CHARLESTON, SC - The Collegiate Volleyball Update (CVU) is pleased to announce its selection of the College of Charleston as the CVU.com Deep Digging Team of the Year for the 2005 season.

The Cougars elevated 2,269 digs on the season for an NCAA best 20.44 digs per game average. The College of Charleston also had better than a 57 percent efficiency in digging opponents' attacks.

CofC also finished ranked first in the nation by the NCAA in digs per game with junior libero Marie Dobrenz finishing fifth in the nation with a 6.23 digs per game average.

Also in CVU's top five are Stephen F. Austin, Eastern Illinois, Duke and Yale.

Deep Digging Team of the Year
College of Charleston

Honorable Mentions
? Yale
? Duke
? Eastern Illinois
? Stephen F. Austin


To aid selection, team stats were used. Rather than strictly using digs per game, a formula was developed to find an approximate efficiency. An average number of attempts received per game was figured, and by using that, an approximate efficiency was calculated. Further, a team's service receive errors were also including in the figures to come up with the final numbers.