Four Scots Earn All-MWC Volleyball Honors at MC

Release Date: November 14, 2002

MONMOUTH, Ill. – A record-setting season at Monmouth College has earned four volleyball players All-Midwest Conference honors.

In a vote of the league’s coaches, Melissa Jones (Port Byron, Ill./UTHS) picked up first team honors. She had been selected to the second team the previous two seasons.

The senior middle hitter  holds the school career record for games played (495) and is second in kills (1,325). She also led the team in kills (530) and kills-per-game (4.17) Joining Jones on the first team were first-timers Megan Harris (Easton, Ill./Illini Central) and Molly Pendergrass (Galesburg, Ill./HS).

A senior setter, Harris holds every setting record at Monmouth. Her 3,109 career assists is 1,353 more than the next nearest competitor. A sophomore, Pendergrass was second to Jones in kills (419) and kills-per-game (3.33). Among starters, she led the team in hitting percentage (.262).

Named to the second team was junior hitter Amy Bender (Crystal Lake, Ill./South). A first time selection, she led the team in service aces (66) and digs (499). This was her first postseason honor.

The Scots set the new standard for wins in a season (26), capturing first place in the MWC’s South Division. The 26 wins eclipsed the previous high water mark set by the 1993 team, which went 25-11.