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Updated
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Volleyball's Brittany Insley earns
NCCSIA All-State recognition
 Rocky
Mount, NC
- The North
Carolina Collegiate Sports
Information Association has
announced its second annual College
Division All-State volleyball team.
North Carolina Wesleyan is pleased
to announce that sophomore middle
hitter Brittany Insley was chosen as
a Second Team selection.
Insley (pictured), one of just five
Division III athletes on the squad,
turned in a record-setting season
for the Bishops in 2007 and led head
coach Robin Pietryk's team to a
21-14 overall mark.
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Volleyball falls in semifinals,
George ends Bishop career
 Newport
News, VA
- North Carolina Wesleyan's
volleyball season came to an end on
Friday night as the Bishops fell 3-0
to top-seeded Christopher Newport in
the 2007 USA South Tournament
Semifinals. Game scores were
30-13, 30-19, and 30-25.
Wesleyan finishes the season with a
21-14 overall record and says
farewell to senior setter Caitlin
George (pictured), who will be
remembered as one of the best
players in program history.
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USA South
announces
All-Conference
awards for fall
sports
 Fayetteville,
NC
-
The USA South
has announced
its
All-Conference
awards for
volleyball and
soccer.
North Carolina
Wesleyan had 12
athletes earn
recognition,
while three
Bishops were
named to their
respective
All-Sportsmanship
teams.
Among the 12
honorees, there
were five First
Team picks, four
Second Team
picks, and three
Honorable
Mentions.
Sophomore
Brittany Insley
earned First
Team honors in
volleyball.
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NCWC
netters advance to USA South
Semifinals with sweep
 Rocky
Mount, NC
- The Bishop volleyball team of
North Carolina Wesleyan made quick
work of Ferrum College on Tuesday
night in Everett Gym, sweeping the Panthers
by a 3-0 score in
USA South Tournament quarterfinal
action. Game scores were
30-26, 31-29, and 30-18.
Sophomore Brittany Insley (pictured)
was dominant in a 20-kill, 8-block
performance. The Battling
Bishops improve to
21-13 overall and advance to
Friday's semifinals.
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Bens' 18 kills gives Bishop netters
3-2 win over Ferrum
 Danville,
VA
- Junior Sydney Bens (pictured)
recorded a team-high 18 kills and 22
digs to lead her North Carolina
Wesleyan volleyball squad to a 3-2
win over Ferrum College on Friday
night at Averett University.
The win, coupled with a Panther loss
to CNU later in the evening, gives
the Bishops a 4th-place finish in
the conference standings at 11-7.
The 11 league wins are a new program
record and assures that Wesleyan
will host the first round of the USA
South Tournament.
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