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Updated
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Bishop volleyball season ends with
3-2 loss in USAC semifinals
Newport
News, VA
- Despite 21 kills from junior
Brittany Insley (pictured), the
2nd-seeded Battling Bishop
volleyball squad of North Carolina
Wesleyan came up just short in its
bid for a USA South Championship
appearance, falling to 3rd-seeded
Averett by a 3-2 score in Newport
News, VA. Set scores were 17-25,
25-22, 21-25, 25-23, and 15-11. The
loss marks the end of one of the
best seasons in program history for
the Bishops, who finish the season
with a 26-8 overall record.
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USA
South announces
All-Conference
awards for fall
sports
Fayetteville,
NC
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The USA South
has announced
its
All-Conference
awards for
volleyball and
soccer.
North Carolina
Wesleyan had 17
athletes earn
recognition,
while three
Bishops were
named to their
respective
All-Sportsmanship
teams.
Among the 17
honorees, there
were six First
Team picks, four
Second Team
picks, three
Third Team
picks, and four
Honorable
Mentions.
Leading the way
were junior
Danny Persson of
men's soccer and
freshman
Mackenzie Tingle
of volleyball.
Persson was
tabbed the
league's Player
of the Year,
while Tingle
(pictured)
garnered Rookie
of the Year
accolades.
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Wesleyan
volleyball
advances to
USAC
semifinals
with 3-0
win
Rocky
Mount, NC
- Behind a game-high 15 kills and
.714 hitting percentage by junior
Brittany Insley (pictured), the
Battling Bishop volleyball squad of
North Carolina Wesleyan earned a 3-0
sweep of Ferrum College on Tuesday
night in Everett Gymnasium.
With the win, the Bishops improve to
26-7 overall, which ties the
single-season record for total
victories set in 1980. More
importantly, Wesleyan advances to
the semifinals of the 2008 USA South
Conference Tournament for the second
consecutive year.
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Bishop volleyball splits at Ferrum,
prepares for league tourney
Ferrum, VA
- The North
Carolina Wesleyan volleyball squad
extended its winning streak to 15
games with a 3-0 sweep of host
Ferrum College on Saturday, but the
Cougars of Averett University pulled
an upset in the day's second match
with a 3-1 victory over the Bishops,
who turned in a runner-up finish in
the the USA South standings with a
program-record 15-3 conference mark.
The league split wraps up Wesleyan's
regular season slate and give the
Bishops a 25-7 record entering next
week's conference tournament.
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NCWC
volleyball celebrates Senior Night
with 3-0 sweep of MU
Rocky
Mount, NC
- North Carolina Wesleyan's
volleyball squad celebrated its 2008
Senior Night with a 3-0 sweep of USA
South rival Methodist University on
Wednesday night in Everett
Gymnasium. Set scores were 29-27,
25-16, and 25-22. Prior to the
match, the Bishops honored senior
Sydney Bens (pictured center with
teammates Brittany Insley and Kelly
George). Bens went on to tally nine
kills and nine digs to lead NCWC to
its 14th straight win and a perfect
11-0 month of October.
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Records
Overall: 26-8
USA South: 15-3
Latest Scores
11/07 v. Averett -
L (2-3)
11/04 v. Ferrum -
W (3-0)
11/01
v. Averett -
L (1-3)
11/01 v. Ferrum -
W (3-0)
10/29 v. MU -
W (3-0)
10/25 v. G'boro -
W (3-1)
10/25 v. MBC -
W (3-0) |