| November 14, 2006
EAST STROUDSBURG -- Jenn Mills and Dawn Peipher earned first-team honors and Nikki LeBlanc and Caitlin Kuhn were named to the second-team on the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division women's volleyball teams, it was announced Tuesday.
Mills and Peipher were among the eight players chosen to the first team while LeBlanc and Kuhn were on the seven-player second team. The All-PSAC teams were chosen by the leagues coaches.
Mills (Reading/Central Catholic) is a senior blocker who is on the first-team for the second consecutive year. She was on the second team her freshman and sophomore seasons. She had a team-best 323 kills, 10 aces and 15 digs.
Peipher (Bethlehem/Liberty) led the team with 777 digs and earned her first all-conference honor. She has more than 2,000 digs in her career and also had 21 aces.
LeBlanc (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) was named all-conference for the third time in her career. She had 246 kills and 19 aces.
Kuhn (Jim Thorpe/Marian Catholic) earned her first all-conference honor as a sophomore. She had 265 kills, 22 aces and 30 blocks.
ESU, under first-year head coach Michelle Kreeger, finished the season 21-14 and advanced to the PSAC playoffs for the first time in three seasons.
All-PSAC Teams
First Team Western Division
OPP -- Inga Kurgonaite, Lock Haven
S -- Sarah Kirsch, Slippery Rock
OPP -- Allison Liptak, California
MH -- Jenna Newman, Edinboro
MB -- Anastasia Urbanik, Slippery Rock
MH -- Li Yizhi, Lock Haven
MH -- Shanna Yourchik, California
First Team Eastern Division
OH -- Sarah Brandon, Kutztown
MH -- Kristen Decker, West Chester
MH -- Jenn Mills, ESU
OH -- Dawn Peipher, ESU
OH -- Missy Pierce, Shippensburg
OH -- Jennie Rohrbaugh, Millersville
OH -- Nicole Vetock, West Chester
S -- Lisa Yeasted, West Chester
Second Team Western Division
OH -- Jen Blasko, Slippery Rock
OH -- Stacie Borgia, Lock Haven
S -- Renata da Silva, California
MB -- Trish Gerus, IUP
S -- Fabiana Gomez, Lock Haven
MB -- Louise Schultz, Slippery Rock
OH -- Christina Steiner, Clarion
Second Team Eastern Division
Lib -- Nicole Biuso, Kutztown
S -- Austin Kinney, Kutztown
OH -- Caitlin Kuhn, ESU
OH -- Nikki LeBlanc. ESU
MB -- Erin Waters, Kutztown
OH -- Dani Witherite, Kutztown
MB -- Cindel Young, Shippensburg
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