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Nov. 8, 2007

Volleyball Closes Out Regular Season at Cleveland State

    Youngstown --  The Youngstown State volleyball team (12-16, 5-10 Horizon League) closes out the 2007 regular season when it visits Cleveland State (19-8, 12-3 Horizon League), Saturday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m.

    The Penguins are coming off a 1-1 week last week when they defeated Horizon League foe Valparaiso in five games and lost to nationally-ranked Dayton, 3-0.

    In the first match between the Penguins and Vikings this season, CSU rallied to defeat Youngstown State, 3-1, after dropping the first game. Senior Jessica Fraley led the Penguins with 17 digs and 13 digs while sophomore Ruth Boscaljon added 11 kills.

 

Fraley Now Sixth, 31 From 1,000

Senior Jessica Fraley moved into sixth place on the YSU single-season kills list with 395 kills and needs 11 more to move into fifth place and just five more to become the fifth player in school history to post 400 kills in a season. Fraley also needs 31 more kills to become the ninth player in school history to record 1,000 career kills.

 

Shives Reaches 400

Freshman Laurie Shives became the first YSU player since 1999 and the first YSU player in the rally-scoring era to record at least 400 digs in a season. Shives currently has 413 digs, which ranks fourth on the single-season list.

 

Everhart Movin' Up

With 1,138 assists this season, junior Karla Everhart moved into sixth place on the single-season assists list. She also ranks fifth all-time with 2,320 career assists. She is also just the third player in school history to post consecutive 1,000 assists seasons.

 

Barbosa In Rare Company

With 309 kills and 374 digs, junior Ebony Barbosa became just the eighth player in school history to record 300 kills and 300 digs in a season.

 

Heinz Among League Leaders

Sophomore middle hitter Allison Heinz is one of the top hitters in the Horizon League. Heinz, who has 135 kills against league foes, ranks third in the League with a .313 hitting percentage against Horizon League opponents. She also ranks ranks ninth with a .261 overall hitting percentage.

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