Franklin & Marshall Remains #8 in November 3 NCAA Division III Volleyball Mid-Atlantic Region Poll

by Sports Information
11/4/04

LANCASTER, PA –The Franklin & Marshall College volleyball team remained #8 in the November 3 NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Region Volleyball Rankings.

Franklin & Marshall, which clinched the #2 seed for the Centennial Conference playoffs on November 6-7 at Gettysburg College, has been led by the play of middle blocker Liz Earll (Sr., New Freedom, PA/Susquehannock) who ranks among the all-time leaders in kills (eighth, 976), service aces (fifth, 211) and blocks (third, 263) in Franklin & Marshall College program history. Further, she stands 11th in Centennial Conference history for aces.

In the latest Centennial Conference statistics through October 31, Earll leads the Conference leaders in hitting percentage (.309) as the Diplomats rank fourth in hitting percentage (.193), fifth in kills (12.22), fifth in assists (11.01), sixth in blocks (1.63), sixth in service aces (2.21) and second in digs (20.20).

In addition, the Diplomats have relied on setter Jackie Skibbie (Jr., Darby, PA/Merion Mercy) and libero Meghan Godorov (Jr., Orefield, PA/Parkland) during the season as Skibbie ranks third in the conference in assists (9.80) as she has tallied 1,068 assists in 109 games, while Godorov ranks second in digs (5.76) as she has registered 570 digs in 99 games.

In Centennial Conference history, Skibbie ranks 15th in assists and Godorov ranks eighth in digs.

Among first year players, middle hitter Susan Taylor (Fr., The Woodlands, TX/John Cooper) has been a force as she ranks third in hitting percentage (.270) and sixth in blocks (.79) as she has connected for 274 kills on 737 chances and blocked 85 shots (39 solo, 46 assisted) in 107 games.

Franklin & Marshall (20-9, 9-1 Centennial Conference) will continue the season at noon on November 6 versus #3 seed Johns Hopkins University at Gettysburg in the Centennial Conference Championship semifinals. If the Diplomats defeat Hopkins, and #1 seed Gettysburg downs the winner of a first round game between #4 Haverford and #5 Dickinson, the CC title match will be played at noon on November 7 at Gettysburg. However, if F&M defeats Hopkins and Gettysburg loses, the Centennial Conference title match will be hosted at the Mayser Center on November 7 at 1:00 p.m.

November 3 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Rankings
(Overall Record/Regional Record)
1. Juniata (30-3/18-0)
2. Gettysburg (26-5/19-1)
3. Eastern (26-6/20-3)
4. Lebanon Valley (24-5/19-2)
5. Frostburg State (27-5/17-3)
6. Elizabethtown (24-8/18-5)
7. Rowan (25-3/18-2)
8. Franklin & Marshall (20-9/17-5)