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Weekly Notes
Ashland University
Eagles
#13 Ashland University complied a 1-1 week against two GLIAC North opponents, Ferris State and #10 Grand Valley State. The Eagles defeated the Bulldogs, 3-1, on Friday night behind team-highs of 17 kills and 24 digs from senior outside hitter Mary Kate Glowe (Avon Lake, OH/Magnificat). Senior setter Lynsey Warren (Worthington, OH/Bishop Watterson) was solid handling the AU attack. She registered 42 assists, 14 digs, and 5 kills. Sophomore middle hitter Amanda Stefanski (Independence, OH) notched a double-double, with 12 kills, 17 digs, and 6 block assists... The highly-touted matchup between Ashland and Grand Valley State lived up to its hype, with GVSU winning a five-game thriller. The match was so close that it was tied at 10-10 in the pivotal fifth game and Ashland cut the lead to 14-13 before the Lakers secured the win. It is the second straight year that Grand Valley has defeated the Eagles in Ashland in five games... Statisically speaking, the teams were very even. Ashland led in kills (69-64), assists (62-61), hitting percentage (.205-.194), digs (102-95), service aces (8-6), and had fewer errors (27-25)... Stefanski recorded 16 kills (a .333 attack percentage), 15 digs, and 3 total blocks. Glowe tallied 21kills (only 3 errors) and 17 digs. Warren was tremendous, with 47 assists, 25 digs, 5 kills, and a pair of service aces.
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Ferris State University
Bulldogs
Sophomore middle hitter Kristy Gilchrist’s (Macomb/Anchor Bay) six service aces in the Bulldogs’ 3-1 conference win at Findlay Saturday (9/29) marked a career match high, eclipsing her five aces versus Chadron State, Neb. (9/1) last season at the Alamo City Classic in San Antonio, Texas... Senior libero Jamie Palazzolo (Emmett/Yale) has presently compiled double-figures in digs the last 16 matches, which includes seven 20 or more plus match performances. Palazzolo is averaging 19.63 digs a match during that span... Senior outside hitter Lindsay Tye (Gregory/Chelsea), who has currently amassed 964 career kills in 97 matches , is 36 kills shy of notching the 1,000 kill of her career. Tye would become the 15th player in Ferris State history to reach the milestone. She also presently is 15th among FSU’s career kills leaders to date and needs 120 more to move into a 14th-place tie with Erin Minnis (1998-01; 1,084 career kills)... Ferris State sports a 68-33 record (.673) in September matches dating back to the 2000 season, which includes a 6-6 mark this campaigns.
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University of Findlay
Oilers
Junior middle blocker Caitlyn Yoder averaged for the weekend more kills per game, a higher hitting percentage, and more blocks per game than her season average in the two losses the Oilers suffered this past weekend. Yoder led Findlay in hitting percentage against Grand Valley State by hitting a .429, and she led the team in blocks against Ferris State with eight blocks... Senior outside hitter Mallory Fleming who is fourth in kills in the Findlay record book is 219 kills away from moving into third. Fleming is also fifth in the GLIAC in kills per game with 4.14... Junior opposite hitter Kelsey Wesaw is currently first on the team in hitting percentage with .351 is third in the GLIAC... The Oilers have two setters in the top six in assists in the GLIAC, freshman Megan Florence (11.65) and sophomore Ashley Lewis (11.21). Florence is also eighth in the GLIAC in service aces per game (.49)... Both middle blockers for the Oilers are in the eight for blocks per game. Junior Caitlyn Yoder is averaging 1.16 blocks per game while freshman Courtney Niemeyer is averaging 1.08.
Weekly Notes
Gannon University
Golden Knights
Gannon dropped both home matches last weekend against 15th-ranked Hillsdale and Wayne State … the Lady Knights have lost seven consecutive matches after splitting their first eight matches … Gannon now heads back on the road for three consecutive road matches, ending a stretch of 10 of 12 on the road … Kendall Fischer (Boston Heights, Ohio/Nordonia) had 10 kills in 14 attempts without an error against Hillsdale … Noelle Schad (Coraopolis, Pa./Montour) reached double digits in kills for the third time this season with 11 against Hillsdale, making only one error … Gail Andrews (Strongsville, Ohio/Lutheran West) recorded double-digit kills against Wayne State for the fifth time this season while Jess Saunders (Hinckley, Ohio/Highland) recorded double-digit digs against WSU for the fifth time in 2007.
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Grand Valley State University
Lakers
Grand Valley State moved into the top 10 in the CSTV/AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll and are now ranked #10…The Lakers won two matches over the weekend, including a 3-2 victory over #13 Ashland…GVSU remains the lone undefeated in the GLIAC North Division and has won 12 straight matches…The Lakers have won eight out of their last 12 matches by a 3-0 margin … Junior middle blocker Danielle Alexander averaged 3.50 kills, 1.62 blocks, 0.38 digs, and hit .471 in the two wins, while senior middle blocker Erica Vandekopple added 3.00 kills, 0.62 digs, 0.50 blocks, and hit .447…Grand Valley State will now play five straight matches at home…The Lakers will host West Michigan rival Ferris State on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 7:00 p.m. and then Mercyhurst on Friday, Oct. 5 and Gannon on Saturday, Oct. 6.
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Hillsdale College
Chargers
First place in the GLIAC South Division continues to be occupied by Hillsdale, as the Chargers improved to 7-0 in conference play this season with wins over Gannon and Mercyhurst in Erie, Pa…The Chargers are 16-4 overall and are owners of a nine-match winning streak…Hillsdale has won 27 straight in conference play, dating back to October 2005…The team is currently ranked 15th in the nation…Senior Melissa Bartlett had 27 kills vs. Mercyhurst Saturday, the second-highest total she’s had in a Hillsdale uniform…She has recorded double-digit kills in every match this season and has more than 20 in four consecutive matches…Bartlett has also had 10 or more digs in eight straight matches and in 12 of the team’s 20 matches this season…In less than two seasons, Bartlett has 780 kills, ranking her sixth on Hillsdale’s career list…her 369 kills this season are sixth-most in a single season in Hillsdale history…Freshman Amanda Geelhoed had a career-high seven kills against the Lakers Saturday…Hillsdale will have three home matches this week, taking on the three schools from the Upper Peninsula starting with a Thursday night match against Michigan Tech.
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Lake Superior State University
Lakers
LSSU senior Jamie Groos (Escanaba, Mich.) totaled a team-high 34 kills, averaging 2.43 kills per game, to lead LSSU’s attack during last week’s three-match homestand. Groos also led the team in blocks with eight and was second in digs with 29…Junior Brishia Stroven (St. Louis, Mich.) totaled a career-high 17 kills in Sunday’s five-game loss to Saginaw Valley State…LSSU junior setter Erin McLain (Alpena, Mich.) needs 97 assists to move up to seconds on the Lakers’ career assist list. She is currently third with 2,511 career assists…LSSU finished 2-3 during its recent five-match homestands. The Lakers will play their next four matches on the road.
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Mercyhurst College
Lakers
The Lakers notched their second GLIAC win of the season this week, defeating Wayne State 3-0 at home. The following day, however, nationally-ranked Hillsdale handed Mercyhurst its first home loss of the season. Prior to that loss, the Lakers had won their first 10 home matches, including eight by a score of 3-0... Friday’s win over Wayne State gave the Lakers two GLIAC wins, matching their 2006 season total. Also, the 14 total wins doubles the 2006 total of seven... Also against Wayne State, Sophomore Julia Butler recorded a match-high 46 assists, which ties for her third-highest total this season and the most in a three-game match. The Lakers hit .274 for the match, their third-best mark of the season... The 55 kills were the most recorded by the Lakers in a three-game match all season... Against Hillsdale, freshman Erin English recorded a career-high 10 kills and freshman Justine Smith reached double figure kills (10) for the second in her career. Smith has also recorded at least one block in eight-straight matches. Junior Lauren Kubinski has recorded a block in 16-straight, dating back to Aug. 25 against Westmont College. She totaled three against Wayne State and three against Hillsdale.
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Michigan Technological University
Huskies
Michigan Tech has won four consecutive matches and are undefeated at 4-0 at the SDC Gym. The Huskies are 12-4 at home since the start of the 2006 season … Veronica Armstrong notched 29 kills, 19 digs, eight service aces and five blocks in a pair of GLIAC wins last weekend. The junior leftside hitter leads Michigan Tech with 131 kills on the season … Michigan Tech has never lost a match to Saginaw Valley State at the SDC Gym … Junior Jen Jung (Andover, Minn./Coon Rapids) tallied 15 total blocks last weekend to improve her blocking average to 1.33 per game — good for second in the GLIAC … Sophomore Kelly Jorgensen (Eden Prairie, Minn.) ranks seventh in the GLIAC in hitting percentage with a .344 average … Michigan Tech plays its next four matches on the road at GLIAC South Division opponents.
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Northern Michigan University
Wildcats
NMU will take its seven-match winning streak on the road for the next two weeks…Five of the seven wins have been in Marquette… The Wildcats will face the GLIAC South in its next four matches, up this week are matches against Hillsdale and Wayne State…For the second week in a row the Wildcats played three matches during the week, last week the team defeated Lake Superior State on the road and Saginaw Valley and Northwood at home…Setter, Brittany McGowan, had a big night at LSSU with her 11 kills, 43 assists, nine digs and three block assists…McGowan for the season has 781 assists, 21 service aces, 191 digs and 20 total blocks (one solo and 19 assisted)…Against the Cardinals four ‘Cats had 10 or more kills for the match, Mandie Meyer had a team-high 18 kills…Katt Garvick had a team-high 16 kills against the Timberwolves …Two players have 200 or more kills on the season, Garvick is at top of the list with 234 kills with Caryn VanBeckum at 215 kills … VanBeckum has 11 of the 28 block solos on the season, she is the only player with 10 or more…VanBeckum leads the team with 66 block assists and 77 total blocks…Cassie Osiecki leads the team in service aces (32) and digs (291) as she led the team on the defensive front last week.
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Northwood University
Timberwolves
NU dropped all three matches on its trip to the Upper Peninsula … the Timberwolves are now 14-6 overall, 2-6 in the GLIAC … Gordana Barac (Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina) led Northwood in the week with 3.33 kills per game … junior middle blocker Aleksandra Stoletova (Tomsk, Russia) averaged 3.0 kills per game while hitting .253 … against Lake Superior, Northwood finished with significant advantages in kills (74-55), aces (9-4) and digs (82-78), but Northwood committed 40 attack and 19 service errors … the Timberwolves will host Ashland and Findlay this weekend.
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Saginaw Valley State University
Cardinals
The Cardinals played three five-set matches last week in the Upper Peninsula last week, going 1-2....For the season, SVSU is 2-4 in five set matches....Allison Schlinkert (Marysville, Mich.) had 53 kills, 34 digs, and six service aces last week .... Schlinkert led the Cardinals with 19 kills and added 10 digs in a win at Lake Superior State....Kait Harris (Essexville, Mich./Garber) had a season high 40 assists in Sundays win over LSSU.... Sarah Redoute (Clinton Twp., Mich./L’Anse Creuse) had 37 kills and 51 digs last week.
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Wayne State University
Warriors
Wayne State came away from its trip to Erie with a split, losing 3-0 at Mercyhurst on Friday and earning a 3-0 victory at Gannon on Saturday … the win over the Golden Knights was WSU’s first GLIAC win since Sept. 16 last season vs. Mercyhurst and its first road league victory since Oct. 22, 2005 at Findlay … the Warriors totaled 60 kills with just eight errors (.315) on Saturday … Kim Gear (Watervliet, Mich.) led the Warrior offense last weekend, combining for 23 kills and just seven errors (.246) and averaging nearly four kills per game … Gear has recorded 10 or more kills in six matches this season … three players had double-digit kills on Saturday, including Gear who had 13, Karri Kuczajda (Waterford, Mich./Chelsea) who posted 12, and Meg Leone (Troy, Mich.) with a team-high 14 kills … Wayne State will host a trio of GLIAC foes from the Upper Peninsula next weekend, facing Michigan Tech on Friday, Northern Michigan on Homecoming Saturday, and Lake Superior State on Sunday.
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