Allegheny College Athletics - Volleyball uses straight sets over Earlham

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Athletes of the Week

Women's Track and Field

Beth Muller fell one win short of her second straight sprint trifecta, but still won the 55- and 200-yard dashes, to lead the Allegheny women's indoor track and field team to third place out of eight teams at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Denison. She was named Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year for the second straight season.

Muller repeated as the 55 champ with a time of 7.51 seconds and then successfully defended her title in the 200 (:26.37).

As the defending champ in the 400, Muller was beat out by Marissa Clardy of Oberlin. Muller finished the race in 1:00.08 while Clardy came in at :59.39.

Tony Dipre

Men's Track and Field

Allegheny's Tony Dipre set a meet record and posted an NCAA automatic-qualifying time while winning the mile at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. He was also a member of the winning Distance Medley Relay team for the Gators, who placed third among nine teams at Denison.

Dipre, who was named the NCAC Distance Runner of the Year, claimed his individual win with a time of 4:10.84 and held off Denison's Makorobondo Salukombo (4:12.23). The previous meet record was set in 2009 by the Gators' Jeramie Parker (4:13.89). The Blue and Gold has now won three straight indoor miles at NCACs.

Mike Vlah, Alex Gorski and Chris Marker joined Dipre on the DMR squad, which clocked in at 10:35.79.

Volleyball uses straight sets over Earlham

Caitlin Solan led with 11 kills

10/10/2009 3:03:12 PM

Box Score

MEADVILLE, Pa. – Caitlin Solan posted a team-high 11 kills and Sarah Sckena had 20 digs to lead Allegheny past Earlham 3-0 in North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) volleyball action on Saturday.

Playing their second game in two days, the Gators defeated the Quakers (3-19, 1-7 NCAC) in straight sets 25-19, 25-15 and 25-22. Jordan Leopold recorded eight kills and Caileigh Hughes dished out 26 assists.

Allegheny and Earlham went point-for-point to start the first set. The Quakers took a quick 13-11 lead, but two attack errors by Earlham and an ace by Solan put the Gators up for good at 15-13. Allegheny built its lead to 21-16 and remained ahead for the 25-19 win.

The second set was similar to the first with the Quakers taking a slight lead and then the Gators going on a 9-1 run to take over. Laura Gaudreau served four straight points, while Solan and Caitlin Rothman each getting a kill to stretch the lead to 22-13 and eventually winning by 10 points (25-15).

Earlham kept it interesting in the third set to make the match come down to the final points. Down 17-9, Aleta Cox served through seven points, getting two aces to knot the game at 17-all. It was a sea-saw battle down the stretch with Allegheny taking advantage of three straight errors by the Quakers and ending on a kill by Gaudreau for a 25-22 victory.

Rothman finished with three blocks for a total of six over two days.

Allegheny return to action on Wednesday at Wooster. Game time is 7 p.m.