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VOLLEYBALL CLOSES SEASON WITH 3-0 LOSS AT STONEHILL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                               FOR MORE INFORMATION November 6, 2004                                                                               Contact: Seth Cole Courtesy Stonehill Sports Information                                                   Phone: (802) 654-2537 EASTON, Mass.--  Junior Doree Blanco (Warwick, R.I.) notched 13 kills and 12 digs as Stonehill earned a berth in the Northeast-10 Conference volleyball tournament for the first time in eight seasons by posting a 3-0 league victory over Saint Michael's by game scores of 30-26, 30-15 and 30-27 in the regular season finale Saturday afternoon at Merkert Gymnasium. Stonehill will be seeded seventh in the upcoming conference quarterfinals and will face either Bentley, UMass Lowell, LeMoyne or Saint Rose next Friday evening at American International's Butova Gymnasium in Springfield, Mass. at 5:00 p.m., as the second seed in the tournament has yet to be determined. Junior Kathleen Riley (Melrose, Mass.) added six kills and nine digs in the triumph for the host Chieftains (12-14, 7-7 Northeast-10), who also received a combined 30 set assists from juniors Liane Kilmain (Holliston, Mass.) and Mollie Babcock (Gilford, N.H.), as Kilmain also added 16 digs and freshman Sara Thompson (Millis, Mass.) chipped in with four total blocks. The win gives Stonehill its highest single-season victory total in seven years, as the Chieftains had won just eight overall contests and three Northeast-10 outings over the last two seasons combined entering the 2004 campaign. Senior Lindsey Shumway (Scotia, N.Y.) paced the visiting Purple Knights (6-19, 3-11 Northeast-10) with nine kills and eight digs in their season finale, while junior Kaitlyn Rae (Wilbraham, Mass.) added nine kills, 16 digs and four service aces and fellow junior Jessica Mulroy (Marcellus, N.Y.) posted 14 digs and 26 set assists. Complete pairings for the 2004 Northeast-10 volleyball championships will be announced by the conference office on Monday morning. FINAL:       STONEHILL 3, SAINT MICHAEL'S 0                 (Game Scores:  30-26, 30-15, 30-27) ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

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