Western Carolina swept Gardner-Webb in the Ramsey Center Tuesday night. The Catamounts improve to 4-11 with the win.
Freshman (2011): Named to the 2011 SoCon All-Freshman Team ... SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19) ... SoCon Freshman of the Week (Sept. 6) ... 2011 Courtyard Classic All-Tournament Team ... Led the team in kills with 286 ... Led the team in kills per set with 2.65 ... Second on the team in double-doubles with 12 (9/13: 18 kills, 12 digs; 9/16: 12 kills, 18 digs; 9/17: 11 kills, 10 digs; 9/21: 13 kills, 18 digs; 10/14: 10 kills, 23 digs; 10/16: 11 kills, 12 digs; 10/22: 11 kills, 10 digs; 10/29: 12 kills, 14 digs; 10/30: 17 kills, 11 digs; 11/5: 11 kills, 13 digs; 11/12: 15 kills, 16 digs; 11/13: 12 kills, 22 digs) ... Reached double figures in kills 16 times along with reaching at least ten digs in 14 matches ... Match high in kills five times (18 vs. UNC Asheville, 9/13; 13 vs. GWU, 9/21; 13 vs. Campbell, 9/2; 12 vs. GWU, 9/16; 11 vs Furman, 10/16).
High School: Named Batavia High School's Most Valuable Player as a freshman and a sophomore... Selected as the Upstate Eight Conference Player of the Year for efforts during her junior and senior seasons... Also chosen as the 2010 Kane County Player of the Year... Logged 224 points and 217 digs as a senior... Team won the 2010 Upstate Eight Conference title.
Personal: Full name is Caitlin Rae Piechota... Daughter of Joe and Kim Piechota... Caitlin received her athletic genes naturally, as her mother, Kim, played collegiate volleyball and her father, Joe, played minor league baseball in the Expos' organization... Caitlin is left-handed.
