G3: Goedicke, Green & Grue Earn All-Centennial Volleyball Honors

by Sports Information
11/8/01

LANCASTER, PA -- Franklin & Marshall College, which advanced to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships this weekend at Moravian College, placed three players on the 2001 All-Centennial Conference volleyball team, which was recently announced.

Diplomats hitters Heidi Goedicke (Jr., Spring Church, PA/Elderton) and Emily Green (Sr., Woodstock, CT/Woodstock Academy) earned second team recognition, while setter Jennifer Grue (So., Canton, PA/Canton) made the Honorable Mention squad.

Goedicke leads the Diplomats with 346 kills and 481 digs to rank seventh in kills (3.12) and second in digs (4.33) per game in the final Centennial Conference statistical standings.

A 2001 team captain, Green has registered 301 kills, 450 digs and 74 service aces to rank ninth in hitting percentage (.250) and service aces (0.64 and sixth in digs (3.91) per game in the Conference as the Diplomats are 22-10 on the season.

Green, the all-time leader in F&M history with 261 service aces, is the only active player and just the second player in F&M history to rank among the career top 10 at the College in kills (831, 7th), digs (1234, 6th), blocks (166, 6th) and assists (241, 6th).

The Centennial Conference leader in set assists per game with 11.08, 0.77 better than runner-up and first team All-Conference setter Lauren Boyd, Grue tallied 1,263 assists during the regular season.

Overall, the Diplomats ranked second in the Conference in kills per game (12.98), hitting percentage (.247), assists (12.08) and digs (23.60) and will continue their season this week as they accepted a bid to the Eastern College Athletic Conference South Volleyball Championship playoff tournament. The Diplomats, seeded second in the six-team tournament, will travel to first seed Moravian College's Johnston Hall on Friday and Saturday, November 9th & 10th.

Moravian (24-8) and Franklin & Marshall College receive first round byes and will begin play on Saturday. In the first-round number three seed, Johns Hopkins University (16-14) will face number six seed Grove City College (19-11) at 4 p.m. on Friday while number four seed, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark (17-8) will face Lebanon Valley College (22-11) at 6 p.m. The winners will advance to the semifinals where Moravian will face the winner of Rutgers-Newark-Lebanon Valley at 1 p.m. and Franklin and Marshall will meet the winner of Johns Hopkins-Grove City College at 4 p.m. on Saturday. The semifinal winners will play for the championship at 7 p.m.

For F&M and Moravian, the ECAC Tournament will mean a possible rematch of the final game of the Elizabethtown Halloween Tournament in which the Greyhounds knocked off the Diplomats 3-1 (32-30, 30-22, 24-30, 30-25), but F&M claimed the tournament title based on an overall better record in pool play.

In other All-Conference selections, Gettysburg, which won its seventh championship with wins over Haverford and Muhlenberg in the Conference tournament, placed two players on the first team.

Bullet senior hitter Megan Wargo was a first-team choice and also named the Conference's Player of the Year in balloting conducted by the conference's 11 head coaches. She led the Orange and Blue with 256 kills on the season, averaging 2.98 per game, while also being ranked in the Conference's top 10 in digs.

Joining Wargo on the first unit is junior setter Lauren Boyd, who is second among Centennial setters averaging 10.51 assists per game. Also ranked in the CC top 10 in service aces, she was a second-team selection in 2000.

Muhlenberg, which reached the Conference championship match, placed a pair of junior hitters on the first team in Dana Ferrelli and Meaghan Billie. Billie, a second-team All-Centennial pick a year ago, is ranked among the Conference's top 10 in kills per game (3.38) and hitting percentage (.256). Ferrelli is ranked in the top 10 in kills (2.93) and service aces (66).

Haverford sophomore Jen Constantino earned her second consecutive first-team All-Conference nod at hitter, after leading the Fords to the Centennial semifinals for a second straight season. She is second in the Conference in kills (4.01) , third in hitting percentage (.283) and fifth in digs (4.09). Constantino is on pace to become just the third player in Centennial history to earn three first-team selections.

Rounding out the elite squad is Johns Hopkins senior Emily Miller. She is fourth in the CC in kills (3.74) and fifth in digs (4.07) in leading the Blue Jays to the Centennial semifinals.

2001 All-Centennial Conference Volleyball Team
First Team
Pos / Name Class Hometown / High School
H-Megan Wargo, Gettysburg # Sr New Freedom, PA / Susquehannock
H-Emily Miller, Johns Hopkins Sr Richmond, VA / Governor's School
H-Jen Constantino, Haverford * So Folsom, PA / Ridley
H-Dana Ferrelli, Muhlenberg Jr Brooklyn, NY / Poly Prep
H-Meaghan Billie, Muhlenberg # Jr Northampton, PA / Central Catholic
S-Lauren Boyd, Gettysburg # Jr Millersville, MD / Severna Park

Second Team
Pos / Name Class Hometown / High School
H-Kate Wall, Western Maryland Jr Manchester, MD / North Carroll
H-Emily Green, Franklin & Marshall # Sr Woodstock, CT / Woodstock Academy
H-Heidi Goedicke, Franklin & Marshall Jr Spring Church, PA / Elderton
H-Jelyn Meyer, Haverford # So Woodstock, GA / Suquoyah
H-Shauna Bauers, Dickinson Sr Glenshaw, PA / Fox Chapel
S-Laura Funsten, Muhlenberg Sr King of Prussia, PA / Upper Merion

Honorable Mention
Pos / Name Class Hometown / High School
S-Jen Grue, Franklin & Marshall So Canton, PA / Canton
S-Steph Frank, Haverford % Jr Colgate, WI / Germantown
S-Jessica Rouse, Western Maryland Sr Williamsport, MD / Williamsport

* First-team All-Centennial in 2000
# Second-team All-Centennial in 2000
% Honorable Mention All-Centennial in 2000

Player of the Year - Megan Wargo, Gettysburg, Sr, OH

Centennial Conference Players of the Year
1993: Trish Vos, Franklin & Marshall, H
1994: Meridith Sandherr, Franklin & Marshall, H
1995: Jen Krug, Gettysburg, S
1996: Jen Power, Franklin & Marshall, H
1997: Catherine Schott, Gettysburg, H
1998: Catherine Schott, Gettysburg, H
1999: Catherine Schott, Gettysburg, H
2000: Mary Alexis Paul, Johns Hopkins, H
2001: Megan Wargo, Gettysburg, H

Three- and Four-Time First-Team All-Centennial Selections
Jen Power, Franklin & Marshall, 1994-95-96
Catherine Schott, Gettysburg, 1996-97-98-99