Sage's Corbett, Jones, and Gallagher all honored by Skyline Conference
With the announcement of the 2009 Skyline Conference Women's Volleyball All-Star Team, the Gators received considerable acclaim.
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Troy, NY--The Sage Colleges women's volleyball team may have wrapped their 2009 season, but post-season honors have begun to pour in the Gators. Sage's head women's volleyball coach Lisa Gallagher was named the 2009 Skyline Conference Women's Volleyball Coach of the Year, while her team was named the recipient of the league's Sportsmanship Award.
Sage's junior middle hitter Nicole Corbett (East Greenbush, NY/Columbia) was named All-Star First Team, while senior middle hitter Kellie Jones (Troy, NY/Troy) was tapped for the second team. The first-team selection for Corbett is a repeat honor as she was also chosen for the squad in 2008.
Corbett was a candidate for the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team, and is currently a candidate for the 2009 AVCA All-America Team. Over the course of the year, she earned four selections to the Skyline Conference weekly honor roll and was tapped as the Player of the Week once. She closed the 2009 regular-season with a spot on the Vassar College Invitational All-Tournament Team. She was the Gators' team leader with her .291 attack percentage this fall. She added 275 kills with a total of 117 blocks. For the 2009 Skyline Conference Tournament, she average 3.18 kills per set with 1.27 blocks with a .382 attacking percentage. She finishes the season ranked second all-time in career total blocks with 378. She is just 61 blocks shy owning the career record. She is also currently in fourth place on the career kills list with 905 as moved ahead of Elizabeth St. Dennis (903, 2004-06). Overall on the year, the junior started all 124 sets and her 117 total blocks ranks fourth in single-season performance at Sage.
Jones connected on 257 kills this fall with 355 digs. In the Skyline Tournament she added 24 digs with 29 kills. Overall on her Sage career, she stands among the leaders in several categories. She racked up 675 kills, which is seventh best in program history. She added 1,198 career digs which is fourth best. She added 182 career serving aces, which is fourth best as well. On her 2009 campaign, she added 50 serving aces in 124 sets played and started. Earlier this season, she was named to the Union College Invitational All-Tournament Team and was selected the Skyline Conference Volleyball Player of the Week on September 21.
Despite losing two all-conference players to graduation from the 2008 Skyline Conference championship team, ninth-year Sage head coach Lisa Gallagher had her team in position to contend for another conference title.
Faced with the task of replacing 2008 Skyline Player of the Year and career assist leader Kaitlin Olmstead as well as two-time All-Skyline first-team selection Krista Provost, Gallagher directed her squad to a 7-2 mark during Skyline regular-season play. The Gators also knocked off second-seeded St. Joseph's in the conference semifinals. Sage then dropped a hard fought 3-2 decision to top-seeded NYU-Poly in the championship match. She has led the Gators to numerous post-season appearances and considerable success during her career and now owns a 167-145 career record in nine full seasons at the helm of the program. Gallagher is the program's winningest coach (.535 win percentage) and holds the mark for most career victories as well.
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