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Nov 7, 2006

NEWMAC Announces 2006 Volleyball All-Conference Team

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass.--  Coast Guard senior Christine Rostowsfske (Walnut, Calif.) claimed 2006 NEWMAC Volleyball Player of the Year honors Tuesday afternoon after guiding the Bears to their first league title.  Her coach, Patty Giannattasio, was named by her peers as the 2006 NEWMAC Coach of the Year, while M.I.T.'s Alex Day (Des Moines, Iowa) was voted as the league's Rookie of the Year.  

Rostowfske finished the season as the NEWMAC leader in assists (12.6 per game) and ranked eighth in service aces (0.62).  May averaged 3.51 kills and 0.82 blocks for the Engineers as a rookie, while Giannattasio led Coast Guard to a 23-2 mark and its first-ever NEWMAC championship this fall as well as the top seed in the NCAA Division III New England Regional.

Smith College was named as the inaugural Sportsmanship Award winner as voted on by the volleyball players at each conference member institution.

Joining Rostowfske on the first team all-NEWMAC squad are teammate Nicole Gurr, M.I.T.'s Amanda Morris, Springfield's Leah Hettrick and MaryKathryn O'Neil as well as Wellesley's Laura Ackerman.  May was joined on the NEWMAC second team by teammate Frances Rogoz, Coast Guard's Corinne McCormack, Mount Holyoke's Emily Groth and Smith's Sara Hoffman and Catherine Shafer.