8.25.04
Season Opener Postponed
The Shaw volleyball season opener against Mount
Olive, scheduled for August 26 at 6:00 p.m. at Spaulding Gymnasium has been
postponed until further notice. The Lady Bears will open up the season on
September 1 when they travel to Winston-Salem State to take on the Lady Rams at
6:00 p.m.
8.10.04
Aker Named Head Volleyball, Softball Coach
Shaw University has named Laura Aker as its new head
volleyball and softball coach. Aker
replaces Dianthia Ford-Kee, who has been the head volleyball and softball coach
the last 14 years, after she was named associate athletics director in June.
Read more
11.14.03
Lady Bears Lose in Championships
DURHAM - The Shaw volleyball
team lost in the first round of the 2003 CIAA Championships. Shaw lost
its first match to western division opponent #4 Winston-Salem St. 3-1 (30-27,
26-30, 28-30, 26-30). The Lady Bears rebounded in their second match
defeating Virginia Union 3-0 (30-23, 30-19, 30-25). The Lady Bears season
was ended at the hands of North Carolina Central 3-0 (20-30, 13-30, 15-30).
11.13.03
Lady Bears #1 Seed in East; Will take on #4 Seed in West in First Round
The Shaw volleyball team, 2003
CIAA eastern division champions and number one seed out of the east will take
on Winston-Salem State in Pool A in the first round of the in the 2003 CIAA
volleyball tournament on the campus of North Carolina Central at the Walker
Complex at 11:00 a.m. on Friday. The Lady Bears would then take on
Virginia Union. seeded third in the east at 3:00 p.m. and then North Carolina
Central, second in the west at 7:00 p.m.
Should the Lady Bears advance out of
Pool A, they would face the second or first place finisher in Pool B at 10:00
a.m. on Saturday. The championship game is Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Shaw is 0-1 against Winston-Salem
State, 2-0 against Virginia Union and 0-1 against North Carolina Central this
season.
11/11/03
Goree, Quarles Named first team, Harrell Named second team
The Shaw volleyball team had
three players named to the 2003 All-CIAA volleyball team. Outside hitter
Dishondra Goree, a senior from Fort Wayne, IN has 207 kills and 166 digs.
Setter Kalia Quarles, a junior from Cleveland, OH, leads the team in assists
)551) and has 103 digs.
Newcomer outside hitter Carletta
Harrell, a junior from Cleveland, leads the team in kills (240) and has been a
welcomed addition to this year's team, which won the CIAA eastern division for
the third-straight year.
11.10.03
Shaw loses
Clash Of The Champions
The CIAA eastern division
champion Shaw volleyball team fell 0-3 (18-30, 25-30, 9-30) to western division
champion
St. Augustine's.
In the first
game the Lady Falcons won 30-18 but the Lady Bears would not go down without a
fight in their last home match of the season playing the Lady Falcons close in
game two but eventually falling 30-25. The Lady Falcons won game three 30-9.
Bria Johnson led the Lady Bears attack against a stiff Lady Falcons defense
with three kills. Evangeline Hunt led the defensive side with seven digs.
Shaw now prepares for the 2003 CIAA
Tournament being held November 13-16 in Durham. The Lady Bears will go in
as the number one seed from the west.
Note: It was senior day as
three Lady Bear seniors were honored. At the picture above from right to
left are: Evangeline Hunt, Amina McGhee and Dishondra Goree. The Lady
Bears played there last home game.
11.5.03
Lady Bears Win Eastern Division
The Lady Bears have clinched
the Eastern Division crown with a victory tonight in Spaulding Gymnasium
over Virginia Union in a three game set. The Lady Bears will conclude the
regular season on Monday November 10th when they play host to arch rival St.
Augustine's College at 6:00pm in Spaulding Gymnasium.
11/4/03
Lady Bears Fight Hard but Fall to Trojans
The Shaw women's volleyball
team fought hard against Mount Olive but fell to the Trojans 3-0 (32-28, 30-21,
30-17) in Spaulding Gymnasium.
The Lady Bears (11-12) led for most of
the first game as Carletta Harrell was instrumental in the Shaw leading the
majority of the game. She had eight kills in the game. The Lady
Bears led 27-25 but couldn't finish off the Trojans and fell 32-28. In
game two, Shaw found its self down early 19-8, but made a valiant comeback
coming with in four points with brilliant defense and timely hitting , but
again fell short losing 30-21.
For the match Harrell led the Lady
Bears with 13 kills. Heidi Busch led the Trojans with 14 kills.
The Lady Bears will be in action
tomorrow night as the CIAA eastern division championship will be on the line
when they take on the Lady Panthers of Virginia Union.
10.29.03
Lady Bears Fall in Five To Lady Rams
The Lady Bears fell short in a
five game thriller versus Winston-Salem State University last
night at Whitaker Gymnasium.
The Lady Bears did not
go down with out a fight as Dishondra Goree had 22 kills and 15
digs, Syreeta Mason had 13 kills and 24 digs, and Bria Johnson
finished with 10 kills as the Lady Bears fell by scores of
30-26,14-30,30-24,16-30,and 15-17.
The Lady Bears overall
record drops to 11-11and 10-4 in the conference. The women will
next play Mount Olive on November 4th at Spaulding Gymnasium.
10.27.03
Lady Bears Beat Lady Tigers
The Shaw
volleyball quickly disposed of the Lady Tigers of St. Paul's
College in three games with scores of 30-25,30-27, and 30-9.
Carletta Harrell led the team in kills with 10 and digs with
five. The team improves to 11-8, 10-1 in the conference.
10.22.03
Lady Bears Lose To Virginia State
The Shaw women's volleyball team loss
their first division game tonight in a five game set with
Virginia State 25-30,30-28,30-32,30-24,18-16.DiShondra Goree and
Carletta Harrell lead the Lady Bears. Goree finished the game
with 10 kills and 11 digs. Harrell added 17 kills and 4 digs.
Also Kalia Quarles had 41 assists. The Lady Bears will play
again Monday October 27th at Spaulding Gym against St.
Paul's College.
10.16.03
Shaw Wins Two Games in One Day
The Shaw University volleyball team
defeated two opponents at two different sites on Tuesday. The
first victim was Johnson C. Smith, the Lady Bears spiked the
Lady Golden Bulls in four games with scores of 14-30, 34-32,
33-31,and 30-26. Then the Lady Bears boarded the bus to depart
from Charlotte, NC back to Raleigh but made a quick
stop in Salisbury, NC to play the Lady Blue Bears of Livingstone
College defeating the Lady Blue Bears in three games 30-15,
30-14, and 30-23.
This improves the Lady
Bears conference record to 8-1 and their overall record to 9-8.
The Lady Bears will host Bowie State tomorrow at 6:00 in
Spaulding Gymnasium.
10.8.03
Lady Bears Remain Unbeaten in Division
The Shaw
volleyball team made quick work of Elizabeth City State and
remained unbeaten in the CIAA's eastern division. The Lady
Bears beat the Lady Vikings 3-0 (30-15, 30-13, 30-12).
Shaw is now 7-8 overall, 6-1 in the CIAA and 6-0 in the east.
10.7.03
Lady Bears Remain Unbeaten in Division
The Lady Bears
remained unbeaten in the Eastern Division as they defeated the
Lady Panthers of Virginia Union in a three game set last night.
It
was Bria Johnson who led the Lady Bears with a solid all-round
performance. Johnson finished the game with 10 kills, 4
Service Aces, and 11digs. Carletta Harrell had 13 kills, one shy
of the game high. Tiffany Barnes led the defensive attack
finishing the game with 13 digs and Evangeline Hunt added 10.
The
Lady Bears will host Elizabeth City State University tomorrow
night in their first home game of the season.
10.6.03
Lady Bears Lose to Belmont Abbey
A shawbears.com
report in a story last week that the volleyball team defeated
Belmont Abbey was incorrect. The Lady Bears were defeated
3-1 on September 30th.
9.30.03
Lady Bears Remain Undefeated In Conference Play
The Shaw
Lady Bears volleyball team is 4-0 in conference play, as they
defeated the Lady Bulldogs of Bowie State last Thursday in three
games 30 to 17, 30 to 18 , and 30 to 21.
Leading
the way for the Lady Bears was Carletta Harrell who had 14
kills and Dishondra Goree who had 13. On the defensive side it
was Lowleita Davis who finished the match with 16 digs to lead
all players. Kalia Quarles had 32 assist and 4 kills as
the Lady Bears improved their overall record to 5-3.
The
Bears will take the court again today as they travel to Belmont,
NC to take on Belmont Abbey in non-conference action.
9.19.03
Shaw University Improves to 3-0 in Conference Play
The Shaw Lady
Bear volleyball team beat the Lady Trojans of
Virginia State University 3-1 in Eastern division play.
It
was Dishondra Goree who sparked the Lady Bears with a
solid all- round performance. Goree tallied 16 kills
and 14 digs. Newcomer Carletta Harrell also had a good all- round
game with 14 kills and 9 digs. Kalia Quarles helped lead the
offensive attack with 45 assist and Lowletia Davis added 27
digs on the defensive end.
The
Lady Bears were scheduled to compete at the CIAA round-up this
weekend in Fayetteville, NC but the round up has been moved to
next weekend September 26-28 due to Hurricane
Isabel. The Lady Bears will be in action on September 24th at
Virginia Union.
9.9.03
Lady Bears Win First Conference Game
The Shaw
volleyball team recorded it's first conference victory of the
season last night in a three-game sweep against the Lady Vikings
of Elizabeth City State University 30-13, 30-25, 30-14.
The Lady Bears (2-3) were
led by Carletta Harrell who had 15 kills and Kalia Quarles
and Jessica Perry who had 13 and 17 assists, respectively.
Dishondra Ghoree was the team leader defensively finishing
the game with eight digs and Lowleita Davis chipped in with
seven.
The Lady Bears will take
the court again Thursday night when they take on the Lady
Tigers at St. Paul's University at 6:00 p.m.
9.4.03
Lady Bears Compete in Tournament
The Shaw volleyball team opened
the 2003 season in Boca Raton, FL, finishing 1-3 in the Lynn
University Tournament last weekend.
In
the first game of the tournament Shaw squared off
against the University of Charleston. The Lady Bears totaled 26
kills as a team in the three game set. Leading the way for the
Lady Bears was senior Dishondra Goree and junior Carletta
Harrell, who each had seven kills and
freshman Jessica Perry who chipped in with six.
Defensively, it was sophomore Lowletia Davis who led the team
with 15 of the teams 52 digs. Goree and senior Evangeline Hunt
each had 10 digs. But this would not be enough as the Lady Bears
would lose to Charleston in three straight sets.
The
Lady Bears first win of the season would come against Glennville
St. University in three straight sets 30-16,30- 20, 30-22.
Harrell led the offensive attack with 19 kills, followed
by Perry with 12. On the defensive side, it was Junior Kalia Quarles who
had 11 digs. She also finished the game with 30 assists.
The
Lady Bears lost two more games in the tournament against West Florida
University and West Virginia State College. Overall the women
finished the tournament with a record of 1-3
Shaw
will next be in action on September 9th when they
travel to Elizabeth City to take on the Lady Vikings.
11/14/02
Lady Bears Prepare for CIAA Championships
The Shaw volleyball team, which finished
the regular season by winning the CIAA eastern division crown,
will be in action starting tomorrow at the CIAA Volleyball
Championships in Winston Salem, NC.
The Lady Bears are seeded first in Pool A and will face
#4Fayetteville State, #3Virginia Union and #2North Carolina
Central, tomorrow at 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.,
respectively. If
the Lady Bears finish first or second in the Pool A, they will
advance to play the first or second place winner in Pool B in
the semi-finals on Saturday November 16 at 10:00 a.m.
The Championship game is Sunday November 17 at 10:00 a.m.
The participants in pool B include #1St. Augustine’s,
#2Virginia State, #3Winston-Salem State and #4Bowie State.
The
Lady Bears are currently 15-10 overall and 12-7 against all CIAA
opponents, 9-1 in the eastern division.
Here
are the Lady Bears records against current competition in the
eight-field team:
Fayetteville
State:
1-0
Virginia
Union:
2-0
North
Carolina Central:
0-2
St
Augustine’s:
0-2
Virginia
State:
1-1
Winston-Salem
State:
0-1
Bowie
State:
2-0
11/7/02
Riley, Pelzer Named All-CIAA
Shaw
University volleyball players Britanya Riley and Asiyah Pelzer
have been named second team All-CIAA as voted by the CIAA
volleyball coaches.
Riley, a senior from Pensacola, FL leads the Lady Bears in kills
(247) and hitting percentage (.312).
Pelzer, a senior from Cleveland, OH and one of the
leagues better all-around players, has 118 kills, 352 assists,
65 digs and 46 total blocks.
The Lady Bears have won the CIAA eastern division for the second
straight season.
11/5/02
Johnson, Ford-Kee Named Rookie, Coach of the Week
Bria Johnson and Shaw head volleyball coach Dianthia Ford-Kee have been named
CIAA Rookie and Coach of the Week, respectively. Johnson, a freshman outside
hitter from Wharton, TX finished last week with 21 kills, a hitting percentage
of .375, three service aces and 12 digs in two games.
Ford-Kee, who has compiled a 218-130 record in 13 seasons as head coach of the
Lady Bears, led the Lady Bears to two wins versus Virginia State (10/28) and
Elizabeth City State (10/30). The win over Virginia State, put the Lady Bears
in the drivers seat in the CIAA eastern division, and allowed Shaw to claim the
eastern division crown for the second straight season.
|
LADY BEARS DEFEAT VIRGINIA UNION