STANDISH, ME - St. Joe's (12-9, 3-3 GNAC) lost to Bates College (9-4), 3-0, in a non-conference volleyball match at the Harold Alfond Center on Tuesday evening. Kiah Begley '13 (Berwick, ME/St. Thomas Aquinas) recorded nine assists in the losing effort.

Avery Masters '10 (Mill Valley, CA) posted a match-high 11 kills for Bates and teammate Nicole Russell '13 (Boca Raton, FL) collected 15 digs in the victory.

Sarah Hawkes '13 (Pownal, ME) had four kills and four digs and Caitlin Cleary '13 (Scarborough, ME) notched six digs for the Monks.

Saint Joseph's is set to take on Daniel Webster College in a non-conference match on Thursday, October 8^th at 7:00 PM. All SJC followers are encouraged to attend and help the Monks Volleyball program break the match attendance record (200 fans). Prizes will be given out and contests will be held during the match and, if a new record is set, all fans in attendance will receive a free t-shirt.

Bates def. St. Joseph's (Me.) 25-6,25-12,25-12

Bates (9-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Avery Masters 11-0-0; Eliza
Pyne 8-1-2; Chrissy Gee 5-0-0; Tess Dokus 5-0-0; Liz Leberman 4-0-0;
Olivia Schow 3-1-0; Grace Haessler 2-6-1; Caroline Gattuso 0-1-0;
Brittany Johnston 0-1-0; Totals 38-10-2.0. (Assists) - Grace Haessler
31. (Dig leaders) - Nicole Russell 15; Brittany Johnston 8

St. Joseph's (Me.) (12-9) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Sarah Hawkes
4-0-0; Jordan Pelczar 3-0-0; Caitlin Cleary 2-0-0; Kiah Begley 1-1-0;
Totals 10-1-0.0. (Assists) - . (Dig leaders) - Caitlin Cleary 6; Karen
King 5

Site: Standish, Maine (Harold Alfond)

Date: Oct 06, 2009   Attend: 30   Time: 1 hr

Referees: Rob Arp, Rick Creswell