November 13, 2006
Drazen, Boyd Named Eagle Athletes of the Month

Sophomore men’s cross country runner Josh Drazen of Hudson, N.H and freshman volleyball middle hitter Ashley Boyd of Hanson, Mass., have been named the Daniel Webster College Eagle “Athletes of the Month,” for October 2006 as selected by the DWC Athlete of the Month committee.

Drazen, an anchor of the Eagles' developing program, placed third (of 12) at the Franklin Pierce Invitational October 5th with a time of 33:10, placed 17th (of 47) at the Emmanuel Saints Invitational on October 13th with a time of 29:54, and took 18th (of 82) with a time of 31:47 at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference championships held October 28th at Rivier College in Nashua, N.H.

The Eagles topped Rivier head-to-head at the two-team Franklin Pierce Invite, placed fifth of six at Emmanuel, and placed fifth of nine at the GNAC Championship under Head Coach Cori Hughes.

Boyd enjoyed an outstanding month for the women’s volleyball program. Over a span of eight matches (27 games in all), Boyd averaged 1.67 kills, 1.03 digs, 0.81 blocks and 0.37 aces per game. She enjoyed three outings of seven kills or better including a month high eight kills in a loss to Southern Vermont on October 7th. Her best outing overall was a season best 12-kill, five-ace, six-dig, four-block effort in a 3-1 victory over Elms on October 18th.

Boyd finished the season averaging 1.39 kills per game (second on the squad), a team best 1.26 blocks, and added 1.06 digs and 0.42 aces.

The Eagles posted a 6-11 overall record including a 4-7 mark in GNAC play under first year Head Coach Tammy Lambrou.