2008 Woodie Awards
Volleyball: Meet Towson's 'twin' hitters
Duo of native midwesterners complement each other both on and off volleyball court
Darnay Tripp
Sports | 10/25/06
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There are thousands of undeterminable variables that are both easily altered and constantly changing.
But at least two things are for sure. The sun is rising somewhere. And Ally Perko and Maddie Haseltine are together. Somewhere.
"We're roommates, and we're on the same team, and we're always on the court together and stuff, but we don't really get sick of each other," Perko said. "It's cool that even though it's like we're together all the time, it still works out and I'm still okay with seeing her every second of my life."
They are called the "twins." The two sophomores play the same position (outside hitter), and also have similar backgrounds, interests (tanning and the mall), food preferences (Panera Bread and sushi), groups of friends, favorite TV shows ("Grey's Anatomy"), and even hygiene. "We shower regularly," Perko said reassuringly.
It goes well beyond finishing each other's sentences, which they also do regularly. It is yet to be determined whether the myth of one twin feeling the other's pain applies in Perko and Haseltine's case. However, it is pretty safe to say that they both share in their successes, which to this point there have been plenty of.
Both have recently eclipsed the 500-kill mark, a milestone neither expected to reach so early in their collegiate careers.
"I thought we'd have to come in and contribute, but I didn't think as much because there were so many of us," Haseltine said. "There [were] like five outside hitters last year."
The fellow Midwesterners-Perko from Kirtland, Ohio, and Haseltine from St. Louis-were part of an eight-member freshmen class in 2005 that was immediately called upon by former head coach Chris Riley to defend Towson's 2004 CAA Championship, its first in program history.
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