Elizabeth Curley     #17

6-2, Senior

Middle Blocker

Centerville, MA

Barnstable High School

Massachusetts Patriots Volleyball Club

AT HOFSTRA

2005: Played 103 games in all 27 matches...Recorded 302 kills, 106 blocks and a .316 hitting percentage...Led team in blocks and hitting, and ranked third in kills...Ranked sixth in the Colonial Athletic Association in hitting and blocks...Had 19 matches with double-digit kills...Posted a season-high 20 kills at Northeastern to go along with a season-high tying eight blocks...Had a career-best seven digs against Delaware...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...2004: All-Colonial Athletic Association second team selection...Played 101 games in 29 matches...Tallied 311 kills, 127 blocks, a .361 hitting percentage and 50 service aces...Led team in aces, blocks, hitting percentage and tied for lead in kills...Average 3.08 kills and 1.26 blocks per game...Ranked second in the CAA in hitting percentage and ace average, and was fourth in block average...Had double-digit kills in 21 matches...Had a career-high 22 kills versus St. John's... Posted a career-best 12 blocks against UC Davis...Served a career-high nine aces against Sacred Heart...CAA Player of the Week on September 27...USF/Coca-Cola C2 Classic all-tournament selection...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...2003: Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year...Played 91 games in 27 matches...Tallied 144 kills, 83 blocks, 41 digs and 29 service aces on the season...Posted a team-best .312 hitting percentage...Ranked second in the CAA in hitting percentage and sixth in blocks...Had 13 kills and six blocks at Towson...Notched nine blocks to go along with seven kills at Iona...Served seven aces versus William & Mary...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...Two-time CAA Rookie of the Week (10/6 and 11/10).

BACKGROUND: Played four years of volleyball and one year of basketball at Barnstable High School in Hyannis, Massachusetts...Helped Barnstable win the state volleyball championship in 2000...Member of South Sectional championship teams in 1999, 2001 and 2002, and league championship teams in 2000 and 2002...Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year in 2002...Boston Globe All-Scholastic selection as a sophomore, junior and senior...Cape Cod Times All-Star in each of her four seasons...Massachusetts Coaches Association All-Star as a sophomore, junior and senior...Boston Herald All-Scholastic selection as a junior and senior...Three-time All-Old Colony League selection...Tallied 350 kills and 50 blocks as a senior.

PERSONAL: Has two sisters and one brother...Has worked as a volunteer with special needs adults...Aspires to pursue a career as a personal trainer and nutritionist...Exercise specialist major.

Catching up with Liz:

Favorites

            Movie: "The Notebook"

            Food: cake

            Music: country

            Athlete: Tom Brady

            Quote: "I'm a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

            Hobbies: swimming, skiing, fishing and badminton

What is something that very few people know about you? I plan to attend graduate school to get my doctorate in physical therapy

What is your best memory with your Hofstra volleyball team?  Traveling across the country, especially to Puerto Rico

Why Hofstra?  I really liked all of the girls and it seemed like a perfect fit

CAREER HIGHS

Kills:                22 at St. John's (9-22-04)   

Assists:          2, last at Northeastern (11-12-05)  

Blocks:           12 vs. UC Davis (9-3-04)    

Aces:              9 vs. Sacred Heart (9-14-04)          

Digs:               7 vs. Delaware (11-6-05)

CAREER STATISTICS

Year        MP         GP           K          E           TA           PCT.        A           SA       BS      BA        DG

2003       27           91            144       41         330          .312         3           29        16        67         41

2004       29           101          311       79         643          .361         8           50        31        96         75

2005       27           103          302       83         693          .316         11         19        33        73         62