Sept. 9, 2006

Di Maggio, Matz Earn All-Tournament Honors

Statistics (Linfield)
Statistics (Colorado College)

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – For the second straight weekend, junior setter Gina Di Maggio and junior outside hitter Stacie Matz earned all-tournament honors. The Pacific Lutheran duo received the recognition as the Lutes placed third at the 2006 Molten Volleyball/Wyndham Hotel CC Invitational.

A week ago, Di Maggio and Matz were named to the UPS Invitational all-tournament squad.

After winning both of their matches on Friday, the Lutes lost to Linfield and Colorado College in Saturday action. PLU, now 5-4 for the season, finished third in the five-team tournament. Linfield won the team title with a 4-0 record. Colorado College (6-2) took second place with a 30-25, 24-30, 30-18, 30-28 victory over Pacific Lutheran in the tournament finale.

2006 Molten Volleyball / Wyndham Hotel CC Invitational
at Colorado College

Saturday, Sept. 10
Elmhurst College def. Concordia University 3-0 (30-21, 30-20, 30-22)
Colorado College def. Elmhurst College 3-0 (30-27, 30-23, 30-23)
Linfield College def. Pacific Lutheran University 3-0 (32-30, 33-31, 30-24)
Linfield College def. Concordia University 3-0 (30-20, 30-4, 30-20)
Colorado College def. Pacific Lutheran University 3-1 (30-25, 24-30, 30-18, 30-28)

Standings
Linfield College 4-0
Colorado College 3-1
Pacific Lutheran University 2-2
Elmhurst College 1-3
Concordia University Austin 0-4

All-Tournament Team
MVP - Chelsey Gellatly (Linfield College)
Katelyn Baker (Linfield College)
Carly Bearwald (Elmhurst College)
Anna Clithero (Colorado College)
Gina Di Maggio (Pacific Lutheran University)
Meryn Grant (Colorado College)
Michelle Heckmann (Concordia University)
Lauren Krueger (Linfield College)
Stacie Matz (Pacific Lutheran University)
Jessica Nelson (Elmhurst College)