Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

Individual Honors Highlight NCCAA South Regional Weekend
Piedmont's Jacque DeMarrais Earns 1,000th Career Kill

The Piedmont College volleyball team won one of three matches in the 2005 NCCAA South Regional this weekend in Pensacola, FL. The Lady Lions defeated tournament host Pensacola Christian 28-30, 30-20, 30-19, 30-22 but then fell to Palm Beach Atlantic University 36-34, 30-18, 30-23 and Faulkner University 30-24, 30-10, 30-25. Four different Lady Lions garnered personal honors on the trip.

Jacque DeMarrais (pictured) earned her 1,000th career kill in the tournament opener. DeMarrais is the fastest player in Piedmont College volleyball history to reach 1,000 kills.

Over the weekend, Ashley Landers accumulated an average of 12 kills per match. Also chipping in for the Lady Lions was B.J. Ostrzycki averaged over 32 assists per match.

Sarah Lane averaged over 10 kills per match and Meghann Clark earned an average of over six kills per match.

For their efforts, DeMarrais, Landers, and Lane were each voted to the NCCAA South Region All-Region Team while DeMarrais and Haylee Davis garnered NCCAa All-Academic honors.

PC now stands at 18-12 overall and will return to competition again on Saturday, October 29th as they travel to Centre College in Danville, KY for the Centre College Halloween Bash with the first round slated for 12:00.