Bates
Earns Northeast-10 All-Academic Honors RINDGE, N.H.
(October 26, 2004) -
Franklin Pierce volleyball team member Briana Bates (Belmont,
N.H./Endicott College) has earned a spot on the 2004
Northeast-10 All-Academic Second Team. The teams are selected by the
Sports Information Directors of the Northeast-10. Candidates are
chosen based on their performances both on and off the court. She was
one of just twelve student-athletes selected out of the 22 who were
nominated. The Franklin Pierce senior has earned a 3.49 cumulative
grade point average while majoring in Finance with an Accounting
Minor. Serving
as the team’s co-captain, the Ravens middle-hitter has been a
consistent performer in her third season. Bates has appeared in all 76
games and has started 19 of 20 matches for Franklin Pierce in 2004. She leads the team with a hitting percentage of .314 and a
blocks per game average of 0.57, while her 2.99 kills per game are
good for second on the team. Bates’
top performance this season came in a win over American International
College on September 16. She led the visitors to a 3-1 road victory,
totaling 17 kills and seven blocks. Bates was also outstanding in
matches versus Saint Michael’s and Southern New Hampshire, tallying
18 kills in a pair of 3-1 victories for the Ravens.
Franklin Pierce currently boasts an overall record of 9-11 and
a league mark of 5-7. They will wrap up their season with two home and
two road matches. The team will travel to Southern Connecticut State
University for a Northeast-10 Conference match on Thursday beginning
at 7 p.m. They will then return home for matches against Keene State
and UMass Lowell on Friday and Tuesday, before wrapping up their 2004
schedule with a road match at Saint Anselm on Thursday, November 4.
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