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November 1, 2004 |
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Sherri Heard Earns Little East Conference Women’s Volleyball Rookie of
the Week Honors For Second Time This Season |
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Providence,
RI—Rhode
Island College freshman middle hitter
Sherri Heard (Coventry,
RI)
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named the Little East Conference Women’s Volleyball Rookie of the Week
for her performance last week. This is the second time this fall Heard
has earned this honor.
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Heard had eight kills, six blocks, two service aces and two digs in
RIC’s come-from-behind, 3-2, win over Connecticut College on Oct. 27.
For the season, she has 220 kills (1.83/game), a .220 hitting
percentage, 51 service aces (0.43/game) six assists (0.05/game) and 68
blocks (0.57/game). |
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She is a
physical education major and a 2004 graduate of Coventry High school. |
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RIC captured the Little East Conference regular season title, the
first in the program’s history, by taking two matches at a Little East
Conference Round Robin on Saturday, Oct. 23. RIC defeated Plymouth
State and Southern Maine,
both by a score of 3-0, to finish with a 5-2 mark in the LEC. |
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There was a four-way tie for first, with
Western Connecticut,
Plymouth State, Eastern Connecticut
and RIC all posting equal marks in conference play. RIC beat WCSU and
PSU head-to-head and owned tie-breakers over ECSU. |
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The Anchorwomen will be the number one seed and host the 2004 Little
East Conference Women’s Volleyball Tournament on Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 5-6. RIC will play the winner of the fifth-seeded UMass-Dartmouth
vs. fourth-seeded Eastern Connecticut
match, which will be played on Nov. 3, on Nov. 5 at
7:30 p.m.
Second-seeded
Western Connecticut
will play the winner of the sixth-seeded Keene State vs. third-seeded
Plymouth
State match, which is also played on Nov. 3, on Nov. 5 at 5:30. The
tournament winner gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Div. III
Tournament. The championship match will be played on Nov. 6 at
1 p.m. |
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RIC completed the 2004 season with a 17-15 overall record, and has the
most wins for the program in a season since the 1991 squad went 16-14.
The Anchorwomen have posted a winning record only once in the last
seven years (13-11, 2000). |
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