Volleyball Media Guide - Penn State Erie

Three key juniors will be back in uniform for the defending AMCC
champions: Danielle Bemis (Corry/Corry), Lauren Senkevich
(Aliquippa/Hopewell), and Katie Butler (Benezette/Elk County Christian).
All three will be expected to make big contributions to this
year’s squad. Bemis, a co-captain, battled injuries all season but still
accumulated 253 kills and 388 digs while earning all-conference
honorable mention honors. Senkevich led the team in solo blocks
with 25 and had 30 blocking assists and 198 kills. Butler started last
season with an injury, but looks to earn more time and work into the
line-up. Diehl is pleased with the experience of her juniors. “Danielle
will take more of a leadership role this season because of her court
experience, Lauren will be a key in the middle, and Katie was voted
the team’s most improved player by her peers, so we are optimistic
about the season’s possibilities,” Diehl said.
Also returning will be a pair of sophomores, Ashley Ordy (Butler/
Butler) and Emily Waters (Erie/Villa Maria). Ordy saw action in 111
games last year while Waters will be working to earn more playing
time. Ordy will see time as a hitter and is a key in the back row, and
Waters can handle setter’s responsibilities or play the libero position.
Adding depth for coach Diehl will be seven
first-year players—Tricia Adams (Fairview/
Fairview), Elizabeth Bello (Warren/
Warren), Erin Bennett (Erie/Central),
Amanda Evans (Pittsburgh/Upper St.
Clair), Emily Gabrys (Franklin/Franklin),
Katie Ortmann (Yatesboro/Ford City), and
Amanda Steinke (Dayton, OH/Vandalia
Butler).
The Behrend Lions will play twelve
conference matches along with three
tournaments in 2002. The season starts
with the Oberlin Tournament on August
30-31, and then the Behrend Lions host
seven teams in their annual home tournament
on September 13-14 in the Junker
Center. Defense of their conference crown
begins on September 17, at 6:30 p.m.,
when they welcome the La Roche
Redhawks.
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