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October 04, 2010
Mercado Wins Her Fourth Molten/Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week Award of 2010
Dianis Mercado (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) averaged 12 kills in three Pioneer victories en route to being tabbed the Molten/NEC rookie of the week for the third consecutive time, her fourth overall selection in 2010. The outside hitter finished the week with 36 kills, 4.00 per game, and 21 digs while posting a .203 hitting percentage.
Mercado tallied 12 kills in the Pioneers first win of the week, a 3-0 sweep of in-state rival Quinnipiac. The freshman notched a double-double Saturday afternoon with 11 kills and 10 digs against St. Francis (NY). Mercado had her most productive match of the week Sunday as Sacred Heart upended defending NEC champion Long Island for the first time in program history. She dropped in 13 kills while compiling an impressive .409 hitting percentage in a 3-0 victory over the Blackbirds.
The Pioneers return home this weekend for a pair of NEC games to defend a perfect 5-0 record in the Pitt Center along with the current program best nine game winning streak.
September 27, 2010
Dianis Mercado Claims Third Molten/Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week Award
Dianis Mercado (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) earned her second consecutive, and third overall, rookie of the week nod after the Pioneers posted a 2-0 record last week. Mercado notched double-doubles in Sacred Heart victories over Hartford and league rival Fairleigh Dickinson.
The outside hitter recorded 14 kills and 13 digs in Sacred Heart's sweep of Hartford and 17 kills and 13 digs in the 3-1 decision over the Knights. Mercado averaged a weekend hitting clip of .367 and chipped in three service aces. Sacred Heart has won 11 of the last 12 matches, including six straight, while sitting at 1-0 in league play.
The Pioneers and Mercado return to action this Wednesday, September 29 for a home game against NEC foe Quinnipiac. Game time is set for 7:00 pm in the William H. Pitt Center.
September 03, 2010
Pioneers Sweep Mountain Hawks, 3-0; Freshman Mercado Posts Double-Double
Lehigh took a pair of early set leads but SHU came back each time and picked up a 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-18) victory in the last game Friday night at the 2010 Sacred Heart Invitational. Dianis Mercado (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) notched a double-double in her first collegiate start with 13 kills and 11 digs. Ashlyn Trimble (Temecula, CA) hammered home 10 kills and added eight assists of her own. Courtney Kidd-Kadlubek (Santa Barbara, CA), who missed the final game of the Baden State Classic last week, returned to the lineup and recorded 33 assists for the Pioneers.
Lehigh (3-2) took the control early in the first set and had four leads of four points, the last coming at 9-5. The Pioneers rallied to tie the game at 15-15 on a kill from Maile Hetherington (Thousand Oaks, CA) and a combination block off the hands of Mercado and Elise Sage (Greenwood Village, CO). SHU pulled away with seven straight points on Sage's serve, starting at 17-17, including two aces. Mercado capped off the first game with a kill set up by Kidd-Kadlubek as the Pioneers went up 1-0 with the 25-18 first set triumph.
Sacred Heart (1-3) jumped out to a quick lead in the second game, controlling the action with 5-1 and 12-4 advantages. But the Mountain Hawks came roaring back running off eight straight points, all on the serve of Courtney McCutchan to jump ahead 17-16. Kidd-Kadlubek ended the run with a clever kill on SHU's second touch. The senior captain then stepped back to serve and the Pioneers answered the run with seven in a row of their own to make it 23-17. Sacred Heart would cruise in for the 25-19 set win with the last kill coming on a Sage swing from the right side.
The Mountain Hawks started the third set hot and coasted out to a 5-2 lead as Angelika Kopacz dropped in one of her five kills of the night. The deciding points would again come from the serve of Kidd-Kadlubek as SHU used six in a row to build a 20-15 advantage. A Trimble kill made it 24-18 Sacred Heart and the Pioneers clinched its first win of 2010 on the next point on a Kopacz attacking error. Lehigh struggled throughout the final game hitting at -.032. The Pioneers finished the night hitting at .190 overall to the Mountain Hawks .029
The Pioneers are back in action at 9:00 am tomorrow morning as they take on Jacksonville. Sacred Heart closes the 2010 edition of its home tournament at 3:00 pm against Binghamton.
Adjunto el perfil de Dianis Mercado: EN HORA BUENA!!!, Orgullo Boricua
