PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Rebecca Rubenstein, Gettysburg (Sr, L, Bedford Hills, N.Y. / Fox Lane)

Rubenstein averaged 5.81 digs and 1.06 assists to help guide Gettysburg to a pair of Centennial victories and a 2-2 overall record for the week.  She opened the week with a career-high 39 digs - falling just six shy of the school record - in a five-set loss at Gallaudet. After combining for 29 digs in a three-set wins over Dickinson and Bryn Mawr, Rubenstein closed with a 25-dig performance against 20th-ranked SUNY Cortland as the Bullets just missed the upset in a five-set setback.

CENTENNIAL NOTEBOOK
Swarthmore has won three straight games since its loss to Gettysburg and hasn't given up a set since that match. With its most recent three set shutout of McDaniel, the Garnet have earned 13 shutout victories this season.

Washington College defeated Dickinson, 3-1, on Friday night to snap a 14-match losing streak and the team's first win since 1998 over the Red Devils.

The Centennial Conference 'DIGS' Pediatric Cancer Research

During the month of October, the women’s volleyball teams in the Centennial Conference are joining together to raise awareness and money for pediatric cancer research.  Prior to a designated match, each Conference school will collect donations and pledges from friends, families, and team supporters for each dig the team records in its selected match.  Pledges and donations will be collected in the first week of November.   Over the last five years, the 11 teams have raised $42,857 in donations and pledges to support breast cancer research.  

For the 2011 campaign, the money raised by each team will go directly to Tanner’s Touch.  Tanner’s Touch, a non-profit organization based in Carroll County, Md., was founded by former Gettysburg assistant volleyball coach Stephanie (Yingling) Moore in honor of her son who was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive form of pediatric cancer in 2009.  Tanner’s Touch will, in turn, donate the proceeds to Johns Hopkins Pediatric Cancer Research.

2011 Centennial Conference “DIGS” Pediatric Cancer Research Matches

– TOTAL DIGS (357)

Saturday, October 1: Dickinson at Muhlenberg - 107 digs; Wednesday, October 5: Muhlenberg at Bryn Mawr – 73 digs; Saturday, October 8: Johns Hopkins at Ursinus – 129 digs; Saturday, October 15: McDaniel at Swarthmore – 48 digs; Wednesday, October 19: Bryn Mawr at Haverford; Saturday, October 22: Franklin & Marshall at Washington College, Haverford at McDaniel; Saturday, October 29: Gettysburg at Johns Hopkins

For more information: http://www.centennial.org/sports/wvball/DIGS4TANNER