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By Director of Athletics Dan Blair<\/em><\/p>\n

Haverhill, MA (October 31st, 2023) \u2013 As the Northern Essex women\u2019s volleyball team prepares to play in the upcoming NJCAA National Tournament<\/a>,\u00a0 four members have been named to the All-Region teams.<\/p>\n

Highlighted by Vielka Sanchez\u2019s (Lawrence) selection as the Region 21 Player of the Year, she was joined on the All-Region First Team by Abigail Heredia (Lawrence) and Maria Reyes (Lawrence). Chantel Melgen (Lawrence) was named to the second team. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Knights will be the #14 seed in the upcoming NJCAA National Tournament slated to begin on Thursday, November 9th, at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse Arena in Cedar Rapids, IA.<\/p>\n

The Knights will open up national tournament play at 9:00 am CT\/10:00 am ET as they will take on #3 seed Century College of Minnesota.<\/p>\n

With a win, the Knights would advance to a winner\u2019s bracket match on Thursday evening at 5:30 pm; a loss and the Knights will move into Friday morning\u2019s elimination bracket at 10:00 am.<\/p>\n

The NECC and Century match winner will get the winner of Finger Lakes Community College (NY) and College of Dupage (IL).<\/p>\n

The tournament will conclude with the national championship match and placement matches on Saturday, November 11th.<\/p>\n

Northern Essex is making its first-ever appearance in the national tournament and, as a team, currently leads the nation in aces per set with 5.86, while Vielka Sanchez (Lawrence) ranks second nationally, contributing 1.87 aces per set. Abigail Heredia (Lawrence) ranks second nationally in hitting percentage at .421.<\/p>\n

Tournament play can be watched via live stream here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tournament Seeding:<\/p>\n

Dallas-Eastfield
\nOwens (OH)
\nCentury
\nMonroe-Bronx
\nFulton-Montgomery (NY)
\nFinger Lakes (NY)
\nCaldwell Tech (NC)
\nHarper College (IL)
\nDelta College (MI)
\nDallas-Brookhaven
\nDuPage (IL)
\nAlexandria Tech (MN)
\nNorthampton (PA)
\nNorthern Essex
\nRaritan Valley (NJ)
\nDutchess (NY)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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