PROVIDENCE, RI - Saint Joseph's (16-17, 4-8 GNAC) split a conference tri-match with Pine Manor (1-21, 0-12 GNAC) and Johnson & Wales (21-14, 11-1 GNAC) on Saturday afternoon. The Monks topped the Gators, 25-12, 25-19, 25-9 in the opener before falling to the Wildcats, 25-14, 25-21, 25-14 in the nightcap.  

With the split, St. Joe's closes out the 2009 campaign with the best record since the Monks went 20-14 in 1997, Head Coach John Razsa's last year of his first stint at Saint Joseph's.

Against Pine Manor, Hawkes recorded 14 kills and an astounding .650 attack percentage and Kiah Begley '13 (Berwick, ME/St. Thomas Aquinas) had 22 assists.

In the losing effort to Johnson & Wales, Caitlin Cleary '13 (Scarborough, ME) netted 10 digs and 7 kills, Hawkes collected 7 kills, 7 digs and 3 total blocks and Begley had 16 assists and 7 digs.

Although the Monks narrowly missed making the GNAC playoffs for the first time, there is plenty to rave about with this 2009 squad.

Hawkes completes her rookie campaign as the new single-season record holder in kills (325), kills per set (2.95), attack percentage (.280) and total blocks and Begley obliterated the mark for assists (703) in a season. Cleary and Hawkes are the only two players in the last 10 years to reach 200 kills and 200 digs in a campaign and the Cleary-Hawkes-Begley trio is the first trifecta attain at least 200 digs apiece at Saint Joseph's.  

St. Joseph's (Me.) def. Pine Manor 25-12,25-19,25-9

Pine Manor (1-21, 0-12) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Alie Johnston
3-5-0; Jennifer Gross 3-0-2; Aponi Washington 3-0-0; Sara Rosado
1-0-0; Susana Turcios 0-1-0; Laia Lopez-Best 0-0-1; Totals 10-6-2.0.
(Assists) - . (Dig leaders) - Jennifer Gross 8; Alie Johnston 6

St. Joseph's (Me.) (16-16, 4-7) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Sarah
Hawkes 14-2-0; Caitlin Cleary 4-1-0; Leocadya Koziski 4-0-0; Kiah
Begley 3-2-0; Karen King 2-0-1; Samantha Varrell 2-4-1; Jordan Pelczar
0-2-0; Kaleigh McHale 0-3-0; Totals 29-14-1.0. (Assists) - Kiah Begley
22. (Dig leaders) - Kiah Begley 5; Kaleigh McHale 4

Site: Providence, RI (Harborsode RAC)


Date: Oct 31, 2009   Attend: 50   Time: :53

Johnson & Wales def. St. Joseph's (Me.) 25-14,25-21,25-14

St. Joseph's (Me.) (16-17, 4-8) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Caitlin
Cleary 7-0-0; Sarah Hawkes 7-0-3; Jordan Pelczar 1-0-1; Samantha
Varrell 1-0-0; Kiah Begley 1-1-0; Leocadya Koziski 1-0-0; Totals
18-1-3.0. (Assists) - Kiah Begley 16. (Dig leaders) - Caitlin Cleary
10; Sarah Hawkes 7

Johnson & Wales (21-14, 11-1) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Abbey Reedy
14-1-2; Catherine Bravo 12-0-5; Audrey Warren 11-4-3; Ashley
Constantino 6-2-1; Nikki Balchunas 4-0-1; Totals 47-7-8.0. (Assists) -
Kasey Higgins 39. (Dig leaders) - Ashley Constantino 15; Katie Barrett
11; Kasey Higgins 10; Nikki Balchunas 8; Catherine Bravo 8

Site: Providence, RI (Harborside RAC)


Date: Oct 31, 2009   Attend: 50   Time: 1:26