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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- September 9, 2006
CONTACT: Glyn Turner 585,567,9648
Houghton
College Claims Title at 3rd Annual Defender
Invitational
Clarks
Summit, PA – Six teams competed in a round-robin pool-play women’s
volleyball tournament with Houghton College (Houghton, NY) claiming 1st
Place, going 3-0 in competition. Neumann College (Aston, PA) placed 2nd
with a 2-1 record. Both teams placed first in their pool to advance to the
championship game. Houghton College head coach Nancy Cole was encouraged by her
team’s play stating; “we really needed these wins after a tough two weeks of
play and conference play beginning next week.”
Dave
Shumaker, Baptist Bible College head coach and tournament host was also pleased
with the progress of his team gearing up for NEAC conference play. “We had
positive play from our setters and this was a good learning experience.”
Baptist Bible College finished fourth overall in the tournament and faces
Lancaster Bible College and Lycoming College this upcoming week.
Tournament game and score results were as follows;
Court 1,
Pool A
Baptist
Bible College defeated St Elizabeth College 3-1 (30-23, 30-6, 30-20)
Neumann
College defeated Baptist Bible College 3-1 (27-30, 30-15, 30-20, 30-20)
Neumann
College defeated St Elizabeth College 3-0 (30-13, 30-16, 30-16)
Court 2,
Pool B
Houghton College defeated Lebanon Valley College 3-1 (26-30,
32-30, 30-28, 30-28)
Houghton College defeated Philadelphia Biblical University 3-0
(30-16, 30-23, 30-20)
Lebanon
Valley College defeated Philadelphia Biblical University 3-0 (30-11, 30-19,
30-21)
3rd
Place Match: Pool A #2 vs Pool B #2
Lebanon
Valley College defeated Baptist Bible College 3-0 (30-23, 30-20, 30-18)
Championship Match: Pool A #1 vs Pool B #1
Houghton College defeated Neumann College 3-0 (31-29, 30-23,
30-20)
Tournament Team:
Sr.
Robin Frost (Wheaton, IL)
Sr. Audrey Seldomridge (Landisville, PA)
Houghton College
has deep
and
solid
roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our
teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play
and
in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and
unique emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a difference
for the Kingdom
on campus, in Allegany County,
in the Northeast and
around
the world.
Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected
by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the door
for Houghton to be a leader,
both in the Northeast and
nationally, in character education.
Through hands-on,
innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and
student-athletes
are working together to change the culture of sport and
to change our culture through sport.
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