Mount Olive Places Four On 2009 All-Conference Carolinas Women's Volleyball Team
Middle hitter Racey Bartley and setter Joanie Werling were named to the first team, outside hitter Alicia Mote was selected to the second
team and middle hitter Christiane Maul was named to the third team as Mount Olive placed four players on the 2009 All-Conference Carolinas Women's Volleyball Team, as voted on by the Conference Carolinas women’s volleyball head coaches. The selections mark the second year in a row and fifth time in seven years that at least four Trojan women’s volleyball players have earned all-conference honors.
Bartley, a 6-0 senior from Jacksonville, N.C., becomes a three-time all-conference selection, earning first team honors for the second consecutive year. Bartley is the only Conference Carolinas player to rank in the top six in the conference in kills, hitting percentage and service aces. She ranks third in the conference – and 49th in the nation – with 3.60 kills per set, second in the
conference with a .318 hitting percentage and sixth with 0.41 aces per set. Bartley won Conference Carolinas Player of the Week honors the week of September 14-20.
Werling, a 5-11 senior from Purcelleville, Va., earns all-conference honors for the second straight year after garnering honorable mention last year. Werling ranks first in the conference and 19th in the nation in assists with an average of 10.70 per set. She also ranks fourth overall and first among setters in service aces per set with a 0.48 average. Werling surpassed the 50-assist mark three times during the regular season, including wins over regular season conference champion Lees-McRae and third-place Limestone.
Mote, a 5-9 senior from Miami, Fla., earns all-conference second team honors for the second year in a row. Mote ranks fifth in the conference with 3.21 kills per set. She leads the Trojans in “double-doubles” this season, notching double figures in kills and digs in eight matches. Mote reached double figures in kills in 15 of her final 19 matches, including 11 consecutive matches during one stretch. A Conference Carolinas Player of the Week winner the week of September 28-October 4, Mote recorded season-highs of 21 kills vs. St. Andrews and 15 digs vs. Limestone.
Maul, a 5-9 junior from Auerbach, Germany, earns all-conference honors in her first year at Mount Olive. A transfer from Friedrich-Schiller University in Germany, Maul broke the Trojan single-match hitting percentage record. Maul tallied 10
kills with no errors in 11 attempts for a .909 hitting percentage against Belmont Abbey. She ranks sixth in the conference with a .280 hitting percentage. Maul tallied a season-high 15 kills against Limestone.
Mount Olive posted an overall record of 13-19 in 2009 and tied for fourth in the Conference Carolinas standings with a 12-6 mark. The Trojans fell to Anderson 3-1 Tuesday in the first round of the Conference Carolinas Tournament.