DEARBORN, Mich. - Seniors Kyrsten Becker (Rolling Meadows H.S./Arlington Heights, IL) and Lauren Hoffman (Plainfield South H.S./Plainfield, IL) captured All-Tournament honors and led the Saints to four convincing victories as University of St. Francis opened its 2010 volleyball season with a 4-0 record at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Earlybird Tourney on Friday and Saturday.

JOLIET, Ill. - Senior libero Courtney Ambrosch (Joliet Township H.S./Joliet, IL) was named to the college division third team of the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team. It marks the second consecutive year that Ambrosch has received the distinguished honor.

Three University of St. Francis volleyball players - led by Libero of the Year Courtney Ambrosch and Freshman of the Year Jazzmyne Robbins --were named to the 2009 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team and two others garnered Honorable Mention as the league announced its post-season honor squads.

BOURBONNAIS -- University of St. Francis came out hot but could not keep the momentum of a first game win and lost the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament final to No. 12-ranked Olivet Nazarene in four games Friday night at McHie Arena.

JOLIET, Ill. -- Second-seeded University of St. Francis swept third-seeded Illinois Tech Saturday afternoon to advance to the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tourney title match on Friday against regular-season champion and 13^th-ranked Olivet Nazarene in Bourbonnais.

JOLIET, Ill. - Second-seeded and host University of St. Francis swept a pair of matches on Friday to remain the only unbeaten team in its pool on the opening day of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament.

The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament begins this weekend in a new format with the USF Recreation Center serving as one of the host sites.

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. - Olivet Nazarene swept three straight games from University of St. Francis and captured the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference regular-season championship over the second-place Saints on Tuesday night at McHie Arena. The Tigers won by scores of 25-12, 25-22 and 25-19.

JOLIET, Ill. - Freshman outside hitter Jazzmyne Robbins (Ls Salle-Peru H.S./Peru, IL) authored 12 kills to lead University of St. Francis to a three-game sweep of Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference rival Calumet College of St. Joseph (IN) on Thursday night at the Recreation Center.

SAINT LEO, Fla. - NCAA Division II No. 14 Saint Leo University (FL) handed University of St. Francis its third straight loss on the Saints' fall break Florida trip with a three-game sweep on Thursday night.