Sept. 24, 2006

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Lady Bobcats lost all three of their matches in the PEPSI Bash at the Beach Tournament hosted by Palm Beach Atlantic University, but they didn't go home empty handed. Carla Hernandez performance earned her All Tournament team selection.

On Friday, St. Thomas lost to Southeastern University (FL) 3-1 (30-28, 24-30, 30-24, 30-24) and that evening fell to host Palm Beach Atlantic 3-0 (30-15, 30-28, 30-20).

Saturday afternoon was a rematch of Wednesday thrilling match versus Northwood University, which came back to defeat St. Thomas 3-2 in Miami Gardens. The result for the Seahawks was the same but with less hassle as they handed the Lady Bobcats a 3-0 (30-28, 30-19, 30-6) defeat.

FINAL PLACINGS:
FIRST PLACE - Madonna
SECOND PLACE - Palm Beach Atlantic
THIRD PLACE - Embry-Riddle

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM:
St. Thomas - Carla Hernandez
Northwood - Karlene Diaz
Southeastern - Stacy Troyer, Dayna Sechrest
Embry-Riddle - April Ebanks, Marissa Gonzales
Madonna - Lubouj Tihorirosz (Tournament MVP), Caryn Inman
Palm Beach Atlantic - Brittany Erickson, Bia Santos