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Ravens earn Northeast-10 All-Conference honors
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RINDGE, N.H. (November 10, 2007) – Junior co-captains Nicole Buchholz (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) and Karissa Hookstadt (Camarillo, Calif./Camarillo) of the Franklin Pierce University women’s volleyball team were named 2007 Northeast-10 All-Conference selections, the conference announced on Saturday morning. Buchholz was named to the All-Conference second team for the second consecutive year, while Hookstadt earned a spot on the third team for the second year in a row.
Buchholz, also a first-team Northeast-10 All-Academic selection this season, earns her third All-Conference selection following a second-team honor in 2006 and a third-team pick in 2005. In the regular season, she was the only Raven player to appear in every game of every match, including 32 starts in 33 matches. The middle hitter led the team with 327 total kills (2.66/game) and was also the Ravens’ top net presence, as she also led the conference in both total blocks (157) and blocks per game (1.28/game) during the regular season. With Buchholz leading the way, Franklin Pierce tied with Saint Rose and American International with a conference-high 2.56 blocks per game.
In three seasons with the team, Buchholz has recorded 918 kills (2.82/game) and 381 blocks (1.17/game) in 88 career matches. Among Raven players since the 1995 season, Buchholz ranks second in career blocks and fourth in kills, and also holds three of the top-eight single-season block totals, including her 159 from this season that already ranks third on the school’s single-season list.
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Hookstadt earns her second consecutive selection to the All-Conference third team after earning third-team honors for the first time in 2006. The junior setter started 30 regular-season matches for the Ravens this season, posting 1,139 assists (10.26/game), which is a single-season record for Franklin Pierce and which ranks fifth among Northeast-10 players. Her career high of 60 assists, coming against Merrimack on Oct. 9, was the highest by a Ravens player since Bethany Findley had 60 on Oct. 20, 2003. Hookstadt has also recorded 255 digs (2.30/game), 94 kills (0.85/game) and 31 service aces (0.28/game) this season.
In only three seasons, Hookstadt has become the school’s all-time leader in assists with 3,082. The junior has recorded three of the school’s top-four single-season assist totals among players since 1995, including this season’s single-season record 1,174 set this year. Hookstadt also ranks in the school’s all-time top-10 in digs (746, fourth) and service aces (104, tied for fifth).
Franklin Pierce (18-16, 10-4 NE-10), ranked eighth in this week’s NCAA Div. II Northeast Regional poll, finished the regular season in fourth place in the Northeast-10 following the best conference mark in school history. The Ravens were knocked off by fifth-seeded Pace University in the quarterfinals of the NE-10 Tournament on Friday night, and the team will await the pairings for the NCAA Div. II Northeast Regional, announced on Monday, to see whether the team’s season will continue.