Volleyball
2003 News Releases
All Releases Written by: Ryan Maurer
Director of Sports Information
E-Mail: rmaurer@wittenberg.edu
December 2, 2003
Four Tiger Volleyball Players Named to 2003 NCAA Division III All-America Teams
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - After another outstanding season, Wittenberg University volleyball team members added more hardware to their trophy cases as the 2003 NCAA Division III All-America teams were announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Read More ...
November 25, 2003
Thirty-Four Wittenberg Student-Athletes Earn 2003 Fall Sport Postseason Awards
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 34 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams. In addition, several Tiger athletes received regional and national recognition from various organizations, including two All-America selections to date. Read More ...
November 22, 2003
Sarah Yuskewich, Emilie Schmid, Lindsay Nelson, Kristin Fox Named All-Great Lakes Region
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November 20, 2003
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| Emily Dixon |
It's hard to imagine two teams more evenly matched. Playing before an estimated crowd of 800 fans screaming themselves hoarse in Wittenberg's HPER Center, the Bears escaped with a dramatic 3-2 win to claim the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championship and advance to the Tournament Quarterfinals.
Wittenberg jumped in front with a convincing win in the first game as junior Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson) distributed 17 of her game-high 68 assists and the Tigers posted an outstanding .312 attack percentage. In the second game, Yuskewich had 18 more assists and sophomore Emily Dixon (Granville, Ohio/Granville) had six kills, but fans got a taste of the tense things to come as the two teams battled through a remarkable seesaw game.
In Game 3, the tides began to turn as ONU's attack percentage rose to .250. Game 4 followed much of the same script as ONU jumped out in front early and stayed in front the rest of the way. Then came Game 5, a fine back-and-forth affair before Wittenberg took a 14-12 lead and served for the match. However, ONU won three straight points to take a one-point lead. After a kill by Michelle Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) tied things at 15, the Bears ended it with a pair of kills.
Statistically, Yuskewich had 68 assists and 23 digs, junior Kristin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion) finished with 27 kills, senior Lindsay Nelson (Massillon, Ohio/Tuslaw) had 19 kills, Dixon had 17 kills and seven total blocks (six solo), and four players finished in double figures in digs, led by Emilie Schmid (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson) with 28.
In Friday's semifinal match, the Tigers swept their way into the championship game with a 3-0 (30-22, 32-30, 30-15) win over Alma College. The Tigers were dominant in the first and third games, but they had to rally a bit in Game 2. Alma took a 25-22 lead before the Tigers rallied back and eventually took a 30-29 lead on a kill by Dixon. After the teams traded points, Michelle Emming hammered home the game-winner for Wittenberg, and the momentum carried into Game 3 as the Tigers won handily. Wittenberg put four players in double figures in kills, led by Nelson with 13. Fox and Michelle Emming each posted kill totals of 11 and Dixon added 10 kills. Yuskewich chipped in with 37 assists and 10 digs. Defensively, five players finished in double figures in digs, led by 22 from Schmid and 16 from Jennifer Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame).
Also last week, postseason North Coast Athletic Conference honors were handed out, and as usual Wittenberg cleaned up. Yuskewich was named Player of the Year for a second straight year, while Schmid took home the first Libero of the Year honor. Fox joined them on the All-NCAC first-team, while Nelson and Michelle Emming made the second team.
Next: Season Complete
November 13, 2003
Sarah Yuskewich NCAC Player of the Year! Emilie Schmid NCAC Libero of the Year!
CLEVELAND -- Wittenberg junior Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, OH/Bishop Watterson) has been named Player of the Year to highlight the 2003 All-North Coast Athletic Conference volleyball selections. Yuskewich, a 6-0 setter, led the conference in assists with 1303 over 100 games (13.03 apg). She repeats as the NCAC Player of the Year after leading the Tigers to their seventh consecutive North Coast championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the eighth straight year. Wittenberg (27-6) hosts the Great Lakes regional, Read More ...
November 13, 2003
2003 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Tournament Web Site
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November 13, 2003
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| Sarah Yuskewich |
Play opens on Thursday with preliminary round matches between Alma and Thomas More at 4:30 p.m. and Ohio Northern and Chatham at 7 p.m. On Friday, the winner of the Ohio Northern/Chatham match advances to play Mount St. Joseph and the Alma/Thomas More winner advances to play Wittenberg at 7 p.m.
Wittenberg has now won 51 straight NCAC regular season matches, dating back to Oct. 18, 1997 and at Case Western Reserve, and 21 consecutive NCAC Tournament matches, dating back to a loss to Ohio Wesleyan in the 1996 championship match. Wittenberg has also won seven straight regular season and tournament titles. The Tigers are hoping to extend the successes of a year ago, when they finished 34-8 overall and won the first Great Lakes Regional title in school history. Wittenberg lost to eventual national champion Wisconsin-Whitewater in the national quarterfinals a year ago after defeating Ohio Northern and Mount St. Joseph in regional tourney matches at the HPER Center.
Last Tuesday, Wittenberg overwhelmed No. 8 seed Ohio Wesleyan, 3-0, in the NCAC tournament quarterfinals. Among the statistical leaders were senior Michelle Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame), who had 13 digs and 10 kills, senior Jennifer Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame), who had 11 digs and 10 kills, and senior Katie Preuss (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South), who finished with 21 assists and 11 digs.
On Friday, Wittenberg easily defeated No. 4 seed Denison, 3-0, in the NCAC tournament semifinals. Junior Kristin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion) recorded 11 kills and the Tigers got 10 more from senior Lindsay Nelson (Massillon, Ohio/Tuslaw). Sophomore Emily Dixon (Granville, Ohio/Granville) added five blocks, junior Emilie Schmid (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson) was tremendous defensively with 28 digs and junior Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson) put forth her usual stellar performance with 44 assists.
On Saturday, Wittenberg put the finishing touches on yet another perfect NCAC regular season and tournament championship with a 3-0 victory over Hiram. With the win, the Tigers advanced claimed their seventh consecutive NCAC tournament title on the heels of the seventh consecutive NCAC regular season title, and moved on to their eighth straight NCAA Division III Tournament. Wittenberg got 14 kills from Michelle Emming, 22 digs from Schmid, seven blocks from Dixon and 45 assists from Yuskewich. The Tigers were never threatened in the championship match, and they completed the season with a perfect 33-0 record in games this season against NCAC foes.
Yuskewich was named NCAC Tournament MVP. Fox and Schmid were also chosen for the all-tournament team.
Next: 11/14 vs. Alma/Thomas Winner, 7 p.m.
NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Semifinal
November 10, 2003
Wittenberg Volleyball Wins Conference Tournament Title to Advance to NCAA Division III Tournament
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio The Wittenberg volleyball team has participated in the NCAA Division III Tournament in each of the last eight years and nine times overall. However, never have the Tigers won a national title, hence the motto regularly heard around the HPER Center, "Unfinished Business." Read More ...
November 6, 2003
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| Katie Preuss |
In the Trinity Invitational, Wittenberg beat two ranked teams and narrowly lost to a third in the first five-game match of the Tigers' season. Wittenberg opened the tourney with a 3-1 win over Savannah College of Art & Design and followed that with a 3-1 win over sixth-ranked Mount St. Joseph. The win over the Mountie Lions was crucial as it gave the Tigers the inside track on the No. 1 ranking in the Great Lakes Region and potential home court advantage in the upcoming NCAA Division III Tournament.
The Tigers rounded out the weekend with a 3-2 defeat against ninth-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater, the same team that knocked Wittenberg out of last year's NCAA Division III Tournament en route to the school's first national championship. Wittenberg defeated the Warhawks earlier this season. Then Wittenberg defeated the host Trinity University Tigers 3-1 in the championship match and were awarded the first-place hardware based on tiebreaker criteria. Trinity was ranked No. 3 nationally heading into the weekend.
Individually, junior Kristin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion) had an outstanding weekend with more than 70 kills in the four matches. She and senior Lindsay Nelson (Massillon, Ohio/Tuslaw), who had 22 kills in the win over Trinity, were both named to the all-tournament team. In addition, junior Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson) recorded at least 50 assists in each match.
In the NCAC Tournament match against Ohio Wesleyan, the top-seeded Tigers overwhelmed the eighth-seeded Battling Bishops by a 3-0 count, with all three games decided by at least a 14-point margin. The Tigers, who have won eight of the last 10 NCAC tournament titles, including the last six consecutively, advanced to the NCAC Tournament semifinals on Friday against fourth-seeded Denison, a winner over Wooster in other quarterfinal action.
Wittenberg was in control throughout the match and never used most of its top players. Among the statistical leaders were senior Michelle Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame), who had 13 digs and 10 kills, senior Jennifer Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame), who had 11 digs and 10 kills, and senior Katie Preuss (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South), who finished with 21 assists and 11 digs.
Next: 11/7 vs. Denison, 5:30 p.m.
NCAC Tournament Semifinal
November 4, 2003
2003 North Coast Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament
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October 30, 2003
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| Emilie Schmid |
The Tigers are 21-5 overall and 8-0 in the NCAC heading into this weekend's tournament at Trinity (Texas), where six nationally ranked teams are going head-to-head. Wittenberg has now won 51 straight NCAC matches, dating back to October 1997 and a five-game defeat at Case Western Reserve. The Tigers have also won 18 consecutive NCAC Tournament matches - and six straight tourney titles - dating back to a 3-2 loss to Ohio Wesleyan in the 1996 championship match.
Dating back to 1992, Wittenberg has won eight of the last 10 NCAC Tournament championships, and the top-seeded Tigers will begin the quest for their ninth crown in 11 years on Tuesday with a home match against eighth-seeded Ohio Wesleyan at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4. A win in that match and the Tigers would advance to the NCAC Tournament semifinals, an event Wittenberg would host at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in the HPER Center. The conference tourney title match is at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8.
Wittenberg is angling for an eighth straight NCAA Division III Tournament berth and an opportunity to extend the successes of a year ago, when the Tigers finished 34-8 overall and won the first Great Lakes Regional title in school history. Wittenberg, which is ranked fifth in the nation in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, lost to eventual national champion Wisconsin-Whitewater in the national quarterfinals a year ago.
The Tigers have displayed tremendous balance in 2003 under the direction of first-year Head Coach Paco Labrador, who took over for the winningest coach in school history, Connie Surowicz, in April. Junior Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson), a first-team All-America selection in 2002, leads the team, the conference and ranks fifth in the nation in assists per game at 12.79, a year after she set an NCAA Division III record with 2,125 assists in a season. She has already set a school record for assists in a career. Junior Kristin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion) leads the team and ranks third in the NCAC in kills with 3.59 per game. Junior Emilie Schmid (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson) ranks first in the conference and third in the nation with 7.40 digs per game, and she is on pace to set a school record for digs in a season.
Next: 10/31-11/1 at Trinity (Tx.)
October 23, 2003
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| Lindsay Nelson |
Last weekend, the finishing touches to another masterpiece were applied in an NCAC tri-match at Denison, where Wittenberg easily defeated Hiram and the host Big Red by 3-0 scores. The Tigers secured the No. 1 seed in the NCAC Tournament, which opens Nov. 4 with quarterfinal games. A win over eighth-place Ohio Wesleyan in that match will earn the Tigers the right to host the NCAC Tournament semifinals and finals on Nov. 7 and 8.
In the win over Hiram, which is having the best season in school history and recently topped 20 wins for the season, junior setter Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson) finished with 39 assists, seven digs and six block assists, while sophomore Emily Dixon (Granville, Ohio/Granville) added seven kills and seven block assists. Senior Lindsay Nelson (Massillon, Ohio/Tuslaw) led the offensive attack with 15 kills in 27 attempts.
Against Denison, the NCAC regular season and tournament runner-up each of the last three years, Wittenberg got 36 assists and 12 digs from Yuskewich, seven kills and 20 digs from senior Michelle Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame) and nine kills in 17 attempts from freshman Heather Kelly (Marion, Ohio/River Valley).
For the season, Yuskewich leads the NCAC and ranks fifth in the nation in assists per game at 12.86. A year after setting a Wittenberg, NCAC and NCAA Division III record with 2,125 assists in the 2002 season, Yuskewich now has 985 assists in 2003.
Junior Emilie Schmid (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson) ranks first in the NCAC and third in the nation in digs per game with 7.49. Her season total of 629 is already the fourth-highest in school history. Not coincidentally, Wittenberg ranks fifth as a team in the nation in assists per game (14.20) and 10th in digs per game (23.87).
Next up for the Tigers is an important road trip to Trinity in San Antonio, Texas. Five of the six teams, including the host school, are ranked in the top 25, including Mt. St. Joseph, which is vying for the top spot in the region with Wittenberg.
Next: 10/31-11/1 at Trinity (Tx.)
October 20, 2003
Tigers Dominate NCAC 20th Anniversary Volleyball All-Decade Team
CLEVELAND -- Wittenberg's Monica McDonald and Sarah Yuskewich head a list of stellar student-athletes named to the North Coast Athletic Conference's 20th Anniversary volleyball team. McDonald and Yuskewich are the only two members of the squad still actively competing. Thus far this season, the pair have led the Tigers to a perfect 8-0 conference record and the number one seed heading into the annual NCAC Tournament. Read More ...
October 16, 2003
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| Kristin Fox |
Joining the sixth-ranked Tigers in the field were four other nationally ranked squads - Mount St. Joseph, Elmhurst, Washington University and St. Thomas - and three other perennial national powers with winning records currently - Baldwin-Wallace, Muskingum and Wartburg. In pool play, Wittenberg upended Baldwin-Wallace 3-1, Mt. St. Joseph 3-1 and Elmhurst 3-0 to advance to the championship match.
Junior setter Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson) was up to her usual tricks over the weekend, distributing 207 assists, 41 digs, 13 blocks, including five solos, and 15 kills in the 16 games. Yuskewich ranks first in the NCAC and among the top 10 in the nation in assists per game with 12.80.
Yuskewich's favorite target for assists was junior Kristin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion), who pounded 63 kills and finished with an outstanding hitting percentage of .281. She was named NCAC Player of the Week for her outstanding performance. Fox ranks second in the NCAC in kills per game with 3.6.
Defensively, junior Emilie Schmid (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson) was again outstanding with 137 digs. She leads the NCAC and ranks among the top five in the nation with 581 digs on the season, good for a 7.35 per game average. Senior Michelle Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame), who had two double-doubles over the weekend in kills and digs, added 85 digs, a team-best 12 service aces, and 45 kills on the weekend, and senior Jennifer Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame) added 62 digs and nine service aces.
Rounding things out, senior Lindsay Nelson (Massillon, Ohio/Tuslaw) was second on the team for the weekend with 46 kills. She added 10 block assists.
This weekend the Tigers close out NCAC action on Oct. 18 in a tri-match that involves the top three teams in the conference, Hiram, Denison and Wittenberg. The Tigers, the six-time defending NCAC regular season and tournament champions, are currently tied atop the conference with a 6-0 record. The following weekend features a trip to Texas for a tournament hosted by nationally ranked Trinity.
Next: NCAC Tri-Match at Denison
vs. Hiram, 1 p.m.
vs. Denison, 3 p.m.
October 10, 2003
Wittenberg Volleyball Wins Conference Regular Season Title; To Host Tournament Quarterfinal Tuesday
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University volleyball team is once again the preeminent team in the North Coast Athletic Conference. After clinching a seventh consecutive conference regular season title with a perfect 8-0 record, the Tigers are hoping to extend their season quite a bit further. Read More ...
October 9, 2003
Wittenberg Hosts Third Invitational Volleyball Tournament of 2003 Season
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University volleyball team hosts the Wittenberg National Invitational II this weekend, featuring one of the strongest regular season fields anywhere in the nation. Read More ...
October 9, 2003
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| Emilie Schmid |
The eight teams will compete over a two-day span beginning at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, and winding up with championship and third-place matches at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. The teams will compete on two courts in Wittenberg's HPER Center.
The Tigers, who have won six straight NCAC regular season and tournament championships and has made seven straight appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament, are riding a 10-match win streak after winning three NCAC matches in the last week by lop-sided margins. On Saturday, Wittenberg defeated visiting Wooster and Oberlin by 3-0 scores and on Wednesday, the Tigers overwhelmed Ohio Wesleyan by a 3-0 count.
Junior setter Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson) continues to provide great leadership. She leads the NCAC and ranks among the best in the nation with 703 assists, good for a per game average of 12.55. Yuskewich also leads the Tigers with 53 blocks and 24 service aces.
Junior middle hitter Kristin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion) leads the way offensively with 207 kills, good for a 3.45 per game average that ranks fourth in the NCAC. Five players have accumulated more than 100 kills through 60 games this season, a tremendously balanced statistical showing that speaks volumes about the team's depth and versatility.
Defensively, junior libero Emilie Schmid (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson) has been phenomenal this season, averaging 7.19 digs per game to lead the NCAC by a wide margin and rank in the top five nationally. Three Tiger players have more than 200 digs on the season, including senior twins Jennifer Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame) with 292 and Michelle Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame) with 215.
After this weekend's tournament, the Tigers close out NCAC action on Oct. 18 in a tri-match that involves the top three teams in the conference, Hiram, Denison and Wittenberg. The following weekend features a trip to Texas for a tournament hosted by nationally ranked Trinity.
Next: 10/10-11 Wittenberg National Invitational II
October 2, 2003
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| Sarah Yuskewich |
The six-time defending NCAC regular season and tournament titlists have not given up a game, much less a match, in more than two weeks. Included in that time span are four matches against top-flight competition in the Wittenberg Invitational last weekend.
In that invitational, Wittenberg defeated Defiance, which was previously unbeaten in 11 matches this season, Calvin, the favorite in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and Ithaca, the top team in its conference this season and annually a qualifier for the NCAA Division III Tournament, in pool play by 3-0 scores. Then in the championship match, the Tigers dismantled regional rival Ohio Northern 3-0. The Polar Bears are the defending Ohio Athletic Conference champions and came into the tourney ranked No. 13 in the nation.
For her performance in the tournament, junior setter Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson) was named NCAC Player of the Week. All she did was average 15 assists per game in the four matches and lead her team to four wins by comfortable margins. Her best showing came against ONU, a match in which she totaled 46 assists.
Other top statistical performances were turned in by junior middle hitter Kristin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion), who twice pounded 13 kills in a match and finished with 45 total kills, junior libero Emilie Schmid (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson), who had at least 16 digs in each game, including 29 in the championship match, and 12 kills each in the win over Calvin from senior outside hitters Lindsay Nelson (Massillon, Ohio/Tuslaw) and Michelle Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame).
The Tigers return to NCAC action this weekend with a tri-match at home against Oberlin and Wooster. Then Wittenberg takes on Ohio Wesleyan next Wednesday, followed by the Wittenberg National Invitational II, which includes eight top-quality teams, including nationally ranked Mount St. Joseph, Elmhurst, Washington University and Wartburg.
Next: 10/4 vs. Oberlin, 11 a.m.
10/4 vs. Allegheny, 3 p.m.
September 25, 2003
Wittenberg Hosts Second Invitational Volleyball Tournament of 2003 Season
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University volleyball team hosts its annual Wittenberg Invitational this weekend, featuring the usual array of high-quality competition. Eight teams will compete over a two-day span, beginning at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, and winding up with championship and third-place matches at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. The teams will compete on two courts in Wittenberg's HPER Center. Read More ...
September 25, 2003
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| Michelle Emming |
All three of those wins - over Allegheny and Kenyon on Saturday and Earlham on Wednesday - have come by lopsided 3-0 decisions. Every active player on the Tigers' roster has gotten ample opportunity in those matches to join the action. In the win over Allegheny, junior Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson) finished with 26 assists and senior Jen Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame) chipped in with 19 digs. Against Kenyon, junior Emilie Schmid (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson) expertly patrolled the backcourt for 18 digs to lead the team. And against Earlham, senior Katie Preuss (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) posted 32 assists, Schmid had 13 digs, sophomore Aubrey Anderson (Northbrook, Ill/Glenbrook North) finished with career highs of six kills and five aces and senior Michelle Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame) showed the way with 10 kills and 19 digs.
The team returns to action this weekend for the annual Wittenberg Invitational. Eight teams will compete over a two-day span, beginning at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, and winding up with championship and third-place matches at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27.
Along with the host Tigers, competing in this year's Wittenberg Invitational are Calvin, Defiance, Hope, Ohio Northern, Thomas More, Ithaca and Franklin. Every team in the Wittenberg Invitational has at least a .500 record. Wittenberg is ranked No. 6 in the nation in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, while Ohio Northern is ranked No. 13.
Ohio Northern, a perennial NCAA Division III Tournament qualifier, is 11-4 after a key early-season Ohio Athletic Conference win over Mount Union. Calvin is one of the top teams in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association every year and comes in with an 11-2 record. Hope is second in the MIAA currently with a mark of 8-4 overall. Ithaca is off to a 12-4 start to the season. Defiance is 11-0 in 2003 and recently extended its win streak to 15 matches dating back to the 2002 season. Franklin, which is coming off a 26-8 record in 2002, is 7-6 so far in 2003. Rounding things out, Thomas More comes in with an 8-8 record.
Next: 9/27-28 Wittenberg Invitational
September 19, 2003
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| Sarah Yuskewich |
In the season-opening Wittenberg National Invitational I, the Tigers defeated John Carroll 3-0 before losing to NAIA scholarship program Georgetown (Ky.) 3-1 and preseason NCAA Division III No. 2 ranked Juniata 3-1.
The second weekend of the 2003 season included two wins in three matches at the Ohio Northern Invitational. Wittenberg won their opener against the 12th-ranked host Polar Bears, 3-1, before losing the next match against another nationally ranked foe, Mount St. Joseph, 3-0. On Saturday, Wittenberg rebounded to post wins over Muskingum, a 2002 NCAA Division III Tournament team, and Franklin by identical 3-0 scores.
Last weekend, the Tigers went to Washington University in St. Louis and came away with another impressive set of results. On Friday, Wittenberg upset defending national champion Wisconsin-Whitewater, 3-1. On Saturday, the Tigers defeated seventh-ranked Central (Iowa) 3-0 before falling to the top-ranked host team 3-0 in the final match of the weekend.
With 443 assists on the still-young season, junior setter Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, Ohio/Watterson), who broke the NCAA Division III record for assists in a season with 2,125 in the 2002 season, broke the school record for assists in a career. At her current pace, she has an excellent chance to reach the NCAA Division III record for assists in a career.
Yuskewich leads the NCAC in assists per game by a wide margin at 13.03. Junior middle hitter Kristin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion) is second in the conference and first on the team in kills per game at 3.74. Junior Emilie Schmid (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson) tops the NCAC in digs per game by a wide margin at 7.68. Yuskewich and Schmid both rank among the top 10 in the nation in their respective categories.
Next: 9/20 at Kenyon, 1 p.m.
9/20 vs. Allegheny, 3 p.m.
August 26, 2003
2003 NCAC Preseason Polls (pdf file)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Defending champion Wittenberg University emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference volleyball coaches conducted via email ballot. Wittenberg, which rolled to a perfect 8-0 conference record and earned its sixth consecutive NCAC tournament championship last fall, earned seven of eight* first-place votes from league coaches to top Allegheny. The Gators earned the final first-place vote. Denison was tabbed third, while Hiram and Wooster were picked fourth and fifth, respectively. Read More ...
August 25, 2003
Wittenberg Volleyball to Host First of Three 2003 Invitational Tournaments This Weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University volleyball team hosts the Wittenberg National Volleyball Invitational this weekend, featuring the usual array of high-quality competition. Four teams will take to the court beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, with action wrapping up with matches at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30. Each team will play once on Friday and twice on Saturday, with action running on two courts in Wittenberg's HPER Center the second day. Read More ...
April 29, 2003
Wittenberg Selects Paco Labrador as New Women's Volleyball Head Coach
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University has selected former Miami University Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach Paco Labrador as its new Head Women's Volleyball Coach. He replaces Connie Surowicz, the most successful coach in Tiger volleyball history, who accepted the same position at Ashland University in January. Read More ...
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