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Weekly Notes
Ashland University
Eagles
Ashland suffered a crushing defeat in the opening round of the Great Lakes Regional Volleyball tournament, dropping a five-game decision to Lewis University. AU won the first two games and led in both games three and four before falling to the Flyers, who advanced to the tournament finals. The Eagles were 0-3 in game-fives this season, with all three losses coming to nationally-ranked opponents (Hillsdale, Grand Valley State, Lewis). The 26 wins are tied for the fourth most wins in school history – Ashland also had a 26-6 record in 2004. Ashland loses two players to graduation – leaves AU with their names all over the record books. Glowe finished with school records in most kills (2,136), most attacks
(6,276), and digs (1,969) and was fourth in aces (212). She owns the top three (and four of the top five) single-season dig records, two of the top five single-season kill records, and two of the top five single-season attack records. Warren is the school’s all-time leader in assists (5,610) and is third in service aces (217). She is the owner of four of the top five single-season assist marks (including the top three) and the single-match record of 71 assists, which she did twice in 2004. In their four-year careers, Glowe and Warren lead AU to 98 victories, the second-best four-year stretch in program history. Their .754 winning percentage (98-32) is the best four-year run in Ashland history. Ironically, the Eagles went 26-6 in both their freshman and senior years and 23-10 in both their sophomore and junior years. AU advanced to the GLIAC and NCAA playoffs all four seasons with Glowe and Warren and advanced to the school’s first-ever Elite Eight in 2006, winning Ashland’s first-ever conference tournament and regional championships.
Weekly Notes
Grand Valley State University
Lakers
#6 Grand Valley State won its sixth Great Lakes Region title in eight years...The Lakers came back from down 0-2 to knock off Lewis, 3-2 in the championship match...Grand Valley improves to 33-3 overall and its 33 wins is the second most in school history...Lewis won the first two games and GVSU won the next two...Game five started off close as the teams tied at 3-3 and 4-4...The Lakers then took control of the game, rattling off nine straight points to take a commanding 13-4 lead...Lewis scored the next point, but GVSU won the match by scoring the final two points of game five to win 15-5...Senior middle blocker Erica Vandekopple tallied 13 kills, four assisted blocks, two aces, and two digs, while junior outside hitter Lauren Reber recorded 13 kills, 21 digs, four assists, and two assisted blocks...Freshman middle blocker Rebeccah Rapin posted 12 kills, eight assisted blocks, and a .310 hitting percentage...Rapin, Reber, Vandekopple, and junior setter Jamie Ashmore were all named to the Great Lakes Region All-Tournament Team...Grand Valley State will play West Texas A&M from the Southwest Region on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 2:30 p.m. CT...The tournament will be hosted in Topeka, Kan. by Washburn University.
Weekly Notes
Hillsdale College
Chargers
The 2007 Hillsdale College volleyball season came to a close Thursday in a 3-1 loss to the University of Indianapolis in the first round of the NCAA Division II regional tournament…The Chargers finished with a 26-8 record this season…Over the past two years, Hillsdale is 55-10…Senior Melissa Bartlett finished her 2007 season with 635 kills, three shy of the single-season school record set by Cassie Cole in 1999, before the advent of the current rally-score system…Hillsdale is 1-4 all-time in the NCAA regionals, with its only win coming in 2006 over West Virginia State at home…Megan Howard is Hillsdale’s new career digs leader…Freshman Amanda Bigney was named to the All-Regional Tournament team after recording a career-high of 24 kills vs. Indianapolis…That total doubled her previous career high in kills…Junior Stephanie Booms recorded her second career triple double in the loss to Indianapolis, racking up 14 kills, 12 digs and 50 assists.
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