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Huskies sweep Hofstra to advance to CAA final
Nov. 23, 2008
Solomon Court at Cabot Center (Boston, Mass.)

The top-seeded Huskies defeated the fifth-seeded Hofstra Pride, 3-0 in a CAA Semifinals match Sunday night at Solomon Court. With the 28-26, 25-20, 25-17 win, Northeastern advances to the CAA Finals for the first time since joining the league in 2005 and it marks the Huskies first trip to a conference championship match since 2001.

Northeastern (19-10) was led by senior Brianna Seitz who tied a match-high in kills with 10 and had seven digs. 2008 CAA Player of the Year Lauren DeTurk added eight kills, a match-high 18 digs, and two blocks. All-CAA first team Britney Brown posted 22 assists, eight kills, and six digs. Junior Leah Neubeck chipped in with 16 digs.

Hofstra (18-14) was led by Sarah Lopez's match-high 29 assists and 10 digs. Lauren Engle added 10 kills and seven digs.

Northeastern began the first set taking an quick 2-0 lead. Hofstra turned the set right around going on a 4-0 run taking a 5-3 lead early on in the set. DeTurk's swings rallied the Huskies back to a 7-7 tie. The two squad went on to exchange points through the middle of the set. The Pride was able to take a 23-20 lead late in the set, but the Huskies would sneak their way to a 24-24 tie thanks to errors from the Pride. Hofstra gained two set points, but sophomore Caitlin Tittl made two key kills tying up the set allowing DeTurk to wrap up the set with a kill from Brown. NU won the first set 28-26.

NU kept the momentum going in the second set as it went on to win 25-20 not allowing the Pride to take the lead a single time. The Huskies started off strong in the set taking a 5-2 lead. Northeastern kept pounding the ball at Hofstra, who struggled in the set committing nine errors and a team hit percentage of .000. Northeastern led by as many as seven before the Pride made a run to cut the gap to one making the score 21-20 in favor of Northeastern. NU would go on to score four straight points to end the set to become victorious.

The third and deciding set was all Northeastern. The team committed only two errors and accumilated a .424 hit percentage. Seitz got things started with two service aces in a row. An error by Hofstra led NU jump to an early 4-1 lead. Northeastern then went on a 5-0 run. Following a Hofstra timeout, the pride was able to make two fast score closing the lead to four. But that was as close as the Pride would get. Seitz had five kills on a .444 hit percentage guiding the Huskies to a 25-17 win in the third set.

Northeastern will take on third-seeded Delaware Blue Hens in the CAA Finals Monday night at 7 p.m. at Solomom Court.

Statistics
                           Volleyball Box Score
            Hofstra vs Northeastern (Nov 23, 2008 at Boston, Mass.)



   Hofstra                |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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8  Lopez, Sarah........  3|  0   2   9 -.222| 29|  0   0|  0| 10| 0  1  0|  0
9  Killins, Stephanie..  3|  6   2  15  .267|  0|  0   2|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  1
10 Legerretta, Ashley..  3|  7   4  20  .150|  2|  0   0|  0|  0| 1  2  0|  0
16 Engle, Lauren.......  3| 10   5  30  .167|  0|  0   0|  0|  7| 0  0  0|  0
20 Calinda, Harmonie...  3|  7   5  28  .071|  0|  0   1|  1| 12| 0  0  0|  0
21 Knight, Monica......  3|  7   4  27  .111|  4|  0   2|  1| 17| 0  2  0|  1
7  Moore, Taylor.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  2   2|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
13 August, Rachel......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  3|  5| 0  0  0|  0
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   Totals..............  3| 37  22 129  .116| 36|  2   7|  5| 57| 1  6  0|  2

 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  16  9  55  .127   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2   9  9  43  .000   Hofstra............. (0) 26 20 17  18-14
   3  12  4  31  .258   Northeastern........ (3) 28 25 25  19-10

   Northeastern           |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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2  Tittl, Caitlin......  3|  6   1  12  .417|  0|  0   2|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0
4  Seitz, Brianna......  3| 10   5  32  .156|  0|  3   0|  0|  7| 0  0  0|  0
6  DeTurk, Lauren......  3|  8   3  26  .192|  2|  1   0|  0| 18| 1  1  0|  0
7  Brown, Britney......  3|  8   3  22  .227| 22|  0   2|  0|  6| 1  1  0|  0
9  Tkachuk, Jessica....  3|  1   0   4  .250| 14|  0   1|  0|  7| 0  0  0|  0
10 Robinson, Jillian...  3|  4   1  12  .250|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  1
3  Stein, Sarah........  3|  5   1  16  .250|  1|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  2  0|  0
14 Servillon, Helene...  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
16 Neubeck, Leah.......  3|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  1   0|  2| 16| 0  0  0|  0
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   Totals..............  3| 42  14 125  .224| 39|  5   5|  2| 58| 2  8  0|  1

 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  11  4  48  .146   Site: Boston, Mass. (Solomon Court)
   2  15  8  44  .159   Date: Nov 23, 2008   Attend: 383   Time: 1:21
   3  16  2  33  .424   Referees: Steve Webster, Carla Bunner
                        CAA Semifinals
                        Northeastern advances to the championship



Play-by-Play Summary
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                                     Play-by-Play Summary (1st game)
                         Hofstra vs Northeastern (Nov 23, 2008 at Boston, Mass.)

NU: Tittl, Caitlin; Seitz, Brianna; DeTurk, Lauren; Brown, Britney; Tkachuk, Jessica; Robinson, Jillian; libero
              Neubeck, Leah.
HOFSTRA: Legerretta, Ashley; Knight, Monica; Lopez, Sarah; Calinda, Harmonie; Killins, Stephanie; Engle, Lauren;
              libero August, Rachel.
 1-0   [Seitz, Brianna] Attack error by Engle, Lauren.
 2-0   [Seitz, Brianna] Service ace (August, Rachel).
 2-1   [Seitz, Brianna] Kill by Killins, Stephanie (from Lopez, Sarah).
 3-1       [Moore, Taylor] Attack error by Calinda, Harmonie.
 3-2   [Tittl, Caitlin] Kill by Engle, Lauren (from Knight, Monica).
 3-3       [Killins, Stephanie] Bad set by Seitz, Brianna.
 3-4       [Killins, Stephanie] Kill by Legerretta, Ashley (from Knight, Monica).
 3-5       [Killins, Stephanie] Kill by Calinda, Harmonie (from Knight, Monica).
 4-5       [Killins, Stephanie] Service error.
 4-6   [Brown, Britney] Ball handling error by Robinson, Jillian.
 5-6       [Knight, Monica] Kill by DeTurk, Lauren (from Brown, Britney).
 6-6   [DeTurk, Lauren] Attack error by Calinda, Harmonie.
 7-6   [DeTurk, Lauren] Attack error by Knight, Monica.
 7-7   [DeTurk, Lauren] Kill by Legerretta, Ashley (from Lopez, Sarah).
 7-8       [Calinda, Harmonie] Kill by Engle, Lauren (from Lopez, Sarah).
 8-8       [Calinda, Harmonie] Attack error by Knight, Monica.
 8-9   [Neubeck, Leah] Kill by Legerretta, Ashley (from Lopez, Sarah).
 9-9       [August, Rachel] Ball handling error by Killins, Stephanie.
 9-10  [Tkachuk, Jessica] Kill by Killins, Stephanie (from Lopez, Sarah).
10-10      [Lopez, Sarah] Kill by Seitz, Brianna (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
10-11  [Seitz, Brianna] Kill by Engle, Lauren (from Lopez, Sarah).
10-12      [Moore, Taylor] Service ace (Neubeck, Leah).
11-12      [Moore, Taylor] Kill by Tittl, Caitlin (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
11-13  [Tittl, Caitlin] Kill by Knight, Monica (from Lopez, Sarah).
12-13      [Killins, Stephanie] Kill by Tkachuk, Jessica (from DeTurk, Lauren).
12-14  [Brown, Britney] Service error.
12-15      [Knight, Monica] Bad set by Brown, Britney.
             Timeout Northeastern.
13-15      [Knight, Monica] Attack error by Lopez, Sarah.
14-15  [DeTurk, Lauren] Kill by Robinson, Jillian.
15-15  [DeTurk, Lauren] Service ace (August, Rachel).
15-16  [DeTurk, Lauren] Bad set by Robinson, Jillian.
15-17      [Calinda, Harmonie] Attack error by Stein, Sarah.
16-17      [Calinda, Harmonie] Service error.
16-18  [Neubeck, Leah] Attack error by Seitz, Brianna (block by Legerretta, Ashley; Lopez, Sarah).
17-18      [August, Rachel] Kill by Seitz, Brianna (from Brown, Britney).
17-19  [Tkachuk, Jessica] Attack error by Seitz, Brianna.
17-20      [Lopez, Sarah] Attack error by Brown, Britney.
             Timeout Northeastern.
18-20      [Lopez, Sarah] Ball handling error by Knight, Monica.
18-21  [Seitz, Brianna] Kill by Knight, Monica (from Lopez, Sarah).
19-21      [Moore, Taylor] Attack error by Killins, Stephanie.
19-22  [Tittl, Caitlin] Kill by Knight, Monica (from Lopez, Sarah).
20-22      [Killins, Stephanie] Service error.
20-23  [Brown, Britney] Kill by Calinda, Harmonie (from Lopez, Sarah).
21-23      [Knight, Monica] Service error.
22-23  [DeTurk, Lauren] Kill by Seitz, Brianna (from Brown, Britney).
22-24  [DeTurk, Lauren] Kill by Calinda, Harmonie (from Knight, Monica).
23-24      [Calinda, Harmonie] Kill by Seitz, Brianna (from Brown, Britney).
24-24  [Neubeck, Leah] Attack error by Engle, Lauren (block by Tittl, Caitlin; Stein, Sarah).
24-25  [Neubeck, Leah] Kill by Legerretta, Ashley (from Lopez, Sarah).
25-25      [August, Rachel] Kill by Tittl, Caitlin (from Brown, Britney).
25-26  [Tkachuk, Jessica] Kill by Engle, Lauren (from Lopez, Sarah).
26-26      [Lopez, Sarah] Kill by Tittl, Caitlin (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
27-26  [Seitz, Brianna] Attack error by Knight, Monica.
         Timeout Hofstra.
28-26  [Seitz, Brianna] Kill by DeTurk, Lauren (from Brown, Britney).
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Play-by-Play Summary (2nd game)

HOFSTRA: Legerretta, Ashley; Engle, Lauren; Calinda, Harmonie; Knight, Monica; Lopez, Sarah; Killins, Stephanie;
              libero August, Rachel.
NU: Tittl, Caitlin; Seitz, Brianna; DeTurk, Lauren; Brown, Britney; Tkachuk, Jessica; Robinson, Jillian; libero
              Neubeck, Leah.
 1-0       [Lopez, Sarah] Kill by DeTurk, Lauren (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
 2-0   [Tittl, Caitlin] Kill by Brown, Britney (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
 2-1   [Tittl, Caitlin] Kill by Engle, Lauren (from Lopez, Sarah).
 2-2       [Moore, Taylor] Attack error by DeTurk, Lauren (block by Killins, Stephanie; Knight, Monica).
 3-2       [Moore, Taylor] Attack error by Calinda, Harmonie.
 4-2   [Brown, Britney] Kill by Robinson, Jillian (from Brown, Britney).
 5-2   [Brown, Britney] Kill by Stein, Sarah (from Brown, Britney).
 5-3   [Brown, Britney] Attack error by Robinson, Jillian.
 5-4       [Killins, Stephanie] Attack error by DeTurk, Lauren (block by Legerretta, Ashley; Knight, Monica).
 6-4       [Killins, Stephanie] Kill by Stein, Sarah (from Brown, Britney).
 7-4   [DeTurk, Lauren] Attack error by Calinda, Harmonie.
 7-5   [DeTurk, Lauren] Attack error by Brown, Britney.
 8-5       [Knight, Monica] Kill by DeTurk, Lauren (from Brown, Britney).
 9-5   [Neubeck, Leah] Kill by Stein, Sarah (from Brown, Britney).
 9-6   [Neubeck, Leah] Kill by Legerretta, Ashley.
10-6       [Calinda, Harmonie] Kill by Tittl, Caitlin (from Brown, Britney).
11-6   [Tkachuk, Jessica] Attack error by Engle, Lauren (block by Tittl, Caitlin; Brown, Britney).
         Timeout Hofstra.
12-6   [Tkachuk, Jessica] Attack error by Legerretta, Ashley.
12-7   [Tkachuk, Jessica] Bad set by Brown, Britney.
12-8       [August, Rachel] Attack error by DeTurk, Lauren.
13-8       [August, Rachel] Kill by Brown, Britney (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
13-9   [Seitz, Brianna] Kill by Engle, Lauren (from Lopez, Sarah).
14-9       [Lopez, Sarah] Kill by Brown, Britney (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
15-9   [Tittl, Caitlin] Attack error by Engle, Lauren (block by DeTurk, Lauren; Robinson, Jillian).
16-9   [Tittl, Caitlin] Attack error by Killins, Stephanie (block by DeTurk, Lauren).
16-10  [Tittl, Caitlin] Kill by Killins, Stephanie (from Lopez, Sarah).
16-11      [Moore, Taylor] Service ace (Neubeck, Leah).
17-11      [Moore, Taylor] Kill by Brown, Britney (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
17-12  [Brown, Britney] Service error.
17-13      [Killins, Stephanie] Kill by Knight, Monica (from Legerretta, Ashley).
17-14      [Killins, Stephanie] Kill by Legerretta, Ashley (from Lopez, Sarah).
18-14      [Killins, Stephanie] Kill by Robinson, Jillian (from Brown, Britney).
18-15  [DeTurk, Lauren] Kill by Knight, Monica (from Legerretta, Ashley).
18-16      [Knight, Monica] Attack error by Seitz, Brianna.
19-16      [Knight, Monica] Service error.
19-17  [Neubeck, Leah] Kill by Calinda, Harmonie (from Lopez, Sarah).
20-17      [Calinda, Harmonie] Kill by Seitz, Brianna (from Brown, Britney).
21-17  [Tkachuk, Jessica] Attack error by Legerretta, Ashley.
         Timeout Hofstra.
21-18  [Tkachuk, Jessica] Kill by Engle, Lauren (from Lopez, Sarah).
21-19      [August, Rachel] Attack error by Brown, Britney.
             Timeout Northeastern.
21-20      [August, Rachel] Attack error by Seitz, Brianna.
22-20      [August, Rachel] Kill by Brown, Britney (from DeTurk, Lauren).
23-20  [Seitz, Brianna] Kill by DeTurk, Lauren.
24-20  [Seitz, Brianna] Attack error by Lopez, Sarah.
25-20  [Seitz, Brianna] Attack error by Engle, Lauren (block by Brown, Britney).
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Play-by-Play Summary (3rd game)

HOFSTRA: Knight, Monica; Engle, Lauren; Lopez, Sarah; Calinda, Harmonie; Killins, Stephanie; Legerretta, Ashley;
              libero August, Rachel.
NU: Tittl, Caitlin; Seitz, Brianna; DeTurk, Lauren; Brown, Britney; Tkachuk, Jessica; Robinson, Jillian; libero
              Neubeck, Leah.
 1-0   [Seitz, Brianna] Service ace (August, Rachel).
 2-0   [Seitz, Brianna] Service ace (Calinda, Harmonie).
 3-0   [Seitz, Brianna] Attack error by Legerretta, Ashley.
 3-1   [Seitz, Brianna] Kill by Engle, Lauren (from Lopez, Sarah).
 4-1       [Moore, Taylor] Service error.
 4-2   [Tittl, Caitlin] Kill by Knight, Monica (from Lopez, Sarah).
 5-2       [August, Rachel] Kill by Brown, Britney (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
 5-3   [Brown, Britney] Kill by Calinda, Harmonie (from Lopez, Sarah).
 6-3       [Knight, Monica] Kill by Brown, Britney (from Stein, Sarah).
 7-3   [DeTurk, Lauren] Kill by Seitz, Brianna (from Brown, Britney).
 8-3   [DeTurk, Lauren] Kill by Seitz, Brianna (from Brown, Britney).
 9-3   [DeTurk, Lauren] Attack error by Knight, Monica.
         Timeout Hofstra.
 9-4   [DeTurk, Lauren] Kill by Calinda, Harmonie (from Lopez, Sarah).
 9-5       [Calinda, Harmonie] Kill by Engle, Lauren (from Lopez, Sarah).
10-5       [Calinda, Harmonie] Kill by Seitz, Brianna (from Brown, Britney).
11-5   [Neubeck, Leah] Service ace (Knight, Monica).
11-6   [Neubeck, Leah] Kill by Engle, Lauren (from Lopez, Sarah).
12-6       [Killins, Stephanie] Kill by Tittl, Caitlin (from Brown, Britney).
12-7   [Tkachuk, Jessica] Attack error by Tittl, Caitlin (block by Legerretta, Ashley).
13-7       [Lopez, Sarah] Kill by Tittl, Caitlin (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
13-8   [Seitz, Brianna] Kill by Legerretta, Ashley (from Lopez, Sarah).
14-8       [Moore, Taylor] Kill by DeTurk, Lauren (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
15-8   [Tittl, Caitlin] Kill by Robinson, Jillian.
15-9   [Tittl, Caitlin] Service error.
16-9       [August, Rachel] Kill by DeTurk, Lauren (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
16-10  [Brown, Britney] Kill by Killins, Stephanie (from Lopez, Sarah).
17-10      [Knight, Monica] Kill by DeTurk, Lauren (from Brown, Britney).
         Timeout Hofstra.
18-10  [DeTurk, Lauren] Attack error by Calinda, Harmonie (block by Stein, Sarah; Robinson, Jillian).
18-11  [DeTurk, Lauren] Attack error by Seitz, Brianna.
18-12      [Calinda, Harmonie] Kill by Killins, Stephanie (from Lopez, Sarah).
19-12      [Calinda, Harmonie] Kill by Seitz, Brianna (from Brown, Britney).
19-13  [Neubeck, Leah] Kill by Killins, Stephanie (from Lopez, Sarah).
20-13      [Killins, Stephanie] Kill by Stein, Sarah (from Brown, Britney).
21-13  [Tkachuk, Jessica] Attack error by Legerretta, Ashley.
21-14  [Tkachuk, Jessica] Service error.
22-14      [Lopez, Sarah] Kill by Seitz, Brianna (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
22-15  [Seitz, Brianna] Kill by Knight, Monica (from Lopez, Sarah).
23-15      [Moore, Taylor] Service error.
23-16  [Tittl, Caitlin] Service error.
24-16      [August, Rachel] Kill by Brown, Britney (from Tkachuk, Jessica).
24-17  [Brown, Britney] Kill by Calinda, Harmonie (from August, Rachel).
25-17      [Knight, Monica] Kill by Stein, Sarah (from Brown, Britney).
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