Coach Chase enters his third season as Head Coach of the Lancer volleyball program after a successful 2005 campaign. He has been involved with volleyball for more than 15 years. Coach Chase was the assistant coach at Becker College for three years. He runs a
coed volleyball league in the Central
Massachusetts area and actively participates in several leagues both as a
player and referee. Coach Chase was also a certified High School Girl’s
Volleyball referee. He has coached the Bay State Games Central MA Women’s
Volleyball team for three years. The 2002 Bay State Games Women’s Open
Volleyball team from Central Massachusetts won a gold medal, which was the
first gold medal won by a Central MA women’s volleyball team in the 23 year
history of the games. The 2003 team won the silver medal.
Coach Chase is a graduate of the
University of Lowell with a BS degree in Computer Science. He is a Senior
Software Engineer at a local company.
Assistant Coach:
Rochelle Lavoie
Coach Lavoie will return for her third
season on the Lancer sidelines this fall for the women's volleyball team.
Coach Lavoie, who graduated in 2005, was one of the finest athletes to pass
through Worcester State in many years. A standout volleyball player
for the Lancers, she was a two-year captain and was selected as a 1st Team
All-MASCAC setter her junior and senior seasons. The Fall River native
was also an excellent softball player for the Lancers as she was a standout
catcher and potent offensive player. Her senior season she was
selected to the 2005 ECAC Division III New England Softball 2nd Team in a
balloting of New England coaches. She was a 1st Team All-MASCAC
selection three times in her career and as a freshman was named MASCAC
Rookie of the Year. Coach Lavoie also played a season of basketball
her freshman year where she was chosen the MASCAC Rookie of the Year, as
well. As a sophomore and junior, she was a member of the indoor track
team. For all of her accomplishments, she was selected as the Worcester
State College senior female athlete of the year.
