2003 Mid-American Conference Volleyball Standings

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1 Volleyball Mid-American Conference 24 Public Square, 15th Floor Cleveland, OH Phone: (216) Fax: (216) web site: Contact: Bryan McGowan, Associate Director for Media Relations Volleyball Release No. 6 September 29, 2003 For Immediate Release 2003 Mid-American Conference Volleyball Standings Mid-American Overall Records East Division W L Pct. W L Pct. H A N Top 25 Stk Last 10 Ohio W Marshall W Kent State W Miami L Akron L Buffalo L Mid-American Overall Records West Division W L Pct. W L Pct. H A N Top 25 Stk Last 10 Eastern Michigan W Western Michigan W Ball State W Northern Illinois W Bowling Green L Central Michigan L Toledo L Upcoming Mid-American Conference Volleyball Schedule Tuesday, September 30 Ball State at IPFW, 7 p.m. Loyola Chicago at Northern Illinois, 7 p.m. Marshall at Radford, 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 1 *Bowling Green at Toledo, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Canisius, 7 p.m. *Miami at Ohio, 7 p.m. Friday, October 3 *Akron at Northern Illinois, 7 p.m. *Ball State at Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m. *Buffalo at Miami, 7 p.m. *Toledo at Central Michigan, 7 p.m. Saturday, October 4 *Toledo at Western Michigan, 7 p.m. *Kent State at Northern Illinois, 3 p.m. *Marshall at Miami, 7 p.m. Sunday, October 5 *Bowling Green at Buffalo, 2 p.m. Marshall at Xavier, 3 p.m. *Ohio at Ball State, 1 p.m. Wednesday, October 8 *Akron at Kent State, 7 p.m. Miami at Wright State, 7 p.m *Western Michigan at Central Michigan, 7 p.m. Friday, October 10 *Ball State at Marshall, 6 p.m. *Central Michigan at Bowling Green, 7 p.m. *Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan, 7 p.m. *Northern Illinois at Ohio, 7 p.m. *Kent State at Toledo, 7 p.m. Saturday, October 11 *Central Michigan at Ohio, 7 p.m. *Northern Illinois at Marshall, 1 p.m. *Buffalo at Toledo, 3 p.m. *Kent State at Bowling Green, 7 p.m. *Miami at Western Michigan, 6:30 p.m. Monday, October 13 *Akron at Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 14 Bowling Green at Cleveland State, 7 p.m. Illinois State at Northern Illinois, 7 p.m. *Miami at Ball State, 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 15 *Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Niagara, 7 p.m. Friday, October 17 *Buffalo at Akron, 7 p.m. *Marshall at Western Michigan, 7 p.m. *Miami at Kent State, 7 p.m. *Ohio at Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m. *Toledo at Bowling Green, 7 p.m. Saturday, October 18 *Ball State at Kent State, 7 p.m. *Northern Illinois at Bowling Green, 7 p.m. *Marshall at Central Michigan, 5 p.m. *Miami at Akron, 7 p.m. *Ohio at Western Michigan, 4 p.m. Sunday, October 19 *Ball State at Buffalo, 2 p.m. *Northern Illinois at Toledo, 3 p.m. All times local to site Note: Ranking next to teams are current USA Today/ AVCA Coaches Poll ranking

2 East Division Player of the Week Danielle Holt, Kent State (So., OH, Galion, Ohio/Galion) For the second time in her career and first this season, Kent State s Danielle Holt is the MAC East Division Player of the Week. In two matches over the weekend, Holt averaged 4.57 kills, 5.86 digs, 1.57 aces and 6.00 points per game. Holt opened the weekend with 13 kills, 14 digs and three aces against Eastern Michigan. She then followed with 19 kills and career highs in digs (27) and aces (6) in a win over Central Michigan. Other Nominees Ashleigh Nugent, Akron -- Tied for the team lead with 39 kills last week in a pair of matches. Recorded a match-high 22 kills against Marshall and added 17 versus Central Michigan. On the week, she averaged 3.90 kills, 1.10 blocks and 4.65 points per game. Molly Schrantz, Buffalo -- Averaged 3.88 kills, 3.50 digs, 0.75 assists and 0.63 blocks per game. Had 14 kills and 12 digs against Western Michigan, followed by 17 kills, 16 digs, four assists and three blocks versus Eastern Michigan. Amber Sims, Marshall -- Hit.354 in three matches last week. Had 15 kills and seven blocks against Eastern Kentucky. Also added seven kills and two blocks in a win over Akron. Tara Buroker, Miami -- Had back-to-back 14 kill outings against Toledo and Northern Illinois, averaging 4.00 kills per game for the week. Also averaged 2.57 digs, 4.29 points and 0.57 blocks per game. Julia Winkfield, Ohio -- Had 10 kills, two digs, one block, three service aces and hit a season-high.476 ( ) in the win over Marshall. MAC East Division of the Week Sept Lindsay Matikosh, Buffalo Sept Laura Hageman, Ohio Sept Laura Hageman, Ohio Sept Laura Hageman, Ohio Sept Danielle Holt, Kent State West Division Player of the Week Sarah Obras, Ball State (So., OA, Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) For the second time this year and the fifth time in her career, Ball State s Sarah Obras is the MAC West Division Player of the Week. In a pair of victories last week against Northern Illinois and Toledo, Obras averaged 6.38 kills, 4.75 digs, 6.75 points and 0.75 assists per game. She had a match-high 21 kills and 14 digs in a win over the then 10-1 Huskies while adding three blocks. Obras then followed with 30 kills, 24 digs and four assists in a fivegame win over the Rockets. It was her 11th consecutive kill-dig double-double and marked the third time this year she has posted 30 or more kills. Other Nominees Samantha Rennau, Bowling Green -- Had 14 kills and 13 digs versus Western Michigan. On the week, she averaged 3.56 kills and 2.78 digs per game. Tamara Fant, Central Michigan -- Had 17 kills and six blocks in a five-game loss at Akron. On the week she averaged 3.08 kills, 3.71 points and 1.17 blocks per game. Also hit.421 in three matches, including a.588 composite against Oakland. Katie Wagenmaker, Eastern Michigan -- Averaged 4.57 kills, 1.86 blocks and 6.29 points per game. Had 19 kills and eight blocks in a victory over Buffalo. Also hit.365 in two league contests. Kelsey Culver, Toledo -- Had 12 blocks to go with 13 kills and three aces against Ball State. The 12 blocks equal the third most in one match in school history. She averaged 2.38 kills, 1.88 blocks and 0.50 aces per game. Carman Malone, Western Michigan -- Averaged 4.00 kills and 4.10 digs per game while hitting.289. Had 19 kills and a career-high 25 digs in a win at Bowling Green. Opened conference play with 17 kills and 12 digs versus Buffalo. MAC West Division Player of the Week Sept Tera Lobdell, Northern Illinois Sept Sarah Obras, Ball State Sept Tera Lobdell, Northern Illinois Sept Jennifer Nighswander, Eastern Michigan Sept Sarah Obras, Ball State FOUR PERFECT AFTER FIRST WEEKEND: Four teams came away in the first weekend of conference play unblemished, three of which went 2-0. Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan and Ball State all went 2-0 while Ohio won its lone league match. Only the Cardinals were at home, increasing their homecourt win streak against conference opponents to 57 following victories over Northern Illinois and Toledo. EMU opened 2-0 in the MAC for the third consecutive season and fourth time in the last five years, while WMU is 2-0 for the first time since BSU S OBRAS CONTINUES TO PRODUCE: Ball State s Sarah Obras had another big week for the Cardinals, averaging 6.38 kills, 4.75 digs and 6.75 points per game against Northern Illinois and Toledo. She had a match-high 21 kills and 14 digs against the Huskies, then followed with her second 30-plus kills/ 20-plus digs match of the season vs. Toledo (30 kills and 24 digs) for her 11th straight kill-dig double-double of the season. Only a sophomore, Obras has recorded 793 career kills -- which includes a league-best 295 kills in to rank 15th on BSU s career kills chart. Obras needs just 123 more kills to break into the top 10 in BSU history. HAGEMAN SETS SCHOOL BLOCK MARK: Ohio s Laura Hageman recorded three blocks in the Bobcats win over Marshall and now has 469 in her career which is also 12th all-time in MAC history. That total moves her into first place in school history, eclipsing the 467 mark by Katie Mullen. She is only 10 assisted blocks (365) behind Mullen (375) for that alltime record as well. The block assists total is 13th in league history. AKRON S BLOCKING DUO: The blocking duo of Monica Morlock and Lindsey Sullenberger is starting to pay dividends on the court for Akron. Morlock, who ranks as one of the league s best blockers, has taken the newcomer under her wing and has helped to give the Zips a formidable front court. Morlock led the Zips this past weekend with 13 blocks, with Sullenberger right on her heels with 12 blocks. Morlock is eighth in the league in blocks, averaging 1.14 per game. Over the weekend, Morlock became only the 30th player in MAC history to register 400- plus total blocks. RENNAU TO THE RESCUE FOR BGSU: With the graduation of Kristen Gamby, who is 10th all-time in Bowling Green history with 1,024 kills, the Falcons were looking to find someone to replace the offensive output that Gamby produced. Senior Samantha Rennau has apparently answered that call. In 2002 Rennau had 51 total kills and a.102 hitting percentage. This past week alone Rennau had 32 kills and 25 digs. For the season she has 175 kills and is averaging 3.37 kills per game, which is 14th in the league. KANIM IS ONE WIN AWAY FROM 100: Head coach Mora Kanim needs one more win to become the first Kent State volleyball coach to record 100 wins. In her seventh season at KSU, Kanim has compiled a (.508) coaching record. BRONCOS ENJOY CAREER MATCHES: Western Michigan had a number of career highs and season highs versus Bowling Green. Carman Malone had and Kristy Ramsey each recorded career highs in kills with 25 and 17, respectively, while Schea Fissel

3 USA Today/AVCA Coaches Poll (September 22, 2003) School Total Points Record LW 1. USC (65) 1, Hawai i 1, Florida 1, Stanford 1, Georgia Tech 1, Pepperdine 1, Nebraska 1, UCLA 1, Kansas State 1, Northern Iowa 1, California Penn State Washington Michigan State UC Santa Barbara Santa Clara Notre Dame Minnesota Louisville Pacific San Diego Arizona Wisconsin Loyola Marymount Texas A&M NR Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: BYU 83, San Francisco 70, Missouri 50, Long Beach State 20, Southwest Missouri State 14, Colorado State 12, Florida A&M 12, Ohio 12, Northwestern 10, Cincinnati 9, Washington State 7, Ohio State 4, South Carolina 4, North Carolina 3. had a career-high 15 kills and 17 digs. Jenifer Sulewski had a season-high 61 assists and 14 digs. UB S SCHRANTZ DOUBLES UP: Junior Molly Schrantz posted double-doubles in kills and digs in both of Buffalo s matches over the weekend while leading the Bulls in kills in each match. Schrantz had 14 kills and a team-high 12 digs against Western Michigan and 17 kills and 16 digs against Eastern Michigan to up her season averages to 2.69 kills per game (third on the team) and 3.48 digs per game (tops on the team and 12th in the league). KSU S BUTTS NEARS 2,000 ASSISTS: With seven more assists, sophomore setter Anne Butts will become only the third Kent State player to reach 2,000 assists. She currently ranks third in the MAC with assists per game. Last season, Butts set the KSU single-season assists mark with 1,505 assists as a freshman. KELLER NEARS BSU DIGS RECORD: The digs keep coming for Ball State junior libero Stephanie Keller as she recorded a team-best 60 digs in the Cardinals two matches last week for a 7.50 digs per game average. Her 37 digs vs. Toledo were a career-high -- tied for the ninth highest output in league history -- and marked the fourth time this season she has recorded 30-plus digs in a match. In addition, Keller moved into third on BSU s all-time career digs list with 1,163. She needs just 88 digs to break BSU s all-time record of 1,250 set by Jennifer Schilling. SUCCESS IN NON-CONFERENCE MATCHES: After five weeks of play in the 2003 season, MAC teams were (.565) against non-conference competition. In each of the previous two seasons, the MAC has found success facing non-conference foes. Last year, the league was (.588) against non-mac teams, while in 2001 the conference produced a (.600) mark. NIU HAS FIVE HIT DOUBLE DIGITS: Five different Northern Illinois players reached double-digits in the kill column in the Huskies 3-1 victory over Miami. Of that quintet, three players posted kill-dig doubles-doubles as well led by Tera Lobdell s 15 put-aways and 14 digs -- the junior s eighth doubledouble of the season. Senior Brooke Dodson led the team with 18 kills and added 11 digs while Amanda Newlin chipped in with 15 kills and 10 digs. MIAMI DUO HAS A BLOCK PARTY: Redshirt freshman middle hitter Lauren Slusser and sophomore outside hitter Kristen Walters opened MAC play for Miami averaging 1.29 and 1.14 blocks per game respectively. Each knocked down a career-high six block assists against Northern Illinois. Slusser posted eight block assists and one solo block over the weekend, while Walters notched eight block assists. CMU JOINS THE BLOCK PARTY AS WELL: Freshman Meghan Moore and senior Liz Passen were dominant at the net in last week s matches for Central Michigan. Moore exploded for a career-high 10 blocks on Friday versus Akron. She had a careerhigh three solo and seven block assists. She finished the week with 20 blocks in three matches. Passen had six blocks in each of the conference matches over the weekend. PAIR CONTINUES TO PACE TOLEDO: Sophomore middle blockers Corrie Magnus and Kelsey Culver continue to lead the Rockets offensively while Culver also made some noise defensively over the weekend. Magnus is leading the MAC with a.359 attack percentage,while Culver ranks ninth in the conference with a.298 mark. Culver also is tied for fourth in the MAC in aces per game (0.50) and nearly helped the Rockets pull off an upset at Ball State with 12 blocks to equal the third most in a match in school history. SENIORS HAVE STRONG STRETCH: Marshall seniors Ashley Barnard and Nicole Michal have put together the best five-match stretch of their careers, logging 97 digs and 69 kills, respectively, from the Sept. 19 thru the Sept. 26 match with Ohio. Barnard recorded a career-high 32 digs vs. Morehead State, with Michal s highest kill output of the stretch was a 17-kill night in the home opener vs. Eastern Kentucky. Over that period, Barnard averaged 4.41 digs per game while Michal averaged 3.14 kills, 2.55 digs and 1.00 blocks per game. EMU HAS THE UPPER HAND: Eastern Michigan is dominating the opposition on both sides of the net. The Eagles have outhit their opponents by 120 percentage points (.234 to.114) and is outdigging them by over 2.2 digs per game. EMU, winners of six straight matches, also holds an advantage behind the service line, as they average 2.0 aces per game to just 1.3 for their opponents. The Eagles have also only gone beyond the minimum three-games just three times this season, going 2-1 in those matches. MAC Career Active Leaders Kills Lindsay Matikosh, UB... 1,231 Laura Hageman, Ohio... 1,180 Sandy Lewis, UA... 1,170 Susie Norris, BGSU... 1,093 Emily Lovejoy, CMU... 1,086 Jennifer Nighswander, EMU... 1,024 Carman Malone, WMU Tera Lobdell, NIU Tracey King, MAR Emily Busch, EMU Sarah Obras, BSU Digs Jennifer Nighswander, EMU (3)... 1,545 Sandy Lewis, UA (15)... 1,328 Susie Norris, BGSU (16)... 1,311 Lindsay Matikosh, UB (21)... 1,216 Stephanie Keller, BSU... 1,163 Laura Hageman, Ohio Katie Smith, Ohio Assists Shaleene Glombowski, CMU (20)... 3,564 Carrie McCaw, UT... 2,770 Lyndsay Schmiedel, UA... 2,718 Stacie Baldwin, BSU... 2,494 Briana Adamovsky, Ohio... 2,442 Total Blocks Laura Hageman, Ohio (12) Monica Morlock, UA Alexis Bouie, UB Nicole Michal, MAR Katie Wagenmaker, EMU Block Assists Laura Hageman, Ohio (13) Monica Morlock, UA (T17) Nicole Michal, MAR Alexis Bouie, UB Katie Wagenmaker, EMU Aces Lindsay Matikosh, UB Sandy Lewis, UA Carrie McCaw, UT Lyndsay Schmiedel, UA NOTE: Number in parentheses indicates all-time MAC ranking -- top 25 only. OLIVER TURNS IN CAREER NIGHT: Ball State redshirt sophomore middle blocker Melissa Oliver turned in a career night in the Cardinals victory over Toledo last Saturday. In the contest, she recorded career-highs of 20 kills, seven block assists and 24.5 points. Her.378 ( ) hitting percentage was also a match-high. THIS FALCON FRESHMAN CAN DIG IT: Bowling Green freshman Chrissy Gothke has stepped into the libero position for the Falcons and has a team-leading 4.07 digs per game, which also tops all MAC freshmen. Gothke produced consecutive 20-plus dig performances last week against IPFW and Western Michigan, recording 21 digs in each contest.

4 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE 2003 CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2003 (Players listed below meet or exceed the minimums and have played in at least percent of their team's games.) HITTING PERCENTAGE (Minimum.250/4.0 attacks per game) KILLS (Minimum 2.50 per game) Player Team Cl G Kills Errs Total Pct Player Team Cl G No. Per Game MAGNUS, Corrie... UT SO OBRAS, Sarah... BSU SO JACKSON, Shaylen... WMU SO HOLT, Danielle... KSU SO BUSCH, Emily... EMU JR LOBDELL, Tera... NIU JR FANT, Tamara... CMU SO HAGEMAN, Laura... OHIO SR TWITE, Taylor... BGSU JR BUSCH, Emily... EMU JR LADURNER-SCHNITZER,. KSU JR NIGHSWANDER,Jennifer EMU SR MICHAL, Nicole... MAR SR TWITE, Taylor... BGSU JR NUGENT, Ashleigh... UA SR MATIKOSH, Lindsay... UB SR WALSH, Corinne... NIU SO DODSON, Brooke... NIU SR CULVER, Kelsey... UT SO NUGENT, Ashleigh... UA SR PASSEN, Liz... CMU SR MALONE, Carman... WMU SR TIERNEY, Tinesha... WMU JR BUROKER, Tara... MIA JR JUDICE, Lindsay... OHIO SR LOVEJOY, Emily... CMU JR WAGENMAKER, Katie... EMU SR RENNAU, Samantha... BGSU SR MOHR, Melissa... BGSU JR LEWIS, Sandy... UA SR ASSISTS SERVICE ACES (Minimum 0.30 per game) Player Team Cl G No. Per Game Player Team Cl G No. Per Game VINEY, Lauren... EMU SR MOHLER, Rachel... UT JR GLOMBOWSKI, Shaleene CMU SR LOBDELL, Tera... NIU JR BUTTS, Anne... KSU SO HOLT, Danielle... KSU SO ZIDEK, Marie... NIU SO CULVER, Kelsey... UT SO ADAMOVSKY, Briana... OHIO JR WINKFIELD, Julia... OHIO SO BALDWIN, Stacie... BSU JR ZENT, Angie... MIA JR BROWN, Amy... UB SO STEIN, Katie... MAR SO McCAW, Carrie... UT SR WAGENMAKER, Katie... EMU SR STEIN, Katie... MAR SO MATIKOSH, Lindsay... UB SR SCHMIEDEL, Lyndsay.. UA SR JACKSON, Shannon... WMU SO CLARK, Megan... MIA SO SIMS, Amber... MAR SO MARESKI, Amber... BGSU JR McCAW, Carrie... UT SR SIKORSKI, Sara... BGSU SR NIGHSWANDER,Jennifer EMU SR SULEWSKI, Jenifer... WMU FR WILK, Anja... MAR FR RUSH, Rachael... UA SO CLARK, Megan... MIA SO BLOCKS (Minimum 1.00 per game) DIGS (Minimum 2.75 per game) Player Team Cl G Solo Asst Total Per Game Player Team Cl G No. Per Game WEEKLEY, Katie... UB SO KELLER, Stephanie... BSU JR BOUIE, Alexis... UB SR NIGHSWANDER,Jennifer EMU SR WALSH, Corinne... NIU SO OBRAS, Sarah... BSU SO HAGEMAN, Laura... OHIO SR McCRITE, Ali... CMU SO TIERNEY, Tinesha... WMU JR SNIDER, Lori... UA JR JACKSON, Shaylen... WMU SO GOTHKE, Chrissy... BGSU FR MOORE, Meghan... CMU FR LEWIS, Sandy... UA SR MORLOCK, Monica... UA SR PELTON, Tarrin... KSU SR PASSEN, Liz... CMU SR BALTARE, Becky... EMU JR NUGENT, Ashleigh... UA SR BARNARD, Ashley... MAR SR MOHR, Melissa... BGSU JR CUDNEY, Ashley... EMU FR MARKOWSKI, Megan... NIU JR SCHRANTZ, Molly... UB JR SANLIN, Nickie... MAR SO WOLFORD, Suzy... MIA SO GUIDE, Gina... NIU FR PICCOLINI, Bethany.. EMU JR POINTS Player Team Cl G K SA BS BA Points Pts/G OBRAS, Sarah... BSU SO HOLT, Danielle... KSU SO LOBDELL, Tera... NIU JR HAGEMAN, Laura... OHIO SR BUSCH, Emily... EMU JR MATIKOSH, Lindsay... UB SR NIGHSWANDER,Jennifer EMU SR NUGENT, Ashleigh... UA SR TWITE, Taylor... BGSU JR MALONE, Carman... WMU SR DODSON, Brooke... NIU SR BUROKER, Tara... MIA JR WAGENMAKER, Katie... EMU SR LEWIS, Sandy... UA SR MICHAL, Nicole... MAR SR

5 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE 2003 CONFERENCE TEAM LEADERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2003 HITTING PERCENTAGE G Kills Errs Total Pct OPPONENT HITTING PCT G Kills Errs Total Pct Western Michigan Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Northern Illinois Ohio Marshall Bowling Green Buffalo Central Michigan Central Michigan Marshall Akron Northern Illinois Ohio Kent State Western Michigan Miami Bowling Green Toledo Miami Akron Ball State Ball State Toledo Buffalo Kent State ASSISTS G No. Per Game KILLS G No. Per Game Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Northern Illinois Central Michigan Central Michigan Bowling Green Bowling Green Northern Illinois Kent State Kent State Ohio Ohio Marshall Western Michigan Buffalo Marshall Ball State Ball State Miami Miami Western Michigan Buffalo Akron Toledo Toledo Akron BLOCKS G Solo Asst Total Per Game SERVICE ACES G No. Per Game Buffalo Marshall Western Michigan Toledo Northern Illinois Miami Ohio Northern Illinois Akron Eastern Michigan Central Michigan Ohio Marshall Western Michigan Bowling Green Kent State Eastern Michigan Buffalo Miami Akron Toledo Central Michigan Ball State Bowling Green Kent State Ball State Conference Overall---- DIGS G No. Per Game MATCH WON-LOST PCT W-L Pct W-L Pct Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Ball State Western Michigan Akron Ball State Northern Illinois Ohio Bowling Green Northern Illinois Ohio Marshall Buffalo Kent State Kent State Miami Central Michigan Akron Western Michigan Bowling Green Toledo Central Michigan Marshall Buffalo Miami Toledo