Three Argos Receive Conference Honors

March 5 – Marissa Miller, Emily Evans and Shauna Folan were named All-PAC West Honorable Mention for their outstanding efforts during the 2006 season.

Miller, a junior outside hitter, led the Pac West in aces (75), total kills (472) and points (571).  She also finished with a team high 3.72 kills per game, ranking her seventh in the conference. 

Evans, a junior, finished fifth in the conference in total kills (378) and blocks (65) and 11th in kills per game with 2.98.

Folan, a sophomore played primarily at libero and led the conference in digs with 600 and digs per game with 4.84.

The Argos finished 13-24 on the season and took home fifth place in the Pac West.

Argos Fall to Lopes 3-1

November 4 – The Notre Dame de Namur women’s volleyball team could not hold off the Grand Canyon Antelopes, dropping their last game of the season 3-1 (28-30, 26-30, 36-34, 22-30)  The ‘Lopes used 59 kills, eight aces and 23 blocks to improve their record to 17-14 on the season.  NDNU racked up 67 kills, 26 of which came in the thrilling third game. 

Marissa Miller led four Argos who reached double digit kills, connecting on a career high 24 kills and adding 21 digs.  Caitlin Torres tallied 16 kills while Sarah Perry and Emily Evans had 12 and 11 respectively.  Senior Jennifer McMurtry closed out her career at NDNU with 55 assists and two aces.  GCU was led by Dana Edington’s 21 kills and Ashley Bright’s 12 blocks.  Tonya Rooth added 11 kills while Bright and Stephanie Yingling tacked on nine apiece.  The Argos concluded the season with a 14-23 overall record and were 3-12 in Pac West play. Box Score

Argos Outlast ‘Lopes in Five Games

November 3 – The NDNU women’s volleyball captured their third straight Pac West victory, downing Grand Canyon in five games (27-30, 30-17, 30-23, 22-30, 15-5).  The Argos found themselves down a game early, but bounced back with two straight wins.  In the second game, with the score tied at 17, NDNU rallied off 13 straight points to tie the match at one game apiece.  After the Argos won game three to take a 2-1 lead, the ‘Lopes won game four, sending the match into a fifth game.  Jennifer McMurtry started off the fifth game with two straight aces as NDNU jumped out to a big lead and cruised to a 15-5 victory.  The Argos racked up 68 kills and 14 aces for the match while Grand Canyon collected 47 kills and 15 blocks.

Emily Evans led the Argos attack, recording a career high 20 kills and hit .317 on the night.  Marrisa Miller added 18 kills, seven aces and a game high 21 digs while Sarah Perry tacked 11 kills of her own.  Jennifer McMurtry tallied 56 assists and Shauna Folan picked up 19 digs for NDNU on the night.  Grand Canyon got 13 kills apiece from Stephanie Yingling and Dana Edington as well as nine blocks from Ashley Bright.  These two teams will meet again tomorrow night at Walter Gleason Gym for the final game of the season at 7:00 pm.

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