2008 Season in Review
Ever-Improving Panthers Win Eight Matches
Purchase, NY (Nov. 1, 2008) – First year head coach Nelson Kwok has the Purchase College women’s volleyball team on the right track after a solid fall season in which the Panthers improved to eight wins – narrowly missing the playoffs in 2008.
Purchase battled the injury bug all season long, losing key starter Michelle Fetky to a torn ACL early on.
The Panthers were led by Olivia Hintz and Mickaela Olson, two freshmen who really stepped up with Fetky sidelined and the team without several starters at various points of the season. The upstart squad also received solid contributions from rookies Lindsay Froman and Amanda Zambrana.
Hintz finished with a team-high 134 kills and a team-leading 26 blocks. Olson totaled a team-leading 290 assists. Froman led the team in service aces (43) and finished second in kills (76) and blocks (14). Zambrana finished third in kills with 57.
Returners Laura Dykas, Katelyn Shankey and Lauren Raia also played well for Purchase. The Panthers say goodbye to seniors Shankey and Raia, but return a solid unit next fall with their sights set on a playoff spot.
-Bobby Ciafardini, SID
