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CNU Volleyball Extends Program-High Win Streak to 22 With Pair of Victories at CNU Invitational
Story Courtesy of the CNU Athletics Site
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- The 6th ranked Christopher Newport
University volleyball team extended it's program-high win streak to
22 matches today, with a pair of victories at the 2010 CNU
Invitational. The Captains dropped Haverford, 3-0, and escaped with
a 3-2 victory over Salisbury University. CNU improves to 23-1
overall this season with a record 22 straight wins.
Christopher Newport went 4-0 at the CNU Invitational, including a
huge win over 10th ranked Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Friday night.
In today's game versus Haverford the Captains won in three sets
with scores of 25-21, 25-21 and 25-19. Caitlyn Jansen (Lorton, Va.)
had 10 kills for the Captains followed by Kara Elder
(Charlottesville, Va.) with nine. Jansen also led the team in
blocks with four. Jessie Heavenrich (Cambria, Calif.) had 42
assists, 10 digs and one block. Abby Hogge (Clifton, Va.) had a
team-high 14 digs.
The Captains took on Salisbury in their final match of the CNU
Invitational. The Seagulls jumped out to win the first set 25-23
giving the Captains their fourth set loss this season. The Captains
bounced back to win the second and third sets 25-16 and 25-14. But
the Seagulls evened the score at 2-2 with a 25-20 win of the fourth
set but the Captains dominated in the fifth winning 15-7 and
sealing their 22nd straight victory.
Jansen had 17 kills in the match while Hogge led in digs with 21.
Jansen also put up a team-high eight blocks while Chelsea McClure
(Montclair, Va.) had six.
At the conclusion of the CNU Invitational an all tournament team
was selected with CNU's Jessie Heavenrich being named the
tournament MVP.
All-Tournament Team
Keldey Cantwell, Haverford
Louise Brooks, Washington & Lee
Carley Todd, Salisbury
Andrea Felton, UW-Oshkosh
Abby Hogge, CNU
Jessie Heavenrich, CNU (MVP)
CNU vs. Haverford
SET SCORES 1
2 3
CNU
25 25 25
SU
21 21 19
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CNU vs. Salisbury
SET SCORES 1
2 3
4 5
CNU
23 25 25 20 15
SU
25 16 14 25 7
Box
Score (PDF) | Box
Score (html)
