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Carson-Newman junior volleyball player Angelle Hayes shares her experiences in Haiti after spending her spring break on a medical mission’s trip with the Carson-Newman nursing department.
The Carson Newman Volleyball Head Coach Shannon Mincey added 2 players to her roster for the 2012 campaign during the early signing period.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman's Nikki James has been named to the 2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II Southeast Region Volleyball team. James was the nation's leading blocker for much of the second straight season. She is averaging 1.61 blocks per set, which is second in Division II (by .01). She has 69 block solos and 111 block assists on the year.
HARROGATE, Tenn. — Six points was all it took to steal away No. 8-seeded Carson-Newman College’s storybook ending. After trailing 2-0, the Lady Eagles volleyball team did what no team has been able to do this season, force the Wingate Lady Bulldogs into a fifth and deciding set. In the end, the breaks went top-seeded Wingate’s way and they held on to a 3-2 victory in the opening round of the South Atlantic Conference Tournament.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman’s Nikki James has been named to the 2011 All-South Atlantic Conference Second Team, and Lauren Santarelli has been named to the All-SAC Freshman Team, as part of the year-end awards the league announced Thursday.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles are the No. 8 seed and face top-seeded and unbeaten Wingate University on Friday afternoon in the 2011 Fool Lion South Atlantic Conference Volleyball Tournament played at Mars Gymnasium in Harrogate, Tenn.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — The Carson-Newman College Volleyball team ended its regular season with a win Saturday night, downing South Atlantic Conference rival Brevard College 3-1 at Holt Field House.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Freshman Rachel Harper had a career-high 19 kills and senior Carly Swisher matched her with 19 more as the Carson-Newman Lady Eagles beat visiting Lenoir-Rhyne, 3-2, on Friday night in Jefferson City.
MARS HILL, N.C. - Mars Hill's Marissa Wixson posted a season-high 20 kills and to go along with 14 digs and led her team to a three-set match victory over Carson-Newman on Tuesday inside Stanford Arena. The Lions (13-11, 8-10 South Atlantic Conference) defeated the Lady Eagles (15-13, 5-11) by scores of 25-22, 25-14 and 25-20.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – For the second straight season, no one is better than Carson-Newman’s Nikki James at turning back opponents at the net. The C-N senior and middle blocker leads the nation in blocks per set. She averages 1.67 per game in this week’s NCAA statistics.
MARYVILLE, TENN. – The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles surrendered a tight second set, but controlled the other three to beat Maryville College on the road in non-conference play on Thursday night, 3-1. C-N won by a score of 25-13, 23-25, 25-19, and 25-18, to improve to 15-12 overall.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles are seventh in this week’s NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Rankings, released late Wednesday. C-N is trying to make its fourth-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. The top eight teams in the poll advance to the Southeast Regional Tournament, which begins the weekend of Nov. 17.
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles let a dominant first-set win slip away in three tight set losses in a 3-1 defeat to Tusculum College at Pioneer Arena on Tuesday night in South Atlantic Conference play.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman rallied from a 2-0 deficit to force a fifth set, but couldn’t put away visiting Newberry College, falling 3-2 on Saturday afternoon in Holt Fieldhouse. The Wolves rallied from a 10-6 deficit in the fifth set to improve to 12-12 and 5-9 in SAC play. C-N falls to 14-11 overall and 5-9 in SAC play.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman senior Carly Swisher (Ft. Collins, Colo.) had 14 kills to lead the Lady Eagles to a sweep of visiting Anderson (S.C.) on Friday night in Holt Fieldhouse. C-N won 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-17) to improve to 14-10 overall and 5-8 in South Atlantic Conference play. Anderson falls to 7-17 and 4-9 overall.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — The Carson-Newman Volleyball team made quick work of visiting Milligan College Tuesday night at Holt Fieldhouse, recording a 3-0 sweep; 25-18, 25-24 and 25-20. The win breaks a three-game losing streak for the Lady Eagles, who are 13-10 on the season with a 4-4 record at home.
