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Skyhawks Look To Fend Off Yellow Jackets In The NE-10 Tournament
Easton, Mass. - The Skyhawks look to win their first conference tournament match in over a decade when they travel Pace University for the Northeast-10 Conference tounament Friday November 14 and Saturday November 15. Four seed Stonehill matches up against the fifth seed AIC Yellow Jackets on Friday at 5:30 as they seek to beat the Yellow Jackets for the second time in as many weeks. The Skyhawks are 20-10 on the year and 8-6 in NE-10 play, while the Yellow Jackets come into the match with a record of 12-12 and an 8-6 record in conference play but lost to Stonehill in their only match of the season.
It's Been A While...
2008 marks the first time in four years that the Skyhawks
are making an appearance the NE-10 Tournament.
Double Your Pleasure
The Skyhawks have doubled their win total in each of the
past two seasons, finishing with five wins in 2006, ten in 2007 and
20 in 2008.
The Big 2-0
Stonehill's 20 wins is the most the Skyhawks have had
since they went 23-8 in 1997.
Preseason Predictions?
The Skyhawks were picked to finish ninth in the NE-10
preseason poll after concluding the 2007 season 5-9 in the
conference.
Jump Around
The 2008 Stonehill squad's 10 game improvement from the
previous season is the second largest turnaround in school history,
just behind the 1993 squad that was 11 games better than the 1992
team.
You Play To Win The Game
The Skyhawks have won seven of their last eight conference
matches to finish at 8-6 after starting out 1-5 in NE-10
play.
Dead Aim
Sophomore Erin Johnson's (Centerville,
Mass.) .280 attack percentage is the highest for a player with at
least 150 kills since Jessica Batcha hit .381 in 1998.
Thorn in Your Side
Freshman Michelle Thornhill's (Canyon
Lake, Calif.) ranks first on the team and fourth in the NE-10 10
with 3.00 kills per set.
Smokin'
Michelle Thornhill has had at least 15
kills in each of her last four matches, including a career high 20
kills twice.
Ready, Set...
Sophomore Andrea Wirth (Mesa, Ariz.)
leads the team with 922 assists and has averaged 11.66 assists per
set over the team's last eight matches.
Aces Wild
Senior Katherine Masson (Acushnet, Mass.)
leads the team with 55 services aces and her .54 aces per set ranks
25th in the country and fourth in the conference.
A Grand Ole' Time
Against Southern New Hampshire Katherine
Masson became just the fifth player in school history to
record 1000 kills.
From Far And Wide
The Skyhawks have 14 players from nine different
states.
The Iron(wo)man
Freshman Laura Huselton (Penfield, N.Y.)
is the only Skyhawk to play in all 105 sets this year. The
freshman is fifth on the team in kills, fourth in digs and fourth
in blocks.
Diggin It
Sophomore Therese Mance (Milwaukee, Wis.)
leads the team with 289 digs and 3.04 digs per set in her first
season with the Skyhawks.
Block Party
Sophomore Laura Noonan (Hampstead, N.H.)
leads Stonehill with 83 total blocks, more than twice as many as
the next highest player on the team. Noonan has a career
average of .82 blocks per set and 168 in two years.
There's No Place Like Home
The Skyhawks have been dominant at Merkert Gymnasium this
season. They have won their last seven home matches and also
an impressive 12-2 overall, with their only losses coming against
Pace and St. Rose.
Upping the Ante
In conference play this season Michelle
Thornhill is averaging 3.31 kills per set and
Katherine Masson is hitting a team high .257 in
conference play with 3.09 kills per set.