Tuesday, September 13, 2010

For Immediate Release

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2010 CUNYAC / EMBLEM HEALTH

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

CUNYAC / EMBLEM HEALTH PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Christina Pierre

Baruch College • Senior / Middle Blocker / Aquinas HS / Bronx, NY

For the second straight week, Baruch senior middle blocker Christina Pierre put away the CUNYAC Player of the Week award. Pierre led the Bearcats last week to a 2-1 record that featured 3-0 sweeps against CUNYAC's York College and NJAC's New Jersey City University and a five-set defeat versus rival Hunter College at the CUNYAC multi-match event at York this past Saturday. Against NJCU, Pierre totaled 13 kills with an impressive hitting percentage of .750. She followed that up in Saturday’s CUNYAC Multi-Match with a 17 kills against rival Hunter College and four kills against York . For the week, in 11 games, the Bronx native had 35 kills, five blocks and hit at an amazing .508 clip.

CUNYAC / EMBLEM HEALTH ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Amanda Fiore

Brooklyn College • Freshman / Setter / Wagner HS / Staten Island, NY

Brooklyn College freshman Amanda Fiore earns Rookie of the Week honors for the week ending September 12th. Fiore helped guide the Bulldogs to a 3-0 start to the 2010 season, posting a team-best 59 assists, to go along with a team-leading 16 service aces. She recorded 29 assists and seven aces in a 3-1 season opening win over Purchase College on September 7th and then racked up 25 assists in a win over CUNYAC rival Medgar Evers College on September 11th. Fiore and the Bulldogs will return to the court on Tuesday night for a CUNYAC contest against John Jay.