SEPTEMBER 29, 1994 • BENNETT BANNER • 3
Belle Sports
Five freshwomen key
players this season
Cinzia “Buffy’
Sports Editor
Atkinson
A veteran is an experienced
player that usually takes the ini
tiative to be a leader. This year’s
Bennett volleyball team consists
of five freshwomen. All of which
will be taking leadership roles in
the progressing season.
The Belles broke even with a
win over arch rival Livingstone
College after losing the season
opener with a setback from visit
ing Johnson Bible College from
Knoxville, Tenn. Freshwomen
Rebekah Melton, Antrionette
Pittman, and Christina Savoy gave
an outstanding first year perfor
mance.
Melton, Savoy, and Pittman
were the only three freshwomen
that received an ample amount of
playing time, but the others, like
Rukiyah Abdulah and Latoya
Davis, are just as excited about
being aparlof acollegiate volley
ball team.
Melton, a 5’8" freshwoman
fromSaunton,Va., has been play
ing volleyball since the eighth
grade.
Although injured on a play in
the final match against Johnson
Bible College, this Robert E. Lee
High School standout was just as
excited sidelined as she was on
the floor. “It was intense out there
, but it was fun,” Melton said.
Pittman, who has not played
organized volleyball since her
sophomore year at Swansboro
High School in Jacksonville,
N.C., said, “I wasn’t really ner
vous. It was actually less pres
sure.”
“Although Pittman
hasn’t played for a couple of
years, she eliminated the ques
tion of whether she was ready for
the collegiate level of play.
Last, but certainly not
least, freshwoman Savoy made
her debut a memorable one. She
hustled, digged, and passed the
ball very well in a match against
JBC.
Savoy, from Brandywine,
Md. said, “Actually, I was ner
vous, but I got use to it.”
Coach Joyce Spruill spoke
highly of her newly added crop of
girls. ‘This group has a great
attitude and that enhances their
learning process.”
Team captain Tamara Adams,
a 5’8" junior from Sacramento
welcomed her new teammates
with open arms.
“I’m sure they’ll be an asset to
the team,” she said.
Each year the Bennett vol
leyball team is primarily com'
posed of freshwomen. “It’s
harder to create a bond and team
chemistry,” said sophomore,
Amanda Pecchioni, from Louis
ville, Ky.
After the stellar performance
of the freshwomenand 3-1 match
victories over Livingstone Col
lege Sept. 19, it looks as if that
chemistry is about to evolve.
BELLE SPIKERS SCOREBOARD
Johnson Bible College def. Bennett
18-16,15-6,15-4,15-6
Bennett def. Livingston
15-7,15-4,11-15,15-8
Bennett def. Salem
15-6,15-4,12-15,15-10
Bennett def. Piedmont
15-1,15-8,15-11
Bennett wiir host the
volleyball invitational tournament
Oct. 1, at 9 a.m.
Belles bust Livingstone
(Top left photo) Senior Kheava Hines sets up the Bennett attack. (Top right photo)
Laticia Jolly, sophomore, hustles to make a play. Belles won the best three out four;
15-7, 15-4, 15-8, 11-15
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