12 digs.

Game one was close early as the Red Storm never built a lead greater than thee points. With a 20-19 lead, St. John's pulled away by grabbing six of the next eight points, to extend the lead to 27-21. A kill by senior LaToya Blunt ended game one, 30-25. Junior Casie Brooks tied the game-high with five kills and the team recorded four big blocks.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 01:41 PM

AUSTIN, Texas -- For the first time in 15 years, the LSU volleyball team won its first round NCAA Tournament match, coming back from a 2-1 deficit to win a five-game match over No. 14 New Mexico State, 30-25, 21-30, 21-30, 30-27, 15-13, on Friday evening at Gregory Gym.

The win improved the Tigers to 25-7 on the season, while the Aggies finished the year at 26-6.

The NCAA Tournament victory is the first for LSU since a first-round win over Texas Tech in 1992. The Tigers were unsuccessful in their past two first round games, falling to California last season and falling at Texas in 2005.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 01:42 PM

Amanda Cowdrey and Valerie Sourbeer finished with 11 kills apiece to lead UAlbany to a 3-0 sweep of Cleveland State in the first round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament at Penn State’s Rec Hall. UAlbany (24-9) controlled the match, taking the three games with scores of 30-20, 30-20 and 30-25. With the victory, the Great Danes become the third UAlbany team to win an NCAA Division I Tournament game, following the 2007 men’s lacrosse and softball teams.

The Great Danes built up a quick 5-1 lead in game one as Cleveland State’s Alexis Korovich recorded a hitting error off a Brooke Stanley serve. A service ace by Teresa Coppiellie followed by a Cowdrey kill gave UAlbany an 8-3 lead. Senior middle blocker Ashley Crenshaw tallied back-to-back kills in a four point swing for the Great Danes in the middle of the game, putting UAlbany up 20-10. The Vikings pulled within 25-18 late in the game, but a kill from Cowdrey and a Megan Mental service error for Cleveland State sealed the game one win for the Great Danes.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 01:42 PM

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Hosting an NCAA Tournament match for the first time in program history, the University of Michigan volleyball team knocked off the Miami RedHawks, 3-0 (30-16, 30-18, 30-27), Friday night (Nov. 30) in front of 2,328 fans gathered in Crisler Arena. U-M trailed only once in the deciding final game, before a three-point run put the contest away.

Senior Katie Bruzdzinski (Naperville, Ill./Naperville North) led the Wolverine attack, tallying a team-leading 19 kills, her second highest total in NCAA Tournament play. Junior Beth Karpiak (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township) tacked on 12 terminations of her own, while senior Stesha Selsky (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Marymount) led U-M with 18 digs.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 01:43 PM

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Jaime Strauss had her sixth double-double of the season with 10 kills and 14 digs as the Colorado State volleyball team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament Friday night, sweeping Illinois State. Katelin Batten broke the CSU single-season dig record, which she set in 2006 with 438 digs, after digging 15 balls for 449 digs on the season. CSU hit .322, with Tessa Nelson also adding 10 kills. Mekana Barnes led all players with five blocks. She also had nine kills and hit .300 for the match.

"I am very proud of our defense," said Head Coach Tom Hilbert. "We were getting to balls well and our persistence paid off. Mekana and Tessa were hitting high tonight. They were killing the ball well."

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 01:44 PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The No. 9 University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team (27-5) swept through the Tennessee State Tigers (20-14) 30-26, 30-14 and 30-17 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday.

Juliana Sanders came up big for Hawai`i, posting 11 kills and a .714 hitting percentage. Jamie Houston hit .333 with 18 kills, seven digs, five blocks and two aces while Aneli Cubi-Otineru had seven kills, eight digs and two aces. Amber Kaufman (five kills, three blocks, two aces, .500 hitting) and Kari Gregory (four kills, .800 hitting) made good contributions in the middle while Stephanie Brandt posted 44 assists, six digs and three aces.
A quick three-point run by the Tigers put them ahead 6-5 early. A 5-0 UH run got the Rainbow Wahine a 14-11 lead, only to see TSU score four in row, taking a 15-14 edge into the media timeout. It went back-and-forth until a 5-1 Hawai`i run pushed UH to a 26-23 edge. The Rainbow Wahine rode that momentum the rest of the way, taking game one 30-26.

Game two started tight with five ties, the last at 8-8. But Hawai`i then broke out, scoring 14 of the next 15 points to pull ahead 22-9. The Rainbow Wahine coasted the rest of the way, taking the second game 30-14.

Brandt had three aces in a 6-0 run early in game three to put UH ahead 7-2. A 10-1 run later in the game got it to 20-7 before the Rainbow Wahine closed it out with a 30-17 game three win.

Hawai`i will now face Middle Tennessee State (34-2) tomorrow at 7 p.m. EST (2 p.m. HST) in the second round, with a trip to the State College Regional on the line.

**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 01:45 PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Middle Tennessee advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in dramatic fashion on Friday defeating host Louisville 3-2 (30-28, 18-30, 30-23, 27-30, 15-12).
Sophomore Ashley Mead knocked down 19 kills, tying her career high to lead the Blue Raiders in the win. Freshman Izabela Kozon added assistance to Mead with 15 kills of her own for a .419 hitting percentage.

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