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2003 CUNYAC Women's Volleyball Championships
City College Claims CUNYAC Women's Volleyball Championships;
Top Lehman 3-1
 New
York, NY
- Top-seeded
City College defeated #2 Lehman, 3-1, to capture their first City University of
New York Athletic Conference women’s volleyball championship since 1984,
Thursday evening at City College. The
victory gave the Beavers an automatic
bid to the upcoming NCAA Division III Championships. City reached the finals by defeating Baruch,
3-1, in the semifinals earlier in the evening while Lehman blanked York. Tournament Most Valuable Player Erja
Vettenranta (Jurva, Finland)
recorded 12 kills and 15 digs in the semifinal victory over Baruch and added 27
kills and 20 digsin the championship match victory against Lehman. “This
is very sweet for us because we have come so close so many times,” said
City
College head coach Robert
Pichardo. “Lehman played us extremely
tough, but somehow are team was able to stay mentally strong. Our whole starting line-up played great
tonight.”
CHAMPIONSHIP
MATCH
#1
CCNY DEFEATED #2 LEHMAN 30-25, 28-30,
30-28, 30-15
City
led the entire way in the opening game and went on to a 30-25 win. In game two, Lehman went on a 4-0 run to
break a 20-20 deadlock and were able to hold on for the 30-28 win. City took control of the match in the third
game despite trailing for most of the way. The Beavers, down 25-22, went on a
6-0 run to go in front, 28-25, and held on for a 30-28 victory. City jumped out to a 9-1 lead in game four
and closed out the Lightning, 30-15. Isabel Lorenzo led Lehman with 20 kills
and Jaquelin Peralta added 17 kills
for City.
SEMIFINALS
#1
CCNY DEFEATED #4 BARUCH 30-28, 30-24, 17-30, 30-19
Top-seeded
CCNY (23-4) advanced to the finals by defeating #4 seeded Baruch (16-17) in four sets.
Freshman hitter Jacqueline Peralta (Manhattan, NY) recorded a
match-high 14 kills and added 15 digs and junior outside hitter Erja Vettenranta (Jurva, Finland) added 12
kills and 15 digs for the Beavers.
Sophomore Latishea Pearson (St. Albans,
NY) registered a team-high 13 kills
and 14 digs and junior hitter Jennifer O’Connor (Middle
Village, NY) added 12 kills for
Baruch.
#2
LEHMAN DEFEATED #6 YORK
30-16, 30-17, 30-22
Sophomore
middle hitter Isabel Lorenzo (Bronx,
NY)had
a team-high 11 kills and added 6 digs to lead #2 seeded Lehman (19-6) into the
CUNYAC finals with a three-game sweep of #6 seeded York. Junior setter Esmeralda Camacho (Manhattan,
NY) added 30 assists and 10 digs for the
Lightning. Sophmore middle hitter Adriana
Miseje (Glen Cove, NY)
had 9 kill andsenior hitter Sheryl Bawayan (Woodhaven,
NY) added 16 digs for York
(7-16).
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2003 CUNYAC / BURGER KING Women's Volleyball ALL-STARS |
 Bronx, NY- CCNY junior outside hitter Erja Vettenranta was named CUNY Athletic Conference Player of the
Year, as voted by the CUNY Athletic Conference coaches last night. Vettenranta, a native of Jurva, Finland,
averaged 4.05 kills and hit .367 from the floor this past season to help lead the Beavers to their first CUNYAC
championship since 1984. Her teammate, freshman Jacquelin Peralta (Manhattan, NY) was named Rookie of
the Year and Beavers’ head coach Robert Pichardo earned Coach of the Year honors.
Player of the Year
ERJA VETTENRANTA, CCNY, JR., OH
4.05 kills, .367 hitting percentage, 4.30 digs, CUNYAC Tournament MVP
Rookie of the Year
JACQUELIN PERALTA, CCNY, FR., OH 3.68 kills, .260 hitting percentage, 3.14 digs
First Team All-Stars
SAFIA MIAN, BARUCH, SO., S 9.36 assists, 2.47 digs 43 aces
LATISHEA PEARSON, BARUCH, SO., MB 3.42 kills, 4.24 digs, 35 aces
JOSENNY HIDALGO, LEHMAN, SR., OH 2.45 kills, 1.72 digs
ESMERALDA CAMACHO, LEHMAN, JR., S 8.82 assists, 62 aces,1.79 digs
YANIZA DELOS SANTOS, LEHMAN, FR., OH 2.97 kills, 1.51 digs, 32 aces
ISABEL LORENZO, LEHMAN, SO., MB 3.68 kills, 1.73 digs
Second Team All-Stars
JENNIFER O’CONNOR, BARUCH, JR, OH .2.18 kills, 35 aces
CATHERINE MARTINEZ, CCNY, JR., OH 3.01 kills, 4.01 digs
CLASSIC JOHN, HUNTER, SO., MH 1.62 kills, 1.17 blocks
KIMBERLY ZHU, HUNTER, SO., OH 2.64 kills, 3.51 digs, 54 aces
KERRI KOSLOSKY, JOHN JAY, SR., OH 3.53 kills, 3.43 digs, 43 aces
TAMMY CHASE, MEDGAR EVERS, JR., MH 4.16 kills, 2.43 digs, 40 aces
RENEE THOMPSON, YORK, FR., OH 2.53 kills, 5.38 digs
Coach of the Year
ROBERT PICHARDO, CCNY Led program to first CUNYAC title since 1984
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8 |
CONFERENCE |
OVERALL |
a |
| # |
School |
W |
L |
Pct. |
W |
L |
Pct. |
Home |
Away |
Neutral |
Streak |
| 1 |
CCNY * |
9 |
0 |
1.000 |
24 |
4 |
.857 |
14-0 |
2-1 |
8-3 |
WON 7 |
| 2 |
Lehman |
8 |
1 |
.889 |
18 |
7 |
.720 |
5-0 |
6-2 |
7-5 |
LOST 1 |
| 3 |
Hunter |
7 |
2 |
.778 |
13 |
24 |
.351 |
7-4 |
0-6 |
6-14 |
LOST 6 |
| 4 |
Baruch |
6 |
3 |
.667 |
16 |
16 |
.500 |
5-0 |
1-7 |
10-9 |
LOST 1 |
| 5 |
John Jay |
5 |
4 |
.556 |
9 |
14 |
.391 |
2-5 |
4-4 |
3-5 |
LOST 4 |
| 6 |
York |
4 |
5 |
.444 |
6 |
16 |
.273 |
3-3 |
1-7 |
2-6 |
LOST 1 |
| 7 |
City Tech |
3 |
6 |
.333 |
4 |
10 |
.286 |
2-2 |
1-4 |
1-4 |
LOST 1 |
| 8 |
Medgar Evers |
2 |
7 |
.222 |
10 |
21 |
.323 |
2-4 |
5-10 |
3-7 |
LOST 1 |
| 9 |
Brooklyn |
1 |
8 |
.111 |
5 |
11 |
.313 |
1-3 |
4-6 |
0-2 |
WON 1 |
| 10 |
Staten Island |
0 |
9 |
.000 |
3 |
17 |
.150 |
2-9 |
1-5 |
0-3 |
WON 1 |
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2003 Results
Statistics
Schedule & Results
NCAA
Quarterfinals
Championship Preview
Oct.27
Oct.20
Oct.14
Oct.7
Sept.29
Sept.22
Sept.15
2003-Preview
2000 Championship
2001 Championship
2002 Championship
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