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Petition
John Shaffer & Nick Pas-
tura
Students at Penn State
Mont Alto are making their
opinions about the English
Program’s closure known.
Several students from a di-
verse number of majors
came together to collect
300 signatures for a peti-
tion. The petition was de-
veloped and written by
Mont Alto Junior Coty Cov-
ert. Students collected sig-
natures by going door to
door in the residence halls
and approaching students
.in common areas. The sig-
natures include six profes-
The petition is going to be
sent with a letter to Univer-
sity President Rodney Er-
ickson and Vice President
of Commonwealth Campus-
es Madlyn Hanes urging
them to reverse the deci-
sion. When questioned
about the students’ efforts,
Chancellor David Gnage
expressed that he was en-
couraged and pleased that
students are taking an active
role. The students hope that
if they send a clear message
to the University Admin-
istration that they can
Volleyball
(cont.)
Overall this season came with
some highs and lows; here are
some personal highlights of the
season. Freshman outside hit-
ter, # 8 Olivia Murphy-Sweet,
hit a .700 hitting percentage.
during the home match against
Schuylkill with 8 kills and 1
error on 10 attempts. # 9 Ash-
lyn Blank, a freshman outside
hitter from Chambersburg, PA,
had a double-double at both
games during the quad match.
Against Greater Allegheny she
racked up a total of 20 kills
and 10 digs and against Beaver
she had 15 kills and 10 digs. #
2, freshman Gretchen Robin-
son, an outsider hitter, reached
a personal best of 6 aces during
the home match against
Schuylkill. A senior middle
hitter #7, Megan Brown, had
her best game against Greater
Allegheny putting down 5 kills
and hitting at .263 percent
along with 1 assist and 1 block.
From Philadelphia, PA, sopho-
more middle hitter # 15, Rage-
na Johnson had a great game
against Schuylkill landing a
total of 2 kills and 3 aces. #3
Chandler Coldsmith, the
team’s libero, leads our team in
digs, her best game was at
York came out on top with 40
digs. From Mechanicsburg,
PA freshman # 13, Chai Kline,
hit a .818 hitting percentage
against Wilkes-Barre with 9
kills on 11 attempts. She also
leads the team in blocking. #
12 Mary Hackney a right side
hitter, had an overall great
game against Beaver with 23
From Biglerville, PA, sopho-
more setter #4, Katrina Oyler,
leads the team in assists. Her
best game was against Greater
Allegheny with 37 assists, 19
digs, and 4 kills.
Assistant coach Aaron Hurley
said, “I have always believed
that if a team has the mindset
to win and succeed on the
court, the skill will fall into
place.” Both coaches knew
that participating in playoffs
was a long shot, but they never
doubted the ladies ability to
strive for excellence and make
the top eight. The MA ladies
remained confident, and their
determination helped them
make the USCAA playoffs.
In regard to the playoffs,
Stremmel added “Experience
is huge in the conference and
you need a .500 record to be
considered for playoffs and
then they only take the top
eight teams.”
Hurley is most proud of the
ladies ability to play the mental
game of volleyball, not just
one filled with physical sk
He also said that “the Pe
College game was the m
thrilling game for me beca
that’s where the fans witness
a team that was not afraid
fight!” Although each win ¢
each loss sent the coaches
an emotional rollercoaster, ¢
game in particular stands out
Stremmel.
Commenting on the York v °
on October 3, 2012, Stremr
says that she “truly felt t
this was the first time the g
played not only as a team, |
a team thriving on confider
as well.”
Now, the team calls the
selves the Cinderella team 1
cause they were not expec!
to accomplish this much. I
gena Johnson comments on *
end of the season stating “I
glad about the way we ca
together as a team and h
much I grew as a player.”