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The William and Mary volleyball team returns to the court Sunday afternoon, traveling to Atlanta to take on Georgia State in a key Colonial Athletic Association match-up. The Tribe will take on the Panthers at 1 p.m.
Live Stats
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Scouting the Tribe
W&M is 10-9 overall and 2-3 in the league after taking on the top three teams in the last three matches. Manon Murray (Greensboro, N.C.), Paulette Grand Pre (Laguna Beach, Calif.), and Dessi Koleva (Torrance, Calif.) are all averaging more than 2.5 points per set, and freshman Carolyn Albright (Raleigh, N.C.) is hitting .316 to lead the Tribe on offense. On the other side of the net, senior Shaylin O'Connell (Leesburg, Va.) and Albright are averaging 0.95 and 0.93 blocks per set, respectively, while Devin Andrews-Lyssy (Santa Rosa, Calif.) leads the team with 3.0 digs per set.
Scouting the Panthers
Georgia State is 3-14 on the year, and 1-4 in the CAA after knocking off UNCW 3-2 on Saturday. The Panthers are being led offensively by Dede Bohannon and Jamie Freeman, who are each averaging 2.35 kills per set. On defense, Eliza Zachary is averaging 1.17 blocks per set, and Emily Averbeck is averaging 5.48 digs per set as well.
The Series
The Tribe has played Georgia State 12 times so far, and owns a 9-3 record in the series. W&M has won each of the last four in Atlanta.
News and Notes
- Last Sunday's match against Delaware featured two of the CAA's winningest coaches. Delaware's Bonny Kenny has accumulated 539 wins in her long and successful career, and against UNCW on Sept. 22, W&M's Melissa Aldrich Shelton '91 achieved a major milestone of her own. The 3-0 sweep of the Seahawks was the 300th of Shelton's career, with 66 of them coming at the helm of her alma mater in 4+ seasons.
- Freshman Dessi Koleva averaged more than three kills per set against Hofstra and Northeastern to claim CAA Rookie of the Week honors for the third time in four weeks. She was also honored as the Division I Player of the Week by the ECAC, a regional organization of more than 300 universities across all three NCAA Divisions.
- Freshman Carolyn Albright was also selected as the CAA Rookie of the Week, back on Sept. 3, starting a string of three straight weeks and four of five in which the league's best newcomer has worn the Green and Gold. Overall, the Tribe has won four of the eight Rookie of the Week honors given out this season.
- With the in-season tournament schedule now complete, the College counted a total of eight all-tournament selections this season. Senior Shaylin O'Connell was named to three of the four all-tournament teams, including both of W&M's home events as well as the Duke Invitational. Paulette Grand Pre and Manon Murray each had two nods, with Grand Pre earning honors at the Tribe Invitational and the UNH Invitational, while Murray was one of the six-best players at both UNH and the Colonial Challenge. Freshman Dessi Koleva was only named to one all-tournament team, the Colonial Challenge, but her terrific play lifted her to the MVP award.
- Each of the Tribe's first three victories came by a 3-1 count, the first time that each of the first three wins have seen the same score since 2000. That season, W&M's first four wins all came by a 3-0 count.
Live Stats
Live Video
Scouting the Tribe
W&M is 10-9 overall and 2-3 in the league after taking on the top three teams in the last three matches. Manon Murray (Greensboro, N.C.), Paulette Grand Pre (Laguna Beach, Calif.), and Dessi Koleva (Torrance, Calif.) are all averaging more than 2.5 points per set, and freshman Carolyn Albright (Raleigh, N.C.) is hitting .316 to lead the Tribe on offense. On the other side of the net, senior Shaylin O'Connell (Leesburg, Va.) and Albright are averaging 0.95 and 0.93 blocks per set, respectively, while Devin Andrews-Lyssy (Santa Rosa, Calif.) leads the team with 3.0 digs per set.
Scouting the Panthers
Georgia State is 3-14 on the year, and 1-4 in the CAA after knocking off UNCW 3-2 on Saturday. The Panthers are being led offensively by Dede Bohannon and Jamie Freeman, who are each averaging 2.35 kills per set. On defense, Eliza Zachary is averaging 1.17 blocks per set, and Emily Averbeck is averaging 5.48 digs per set as well.
The Series
The Tribe has played Georgia State 12 times so far, and owns a 9-3 record in the series. W&M has won each of the last four in Atlanta.
News and Notes
- Last Sunday's match against Delaware featured two of the CAA's winningest coaches. Delaware's Bonny Kenny has accumulated 539 wins in her long and successful career, and against UNCW on Sept. 22, W&M's Melissa Aldrich Shelton '91 achieved a major milestone of her own. The 3-0 sweep of the Seahawks was the 300th of Shelton's career, with 66 of them coming at the helm of her alma mater in 4+ seasons.
- Freshman Dessi Koleva averaged more than three kills per set against Hofstra and Northeastern to claim CAA Rookie of the Week honors for the third time in four weeks. She was also honored as the Division I Player of the Week by the ECAC, a regional organization of more than 300 universities across all three NCAA Divisions.
- Freshman Carolyn Albright was also selected as the CAA Rookie of the Week, back on Sept. 3, starting a string of three straight weeks and four of five in which the league's best newcomer has worn the Green and Gold. Overall, the Tribe has won four of the eight Rookie of the Week honors given out this season.
- With the in-season tournament schedule now complete, the College counted a total of eight all-tournament selections this season. Senior Shaylin O'Connell was named to three of the four all-tournament teams, including both of W&M's home events as well as the Duke Invitational. Paulette Grand Pre and Manon Murray each had two nods, with Grand Pre earning honors at the Tribe Invitational and the UNH Invitational, while Murray was one of the six-best players at both UNH and the Colonial Challenge. Freshman Dessi Koleva was only named to one all-tournament team, the Colonial Challenge, but her terrific play lifted her to the MVP award.
- Each of the Tribe's first three victories came by a 3-1 count, the first time that each of the first three wins have seen the same score since 2000. That season, W&M's first four wins all came by a 3-0 count.
