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| 06.12.07 -
CHRISTAL LARA SIGNS WITH NAIA POWER
DICKINSON STATE |
Cerritos College
volleyball setter
Christal Lara,
who was a 2nd Team
All-South Coast
Conference selection,
became the second Falcon
player to sign a
scholarship. Lara will
join NAIA powerhouse
Dickinson State (ND)
University, who finished
fifth in the NAIA
National Championship
this past season, and
have won the last 12
Dakota Athletic
Conference championship.
While with the Falcons
this past season, Lara
helped the team to a
second place finish in
the South Coast Coast
Conference as a right
side hitter and setter.
She appeared in 80 of
the team's 87 games and
finished with 65 kills,
275 assists, 114 digs,
31 service aces and 40
blocks.
"I'm very excited to
be going to Dickinson
State," said Lara, who
will major in
kinesiology. "They have
a reputation for being
very good and I found
the area, coaching staff
and players to be
everything I have been
looking for. They have
an international team
and everybody there was
so welcoming and it made
me feel like I was
already a part of their
team."
According to
Ali Oliver,
who was Lara's coach
with the Falcons, but is
now the new head coach
at Whittier College, "I
am so proud of Christal.
She didn't start playing
volleyball at a young
age like many other
college players, so she
is still learning new
aspects of the game
every day. She is in
incredible physical
shape and is a very hard
worker and will do very
well at the NAIA level."
Last season, the
Blue Hawks went 28-11 on
the year and were 14-0
in conference play. They
won the NAIA Region
III Tournament before
getting eliminated by
Concordia (CA)
University in the
National Tournament.
Last month,
Terri Del Conte
signed a scholarship
with Missouri State
University.
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