November 17, 2007
BRYANT VOLLEYBALL DEFEATS NEW HAVEN 3-1
Bulldogs Advance to NCAA Northeast Regional Final
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Freshman Adrienne Boss continued her strong play at the NCAA's,
hitting .400 with 11 kills in the team's win over New
Haven Friday. www.dspics.com
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OAKDALE, NY - The Bryant University women's volleyball team is
headed back to the NCAA Regional Final once again thanks to a 3-1
win over third-seed University of New Haven Friday evening.
The Bulldogs won 30-26, 30-24, 26-30, 30-21. The Bulldogs
will face top-seed Dowling, a 3-0 winner over Bentley, in the
regional final on Saturday evening at 7 pm.
Against the Chargers, a team the Bulldogs split with during the
regular season, falling 3-0 in Waltham, Mass. and winning 3-0 in
Smithfield, Bryant continued its late season surge with another
strong performance all around. Senior Likica Grceva
(Natick, Mass.) led the way with 17 kills and 17 digs
while sophomore Julie Geonnotti (St. Louis Park,
Minn.) added 15 kills.
The Bulldogs hit .277 for the match and held New Haven's tough
middle hitter Anicia Wood to just .189 hitting. Wood had a
match-high 20 kills but had 10 errors on 53 swings in the match and
just one block.
Grceva, the MVP of the Northeast-10 Conference tournament, won
by the Bulldogs, hit a solid .350 in the match and added three of
Bryant's seven service aces. Sophomore Morgan Wood
(Cedar Park, TX) and freshman Adrienne Boss
(Dracut, Mass.) each had 11 kills while freshman Miranda
Kolb (Holt, Mich.) added 10.
Bryant, making its 10th NCAA appearance, will now
advance to the regional finals Saturday night. This will be the
third trip to the regional final (Sweet Sixteen) and the first for
the Bulldogs since 2003 when the Bulldogs fell to host
Queens.
The winner of Saturday's regional final will advance to the
Elite Eight November 29 through December 1 at a site to be
determined.
