NAC Announces Fall All-Conference Teams

  NAC ANNOUNCES FALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

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CHICOPEE, MA, Nov. 2, 2007 - The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) announced its fall All-Conference teams for the fall season on Friday.  Women's volleyball head coach Cathy Markowski and 12 Elms College student athletes were honored. 

Coach Markowski was honored as NAC Coach of the Year after leading the Blazers to a 6-2 mark in NAC play and a berth in the conference semifinals.  Coach Markowski, in her third year with the Blazers, has turned around a program that finished 3-7 in conference play a year ago. Elms College also recorded its first 10-plus win season in the program's six-year history.

Junior hitter Jeannette Nunez (Canovanas, Puerto Rico), sophomore setter Kim Phillips (Randolph, MA), and sophomore middle hitter Melissa Clark (Chicopee, MA) were all honored from the women's volleyball team as well. Nunez was named the NAC Player of the Year in a vote by the conference coaches.  In her first season competing in the NAC, Nunez led the league in hitting percentage (.392), kills per game (4.40) and service aces per game (1.70).  Phillips was a Second Team All-NAC selection after a season in which she tallied a total of 586 assists, good for 7.32 assists per game.  Clark received an Honorable Mention for amassing 177 kills at an average of 2.10 kills per game, and recording 131 digs during the regular season. 

Men's soccer sophomore forward T. J. Nevue (Palmer, MA) was named to the men's soccer First Team All-NAC First-Team.  Nevue netted a team-high seven goals and added three assists to finish the season for 17 points.  Sophomore midfielder Sean Moylan (Chicopee, MA) earned Second Team All-NAC honors after he finished the season with a goal and six assists.  Junior goalkeeper Nick Pellegrini (Ludlow, MA) earned Honorable Mention for a season in which he recorded five shutouts and held opponents to a 1.30 goals per game average.

Women's soccer sophomore forward Krystyna Gagne (Methuen, MA) was named First Team All-NAC after scoring a team-high nine goals and tallying one assist.  Gagne's teammates senior defender Jamie Walsh (Springfield, MA) and sophomore midfielder Kelsey Battige (Monson, MA) were also honored by the conference.  Walsh, who recorded three points on the season, was named Second Team All-NAC, while Battige earned Honorable Mention after finishing the year with five goals and two assists for 12 points.

Field hockey freshman midfielder Denise Perks (Blackstone, MA) was named Second Team All-NAC.  In her first year competing in the NAC, Perks led the Blazers with five goals and two assists for 12 points.

Women's cross country junior Jill Bigos (Florence, MA) was named Second Team All-NAC after recording a collegiate career-best 10th place finish among 51 runners in the NAC Championship on Saturday, October 27.  Bigos completed the 5k course in a time of 23:07.48.  

Earlier this fall, men's golf senior Neil Daigneault (Ludlow, MA) earned First Team All-NAC honors for the third straight year via his runner-up finish at the NAC Championship in Boothbay, Maine.