November 8, 2007

Lenoir-Rhyne Volleyball Places Three On All-South Atlantic Conference Teams

Catherine Fulton and Katie Novacek named first-team all-conference

Rock Hill, S.C. – The 2007 All-South Atlantic Conference Volleyball Teams were announced today as part of the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Volleyball Tournament.

Lenoir-Rhyne placed three players on the squads, highlighted by senior libero Catherine Fulton (Hendersonville, N.C./Hendersonville HS) and junior middle blocker Katie Novacek (Raleigh, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons HS), who were named to the All-SAC First Team.

Bear freshman middle blocker Caroline Albertelli (Plantation, Fla./Chaminade Madonna Prep) was named to the SAC-All Freshman team.

Fulton also was named the conference statistical champion for digs per game with 5.76. This season she broke the single-season record for digs and also the career record for digs. As of Nov. 3, she has tallied 718 and 3,311 digs, respectively.

Novacek leads the team in blocks (104) and is second in kills (305), while Albertelli leads the team in kills (323) and is second in blocking with 94.

The Bears will face Newberry in the first round of the 2007 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament Friday at noon. The tournament is being held in Jefferson City, Tenn., with Carson-Newman as the host institution.