VGCC Women’s Volleyball team opens new season

The 2012 Vance-Granville Community College women’s volleyball season is underway. The Vanguards began their season on Sept. 1 with a tri-match hosted by Johnston Community College. In the first match, the Sandhills Community College Flyers defeated the VGCC squad, three sets to none. To finish the tri-match, VGCC played the host team, again losing to the Jaguars in three sets. Key contributors for the Vanguards at the tri-match included Veronica Papandrea (3 assists, 2 kills), Brittny Shells (1 assist, 1 kill, 1 block), and Rebecca May (2 digs, 2 kills).

VGCC’s next match was another road contest, this time at Davidson County CC in Lexington on Sept. 5. The result was another three-set loss for the Vanguards. Papandrea led her team with 2 digs and an assist.

VGCC, Sandhills CC, Johnston CC and Davidson County CC all compete in Region X of the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division III for women’s volleyball.

The Vanguards will play their first matches at home when they host a tri-match at Aycock Recreation Center in Henderson on Saturday, Sept. 22. At Noon, VGCC plays Johnston CC. Next, Johnston CC takes on Rockingham Community College at approximately 2 p.m. Finally, VGCC and Rockingham CC complete the tri-match starting at approximately 4 p.m. There is no charge for admission.

Above: In front row, from left: Rebecca May of Wake Forest, Veronica Papandrea of Durham, Kimberly Nelson of Henderson and Kiara Stump of Franklinton; in back row, from left: head coach Heather Chance, Chelsea Dean of Oxford, Cynthia Kelly of Oxford, Riley Frazier of Durham, Alyssa Fry of Wake Forest, Brittny Shells of Oxford and assistant coach Pam DeZurik. (VGCC photo)