MSU won the Ameritech Invitational at Western Michigan University.

MSU defeated DePaul 3-0 (15-8, 15-5, 15-13)
MSU defeated Niagara 3-0 (15-4, 15-0, 15-1)
MSU defeated Loyola 3-1 (8-15, 15-13, 15-4, 15-6)
MSU defeated Western Michigan 3-0 (15-13, 15-9, 15-4)

Stats and recaps are linked off the schedule page of the MSU SideOut
Club Web site <http://kurtz.tcimet.net/sideout/>.

Andy.

"Let's play two!" -- Mr. Cub

Penn State and Texas did just that this weekend in State College, in the
last tests for both teams before the start of their conference schedules.
Penn State won both: 9-15, 15-7, 15-1, 15-13 on Friday night; and 15-6,
12-15, 15-10, 15-11 on Saturday night.  In my recollection, Friday night's
match was Penn State's second-toughest defense of their current record home
winning streak.  Saturday night's match was _the_ toughest.

Game-by-game ...

Friday Game 1: UT takes a 10-3 lead with tough serving, and shaky Penn
State passing.  Penn State comes back to within 11-8, but UT wins 15-9.

Game 2: Penn State takes the big 10-3 lead and holds on to win 15-7.

Game 3: No contest, 15-1, PSU.  Only one hitting error for the Lions, on a
UT block.

Game 4: Looks like it's going to be easy as PSU takes an 8-2 lead.  But
then their passing woes return and they shank three straight serve
receives; Texas eventually ties the score at 8 and then again at 12 and 13.
  But when the going gets tough ... Lauren Cacciamani recorded ten kills in
the game (22 for the match) and Katie Schumacher added 5 (12 for the match)
and PSU won on the second match point.  UT outblocked PSU 10-9 for the
match.

Saturday Game 1: Cacciamani and Schumacher combine for 12K in the game,
Penn State starts fast (8-0), Texas wakes up a little before its over but
can't make it close.

Game 2:  Once again, any illusions that it was going to be easy were dashed
by a solid performance by the 'Horns.  When she was on, Texas' MB Erin
Aldrich was the most dominating player on the court, jumping through the
ceiling and hitting over the Penn State block.  Texas leads 10-2; Penn
State begins a comeback, tieing it at 12 on four service points by Bonnie
Bremner; Texas scores the last three points to tie the match at 1 game
apiece.

Game 3: Close early, then six straight PSU points (Cacciamani's serve) make
it 10-3, and PSU extends the lead to 12-3 before Texas begins a big
comeback.  UT got it to within 12-10, but Kalna Miller (PSU defensive
specialist) served the last three points for the win.

Game 4:  By a good margin the best game of the weekend.  Finally both teams
were at the top of their games at the same time and neither suffered a bad
spell.   Close throughout, no one had more than a 2 point lead until the
very end.  UT lead 10-8, and to be honest, Penn State was lucky to win this
game.  The Lions got the benefit of about three close touch and net calls
(and UT coach Jim Moore is kinda funny to watch when he doesn't like a
call); and at 12-11, Schumacher was stuffed, but the ball bounced off her
head back over the net, and Penn State soon got the side out.  Carrie
Schonveld came up big in this game, with six kills, some of them at
critical junctures.  Nadia Edwards wasn't so fortunate ... UT had her
number (it's 6, by the way) and rejected her five times in the game.  This
was a close, even, nerve-wracking game; PSU finally won on a Cacciamani
block and a UT hitting error.  Again, Texas outblocked PSU, 15-12, for the
match.  For Texas, Aldrich recorded 17K and 8 blocks in the match, and for
PSU, Cacciamani led with 24K.

Next up for the #2 Nittany Lions is the annual trip to Michigan to take on
the Spartans and Wolverines.  The Longhorns start the Big 12 season with
Kansas and Texas A&M.


							 Doug

OK. It's the Denver Pioneers. 15-3 15-3 16-18 15-5.

First ball side-out efficiency:

1st game: .583
2nd game: .600
3rd game: .343 (with numerous substitutions)
4th game: .600

Nicole Branagh led the Gophs with 19 kills, Linda Shudlick added 13,
Wichert and Aschenbrener 11 apiece.

The Gophers will win this year's Diet Coke Classic. They play Navy later
tonite, and, with all respect to our armed forces, this will be a
mismatch.

Branagh has moved into 6th place on the U's all-time kill list.

Friday night is Wisconsin, at home. Yes, it's the first game of the Big
Ten season, but this is almost a must-win if the Gophers plan to contend
for a top 3-4 finish. Wisconsin is going to get better as the season
progresses, but they have to be down right now after the thumping in
Nebraska.

Montana State. Bobcats. Misled match program inaccuracies.

Far be it from me to be the source of mascot misinformation.

How's that for a mismatched battle of mascots?

Anyhow, the locals cruised this evening to a 15-2 15-11 15-6 victory
over Montana State. You couldn't ask for more balance in their offense:
Branagh--15 kills (8 in game 3); Fair--12 kills (.833 and did not play
game 3); Linda Shudlick--12 kills (.647); Aschenbrenner--11 kills;
Wichert--9 kills.

Running score (with service runs in parentheses):

1-0, 2-0, (2-1, 2-2 (aces)), (3-2, 4-2, 5-2), 6-2, (7-2, 8-2, 9-2),
(10-2, 11-2, 12-2, 13-2, 14-2, 15-2)

1-0, (1-1, 1-2, 1-3 (2 aces)), 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, (4-5, 5-5), (5-6,
5-7), (6-7, 7-7), (8-7, 9-7, 10-7), 10-8, (10-9, 10-10), 11-10, 11-11,
(12-11, 13-11, 14-11, 15-11)

(1-0, 2-0), (3-0, 4-0), 5-0, (5-1, 5-2), (5-3, 5-4), (6-4, 7-4), 8-4,
8-5, 9-5, (10-5, 11-5), 11-6, 12-6, (13-6, 14-6, 15-6)

The team seemed to be enjoying themselves on the court this evening.
This was nice to see. As was the efficiency of the win.

Special referees report, for all you diehard referee fanatics:

+My teammate, once upon a time on a so-so USAV BB team, takes the stand
and refs a fine game. Way to go, Tim.

+Joan Powell, responsible for many drills utilized by my wife with her
high school team, refs the first game (15-4 15-7 15-5 Denver over Navy).
Her best drill? The fabulous "Omaha."

Sept. 17, 1999

OSU faces Temple Sunday at 3 p.m. in free admission match.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 18th ranked Ohio State (5-1) women's volleyball team
defeated Boise State (3-6) in three games, 15-4, 15-5, 15-5 in the home opener
for the Buckeyes. OSU's Rosie Snow scored a match-high 14 kills to extend her
consecutive double-figure kill streak to 27 matches. Sue Calligaris and Shelly
Draeger connected on eight kills each while Katie Virtue and Dana Stearns had
six kills apiece. Boise State's Becky Meek had a team-high 12 kills and Katy
Shepard had a match-high 14 digs for the Boncos.

In game one OSU took advantage of 10 Bronco errors for points for a 15-5 win.
The Buckeyes hit .333 for the game to -.023 for Boise State.

Ohio State gained nine points off Boise State errors along with three OSU ace
serves by Dana Stearns, Anne Botica and Rosie Snow to win 15-5. The Buckeyes hit
.345 to .033 for the Broncos.

Boise State held a 2-1 lead in game three, but the match was tied at two on a
Bronco hitting error. The Buckeyes built up a 5-2 lead, but three OSU errors
tied the match again at five. Ohio State built up a 9-5 lead on two Bronco
errors, a kill by Katie Virtue and an ace serve by Anne Botica. The Buckeyes
picked up additional points off three Boise State errors and kills by Sue
Calligaris and Shelly Draeger closed the game at 15-5, for a 3-0 sweep by Ohio
State. For the game, Ohio State hit .298 to .077 for the Broncos.

Match statistics show Ohio State hitting .298 to .027 for Boise State. OSU had a
55 to 31 advantage in kills and edged the Broncos in blocks, nine to seven and
digs, 43 to 42. The Buckeyes collected five ace serves, not allowing Boise State
an ace in the match.

Ohio State completes its two-match home stand this Sunday by hosting Temple
(4-2) in St. John Arena at 3 p.m. The match is free due to the campus move-in
activities.

                               Volleyball Box Score
                        1999 Ohio State Women's Volleyball
            Boise State vs Ohio State (Sep 17, 1999 at Columbus, Ohio)

     Boise State            |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
  No Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2  Elson, Jeni.........  3|  1   3  14 -.143|  2|  0   2|  0|  7| 0  1  0|  0
  3  Shepard, Katy.......  3|  7   3  23  .174|  1|  0   1|  0| 14| 0  0  0|  0
  4  Mullin, Denise......  2|  1   1   2  .000| 12|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  1
  9  Meek, Becky.........  3| 12   5  24  .292|  0|  0   1|  0|  1| 1  2  0|  1
  10 Wagner, Treva.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  1|  4| 0  0  0|  0
  11 Brinkerhoff, Tara...  3|  3   7  19 -.211|  0|  0   0|  2|  2| 0  0  0|  0
  6  Woodall, Robin......  2|  2   3  12 -.083|  0|  0   0|  1|  5| 0  2  0|  0
  7  Barbera, Angela.....  3|  0   1   1-1.000|  0|  0   0|  1|  2| 0  0  0|  1
  8  Commer, Chera.......  2|  0   0   1  .000| 13|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  1
  12 Stitick, Perrin.....  3|  5   4  13  .077|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  2  0|  0
  15 Hastings, Tameisha..  1|  0   1   3 -.333|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Totals..............  3| 31  28 112  .027| 28|  0   4|  5| 42| 1 11  0|  4

  TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.5
  Game  K  E  TA   Pct
    1  12 13  43 -.023   GAME SCORES           1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
    2  10  9  30  .033   Boise State.........  4  5  5  3-6
    3   9  6  39  .077   Ohio State.......... 15 15 15  5-1

     Ohio State             |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
  No Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2  Snow, Rosie.........  3| 14   6  29  .276|  1|  1   3|  0|  9| 0  2  0|  0
  3  Virtue, Katie.......  3|  6   0   9  .667| 43|  1   1|  0|  3| 1  3  0|  0
  7  Stearns, Dana.......  2|  6   1  13  .385|  0|  1   0|  0|  6| 0  1  0|  0
  11 Flynn, Jen..........  3|  5   2  15  .200|  0|  0   2|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  0
  12 Calligaris, Sue.....  3|  8   3  16  .313|  0|  0   1|  0|  5| 0  6  1|  1
  15 Draeger, Shelly.....  2|  8   3  19  .263|  1|  0   1|  0|  3| 0  2  0|  0
  1  Sills, Shellye......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
  5  Spiers, Brianne.....  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  5| 0  0  0|  0
  8  Botica, Anne........  2|  3   0   7  .429|  2|  2   1|  0|  6| 0  0  0|  0
  9  Stiling, Suzie......  2|  5   4  13  .077|  2|  0   2|  0|  0| 0  1  1|  0
  13 Cisco, Nikki........  2|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Totals..............  3| 55  19 121  .298| 51|  5  11|  0| 43| 1 16  2|  1

  TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0
  Game  K  E  TA   Pct
    1  17  4  39  .333   Site: Columbus, Ohio (St. John Arena)
    2  15  5  29  .345   Date: Sep 17, 1999   Attend: 357   Time: 1:17
    3  23 10  53  .245   Referees: Paul Hughes, Mario Treibitch

Nittany Lions will get tough test from Texas
By DAVID COMER
Centre Daily Times


There were any number of ways the Penn State women's volleyball team
could've spent this weekend.

There was a tournament at Texas that fell through, and, likewise, one at
Temple that didn't pan
out. So the second-ranked Nittany Lions (8-1) are staying home, where they
will play
eighth-ranked Texas (6-0) at 7:30 tonight and Saturday night in Rec Hall.

"It should be a great opportunity to play a very good team early in the
year right before the Big
Ten season starts," Penn State coach Russ Rose said. "It certainly does
simulate a Big Ten
weekend."

Those weekends, which the Nittany Lions will get to experience for the
first time this season
when they visit Michigan State and Michigan next weekend, are sometimes
grueling and always
challenging.

This weekend should be no different.

"Texas is an awfully good team with a great tradition," Rose said. "Texas
has great talent."

But so does Penn State, with All-American candidates Bonnie Bremner, Lauren
Cacciamani and
Carrie Schonveld. The Nittany Lions, after losing their first match of the
season to Florida, have
won eight straight. They also own an NCAA-record 64-match home-winning
streak that dates
back nearly four years.

"We can't worry about that," Longhorn coach Jim Moore said. "We just have
to worry about
playing our best and hoping we can even compete with a team at that level.

"I still think they're the team to beat," he added. "I think they're the
best team in the country. They
play very, very hard. It's very difficult to defeat them."

Rose said his team, since losing to Florida, has been steadily getting
better. Its ball-handling and
defensive pursuit are two areas he said have shown improvement.

"I do feel we are making some progress," he said. "Bonnie is getting in
better shape and is
playing better, and that's critical."

Something else that will be critical for the Nittany Lions this weekend
will be how they defend
the Longhorns' swing offense. It's an attack predicated on precise
movements and deft
ball-handling.

"It puts a lot of pressure on the opponent's blocking," Rose said. "To
neutralize that you have to
serve tough and force them to play defense. For us to have success we need
to have good
ball-handling and try to disrupt their patterns."

Said Moore: "It has the potential to create problems for other teams that
are difficult to solve.
There are a lot of problems to running it, but we hope it can create
problems for the other team."

One Texas player who no doubt will cause some trouble for Penn State is
6-foot-2 senior middle
blocker and All-American candidate Erin Aldrich. She is a world-class high
jumper who has
accumulated five All-American honors and won three NCAA titles.

"She has a superfast arm," Moore said. "She's a natural at it. I said all
along that she had the
potential to be the best volleyball player this country has produced, but
she plays it four months a
year. She's very much a natural volleyball player, but she just doesn't
have any experience."

You told us so. We still should have won.

I believe Missouri took a game and Oregon State 2 from UNI, however. For what
it's worth.

Rob Peglar wrote:

> From: "Rob Peglar" <peglarr@...>
>
> Hmmm... I told you so?
>
> UNI is very good.  They have beaten Utah and Oregon St. 3-0 already, and
> Utah was a second round team last year and didn't lose a lot this year in
> terms of graduating seniors.  In fact, UNI's 3-2 win over Minnesota is the
> first time they have lost a set all year.
>
> Rob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: (R)uff-da! <mleach@...>
> To: Big Ten <bigtenvb@onelist.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 12:03 AM
> Subject: [bigtenvb] Gophers lose to UNI
>
> > From: "(R)uff-da!" <mleach@...>
> >
> > 17-15 11-15 9-15 15-12 11-15
> >
> > UNI was impressive. Played outstanding defense, did more with
> > "out-of-system" rallies than the Gophers, seemed to be mentally stronger
> > at the end.
> >
> > That being said, this was a match the Gophers could have won if not for
> > some all too frequent runs by the Panthers.
> >
> > Minnesota broke open a tight game 1 from 11-11 to 14-11 only to see UNI
> > battle back and serve for the match at 15-14. The Gophers recovered and
> > won 17-15.
> >
> > Minnesota jumped to leads of 5-0, 6-1 and 7-2 before Alexandra Auker
> > served two aces during a 5-0 run which included two Minnesota hitting
> > errors and a Panther block. Just like that it's 7-7. Her next rotation
> > broke a 10-10 tie with 3 more points to 13-10.
> >
> > Game 3 had a similar run, this one even more nightmarish: Auker served 4
> > aces in a 7-point run which blew open a 4-3 game to 11-3. The Gophers
> > contributed 2 more hitting errors during this run. To their credit, the
> > Gophers battled back to 11-8, but they never were closer.
> >
> > Game 4 was the Gopher's strongest of the match as they erased an early
> > 0-3 deficit and led 9-3. Momentum probably slipped away, however, when
> > UNI pulled to within 13-12 before losing 15-12.
> >
> > In the rally game, it was Ms. Auker again serving UNI from 7-5 to 12-5.
> > A valiant comeback (basically impossible in rally score) brought the
> > Gophers as close as 11-13, but the damage had been done.
> >
> > Nicole Branagh had 27 kills for the Gophers and Kim McCaffrey 27 for
> > UNI.
> >
> > Credit is due to UNI for a fine match, but this was a bad loss for the
> > home team. Minnesota just didn't raise their level of play high enough to
> > respond to the challenge. Serve receive...well...ouch.
> >
> > Almost 2000 fans packed the Rochester Century High School.
> >
> > We're not there yet...and Wisconsin match is only 9 days away.
> >
>
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> From: Rob Peglar <peglarr@...>
>
>
> UNI is very good.  They have beaten Utah and Oregon St. 3-0 already, and
> Utah was a second round team last year and didn't lose a lot this year in
> terms of graduating seniors.  In fact, UNI's 3-2 win over Minnesota is
the
> first time they have lost a set all year.

Last year UNI had a robust 25-3 record, including unbeaten in conference
(Missouri Valley) before falling to Indiana in the first round of the
NCAA's.  So this kind of success is nothing new to their program.

							 Doug

Hmmm... I told you so?

UNI is very good.  They have beaten Utah and Oregon St. 3-0 already, and
Utah was a second round team last year and didn't lose a lot this year in
terms of graduating seniors.  In fact, UNI's 3-2 win over Minnesota is the
first time they have lost a set all year.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: (R)uff-da! <mleach@...>
To: Big Ten <bigtenvb@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 12:03 AM
Subject: [bigtenvb] Gophers lose to UNI


> From: "(R)uff-da!" <mleach@...>
>
> 17-15 11-15 9-15 15-12 11-15
>
> UNI was impressive. Played outstanding defense, did more with
> "out-of-system" rallies than the Gophers, seemed to be mentally stronger
> at the end.
>
> That being said, this was a match the Gophers could have won if not for
> some all too frequent runs by the Panthers.
>
> Minnesota broke open a tight game 1 from 11-11 to 14-11 only to see UNI
> battle back and serve for the match at 15-14. The Gophers recovered and
> won 17-15.
>
> Minnesota jumped to leads of 5-0, 6-1 and 7-2 before Alexandra Auker
> served two aces during a 5-0 run which included two Minnesota hitting
> errors and a Panther block. Just like that it's 7-7. Her next rotation
> broke a 10-10 tie with 3 more points to 13-10.
>
> Game 3 had a similar run, this one even more nightmarish: Auker served 4
> aces in a 7-point run which blew open a 4-3 game to 11-3. The Gophers
> contributed 2 more hitting errors during this run. To their credit, the
> Gophers battled back to 11-8, but they never were closer.
>
> Game 4 was the Gopher's strongest of the match as they erased an early
> 0-3 deficit and led 9-3. Momentum probably slipped away, however, when
> UNI pulled to within 13-12 before losing 15-12.
>
> In the rally game, it was Ms. Auker again serving UNI from 7-5 to 12-5.
> A valiant comeback (basically impossible in rally score) brought the
> Gophers as close as 11-13, but the damage had been done.
>
> Nicole Branagh had 27 kills for the Gophers and Kim McCaffrey 27 for
> UNI.
>
> Credit is due to UNI for a fine match, but this was a bad loss for the
> home team. Minnesota just didn't raise their level of play high enough to
> respond to the challenge. Serve receive...well...ouch.
>
> Almost 2000 fans packed the Rochester Century High School.
>
> We're not there yet...and Wisconsin match is only 9 days away.
>

OSU now prepares for home openers against Boise State and Temple.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The 18th ranked Ohio State (4-1) women's volleyball team
needed only 66 minutes to defeat the Panthers of Pittsburgh 15-0, 15-5, 15-10
Wednesday night in Fitzgerald Field House. Buckeyes Rosie Snow and Dana Stearns
shared match-high kill honors with 13 each while Pittsburgh native Jen Flynn
added 10 kills and a match-high 11 digs. Pitt's Jennifer Nickels had a team-high
seven kills for the Panthers with Stacy Renick adding six.

The Buckeyes blanked the Panthers in game one allowing Pitt only 10 serves in
the game. OSU scored the first nine points off eight Pittsburgh errors and an
ace serve by OSU's Jen Flynn. After several sideouts, Ohio State scored six
consecutive points to take the game 15-0. OSU put together three kills by Rosie
Snow, two from Suzie Stiling and one from Flynn for the six-point run. The
Buckeyes hit .571 for the game, having only three errors while Pitt hit -.077.

Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in game two off an OSU hitting error. OSU took a 2-1
lead on a Jen Flynn and and an ace serve by Flynn. Ahead 3-2, the Buckeyes
scored points on two Shelly Draeger kills, and kills by Dana Stearns and Suzie
Stiling. Stiling also added an ace serve in the to push the lead to 7-2. OSU's
hitting errors cut the lead to 7-4, but a Rosie Snow kill, a block by Katie
Virtue and Stiling and a Pitt error pushed the OSU lead to 10-4. A Pitt hitting
error, Kills by Stearns and Snow and an ace by Brianne Spiers pushed the lead to
14-5. Angelee Abbring's kill finished of the game at 15-5. OSU hit .382 in the
game to .120 for Pitt.

Two kills by Rosie Snow and one by Jen Flynn and a Pitt ball handling error put
OSU up 4-0 in game three. At 4-1 OSU added points on kills by Katie Virtue and
Snow to make the score 6-1. OSU's Dana Stearns' kill put OSU up 7-3. Pitt then
outscored OSU 4-1 with kills by Tari Boutin, Carrie Norris and Jenna Birkel and
an OSU hitting error to close to within one at 8-7. A Pitt ball handling error
made the lead two at 9-7, but an OSU hitting error closed the gap to 9-8. The
Buckeyes expanded the lead to 11-8 on a kill by Sue Calligaris and a block by
Suzie Stiling and Calligaris. Two OSU hitting errors cut the Buckeye lead to
11-10, but a Pitt error and an Angelee Abbring kill put OSU up 13-10. OSU's
Calligaris hit an ace serve to set up match point at 14-10 and a Pitt error
ended the game in favor of OSU, 15-10. The Buckeyes hit .389 for the game to
.344 for Pittsburgh.

The Buckeyes outhit the Panthers .429 to .145 in the match. OSU had a 42 to 14
advantage in digs and scored seven aces to one for Pitt. Pittsburgh did outblock
the Buckeyes five to two.

OSU's blanking of Pittsburgh in game one was the first time since early in the
1997 season went OSU put a 15-0 game two blanking on Tennessee at the Arby's
Invitational in Lincoln, Neb. That was sixty matches ago.

Buckeye Rosie Snow, with 13 kills tonight, extended her streak of double-figure
kill matches to 26. She now 41 double-figure kill matches in her career.

Ohio State, after five consecutive road matches, will host Boise State (2-5) in
the OSU home opener on Friday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. in St. John Arena. The
Buckeyes will then face Temple (3-2) Sunday at 3 p.m.

                               Volleyball Box Score
                        1999 Ohio State Women's Volleyball
              Ohio State vs Pittsburgh (9/15/99 at Pittsburgh, Pa.)

     Ohio State             |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
  No Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2  Snow, Rosie.........  3| 13   1  18  .667|  1|  0   1|  0|  5| 0  0  0|  0
  3  Virtue, Katie.......  3|  4   0   7  .571| 51|  0   2|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  0
  7  Stearns, Dana.......  3| 13   3  17  .588|  0|  1   2|  0|  7| 0  0  1|  0
  9  Stiling, Suzie......  3|  4   5  11 -.091|  1|  1   1|  1|  3| 0  2  1|  0
  11 Flynn, Jen..........  3| 10   3  16  .438|  2|  3   5|  0| 11| 0  0  0|  0
  15 Draeger, Shelly.....  3|  5   2   8  .375|  2|  0   1|  0|  5| 0  0  1|  0
  5  Spiers, Brianne.....  3|  1   0   3  .333|  0|  1   0|  0|  5| 0  0  0|  0
  10 Abbring, Angelee....  2|  2   2   4  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
  12 Calligaris, Sue.....  2|  5   2   7  .429|  0|  1   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0
  13 Cisco, Nikki........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Totals..............  3| 57  18  91  .429| 57|  7  12|  1| 42| 0  4  3|  0

  TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 2.0
  Game  K  E  TA   Pct
    1  15  3  21  .571   GAME SCORES           1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
    2  21  8  34  .382   Ohio State.......... 15 15 15  4-1
    3  21  7  36  .389   Pittsburgh..........  0  5 10  4-4

     Pittsburgh             |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
  No Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  3  Meinhart, Peggy.....  3|  0   3  12 -.250|  1|  0   1|  0|  3| 0  2  0|  0
  7  Renick, Stacy.......  3|  6   3  20  .150|  0|  0   0|  3|  2| 0  1  0|  0
  8  Alpers, Melissa.....  3|  3   5  12 -.167|  1|  1   1|  4|  3| 0  1  0|  0
  10 Birkel, Jenna.......  3|  4   1   9  .333|  1|  0   2|  0|  0| 0  1  1|  0
  21 Boutin, Tari........  3|  4   1   9  .333|  0|  0   2|  0|  3| 1  0  0|  1
  24 Norris, Carrie......  2|  0   0   1  .000| 11|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  1
  2  Lacenere, Alexandra.  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
  5  Nickels, Jennifer...  3|  7   0  18  .389|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 1  1  0|  0
  14 Riggle, Lisa........  1|  1   0   2  .500| 11|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  1
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Totals..............  3| 25  13  83  .145| 25|  1   6|  7| 14| 2  6  1|  3

  TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0
  Game  K  E  TA   Pct
    1   6  8  26 -.077   Site: Pittsburgh, Pa. (Fitzgerald FH)
    2   6  3  25  .120   Date: 9/15/99        Attend: 301   Time: 1:06
    3  13  2  32  .344   Referees: Ron Moose, Steve Grabowski

17-15 11-15 9-15 15-12 11-15

UNI was impressive. Played outstanding defense, did more with
"out-of-system" rallies than the Gophers, seemed to be mentally stronger
at the end.

That being said, this was a match the Gophers could have won if not for
some all too frequent runs by the Panthers.

Minnesota broke open a tight game 1 from 11-11 to 14-11 only to see UNI
battle back and serve for the match at 15-14. The Gophers recovered and
won 17-15.

Minnesota jumped to leads of 5-0, 6-1 and 7-2 before Alexandra Auker
served two aces during a 5-0 run which included two Minnesota hitting
errors and a Panther block. Just like that it's 7-7. Her next rotation
broke a 10-10 tie with 3 more points to 13-10.

Game 3 had a similar run, this one even more nightmarish: Auker served 4
aces in a 7-point run which blew open a 4-3 game to 11-3. The Gophers
contributed 2 more hitting errors during this run. To their credit, the
Gophers battled back to 11-8, but they never were closer.

Game 4 was the Gopher's strongest of the match as they erased an early
0-3 deficit and led 9-3. Momentum probably slipped away, however, when
UNI pulled to within 13-12 before losing 15-12.

In the rally game, it was Ms. Auker again serving UNI from 7-5 to 12-5.
A valiant comeback (basically impossible in rally score) brought the
Gophers as close as 11-13, but the damage had been done.

Nicole Branagh had 27 kills for the Gophers and Kim McCaffrey 27 for
UNI.

Credit is due to UNI for a fine match, but this was a bad loss for the
home team. Minnesota just didn't raise their level of play high enough to
respond to the challenge. Serve receive...well...ouch.

Almost 2000 fans packed the Rochester Century High School.

We're not there yet...and Wisconsin match is only 9 days away.

I took the short mosey to Pittsburgh tonight to see the Buckeyes take on
the Panthers.  Ahh, Pitt ... starting the match a half hour before the
posted time, causing me to miss the start of G1 ... a really lame mascot
... a PA announcer who makes Homer Simpson noises every time the opposition
makes a mistake ... lots of half-naked guys in the stands screaming for no
apparent reason ...

OK, OK, to the match.  OSU won fairly easily, 15-0, 15-5, 15-10.  Pitt
became more confident as the match wore on, and on three occasions in the
third game came within one point (last at 11-10), but couldn't tie it up.
OSU's freshman Katie Virtue is already a bona fide Big Ten starting setter.
  The Buckeyes'll definitely be near the top in the conference this year.

Also from the web: Nebraska has just completed a sweep of Wisconsin in
Lincoln, 15-5, 15-9, 18-16.

							 Doug

Beware of UNI.  They are a very, very good team.  The match tonight (MN v.
UNI) should be excellent.

Rob


----- Original Message -----
From: John Oravis <orav0002@...>
To: <bigtenvb@onelist.com>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [bigtenvb] recent and upcoming matches


> From: John Oravis <orav0002@...>
>
> Doug:
>
>     Minnesota plays the University of Northern Iowa in Rochester, MN on
> Wednesday night, 9/15/99 at 7:00 pm.  Minnesota is the home team this
year.
>
>     Minnesota hosts the Diet Coke Classic volleyball tournament at home on
> Friday & Sat, 9/17 - 9/18.  Minnesota plays Montana State on Friday at
8:00
> pm.   It's Minnesota vs. Denver on Saturday at 1:00 pm, Minnesota vs. Navy
on
> Saturday at 8:00 pm.
>
> John Oravis
> Burnsville, MN
>
> Doug O'Neal wrote:
>
> > From: "Doug O'Neal" <doneal@...>
> >
> > RANK/TEAM              W-L RECORD
> >                                    BIG TEN      ALL
> >
> > 31   Indiana                                      6-0
> > 2    Penn State                                  8-1
> > 25  Michigan                                    5-1
> >       Purdue                                        5-1
> > 32 Minnesota                                   6-2
> > 27 Michigan State                            6-2
> > 14 Ohio State                                   3-1
> > 13 Wisconsin                                   4-2
> > 22 Illinois                                         3-2
> >      Iowa                                            0-3
> >      Northwestern                              0-6
> >
> > (New rankings haven't come out as of 11 PM 9/13 ... wouldn't expect them
to
> > change much,
> > since there weren't any big upsets of or by Big Ten teams.)
> >
> > BIG TEN vs. other conferences:
> >
> >      MVC              5-0
> >      Atl. 10            5-0
> >       TransAm.      1-0
> >      Southland       1-0
> >       Mtn. West     1-0
> >       OVC             1-0
> >       Colonial        1-0
> >      America East 1-0
> >      Big Sky          1-0
> >       Big East        5-1
> >       C-USA          4-1
> >      MAC              4-2
> >       Pac 10           2-1
> >       SEC              5-3
> >       ACC              3-2
> >       Big 12           2-2
> >      Midwest         1-2
> >       Big West       2-3
> >      WCC              1-3
> >      WAC              0-1
> >
> > LAST WEEK'S MATCHES:
> >
> > Monday September 6
> >
> >      Penn State d. West Virginia 15-4, 15-2, 15-4
> >
> > Tuesday September 7
> >
> >      Ohio State d. Akron 15-12, 15-8, 15-10
> >      Indiana d. Indiana State 15-9, 15-11, 15-8
> >
> > Wednesday September 8
> >
> >      Illinois d. Illinois State 15-11, 15-12, 9-15, 15-7
> >      Minnesota d. Drake 15-7, 15-8, 15-7
> >
> > Friday September 10
> >
> >       Illinois d. George Mason 15-2, 15-0, 15-10
> >       USVL team d. Iowa 15-4,15-4, 15-10 (exhibition)
> >       Michigan d. Syracuse 15-3, 15-8, 15-12
> >       Pepperdine d. Michigan 15-4, 15-11, 15-10
> >       Michigan State d. New Hampshire 15-6, 15-8, 15-10
> >       Michigan State d. Southern Miss 15-3, 15-5, 15-8
> >       Minnesota d. Alabama 15-8, 15-5, 15-12
> >       Gonzaga d. Northwestern 15-9, 12-15, 15-5, 8-15, 15-10
> >       Penn State d. UNC-Charlotte 15-3, 15-0, 15-4
> >       Purdue d. Xavier 15-8, 15-4, 4-15, 15-12
> >       Wisconsin d. Dayton 15-3, 15-9, 15-1
> >        Indiana d. Connecticut 15-12, 15-12, 11-15, 15-11
> >
> > Saturday September 11
> >
> >      Illinois d. Georgia 15-4, 15-5, 15-9
> >      Michigan d. Arkansas 15-8, 15-8, 9-15, 15-10
> >      Michigan State d. Seton Hall 15-1, 12-15, 15-5, 15-3
> >       Michigan State d. UMass 15-5, 15-12, 15-11
> >       Minnesota d. Cal State Fullerton 15-2, 15-5, 15-2
> >       Minnesota d. Oregon 15-10, 15-4, 15-6
> >       Boise State d. Northwestern 15-11, 15-6, 8-15, 15-11
> >       Ohio State d. Houston 15-7, 6-15, 15-6, 15-12
> >       Loyola Marymount d. Ohio State 9-15, 15-11, 15-12, 14-16, 15-8
> >       Penn State d. Toledo 15-3, 15-2, 15-4
> >       Penn State d. Kansas State 15-5, 15-9, 15-10
> >       Purdue d. UC-Irvine 15-8, 15-10, 15-6
> >       Purdue d. Northern Arizona 15-7, 15-11, 5-12
> >       Florida d. Wisconsin 15-7, 16-14, 15-9
> >       Indiana d. Duke 15-10, 15-11, 15-5
> >
> > Sunday September 12
> >
> >       USVL team d. Illinois 4-0
> >
> > UPCOMING MATCHES:
> >
> > Tuesday September 14
> >
> >       USVL team vs. Indiana (exhibition)
> >
> > Wednesday September 15
> >
> >       Minnesota vs. ??? (that UM website is gettin' annoyin')
> >       Ohio State at Pittsburgh
> >       Wisconsin at Nebraska
> >
> > Friday September 17
> >
> >        Marshall at Indiana
> >        Iowa at Texas A&M
> >        Iowa vs. Santa Clara at Texas A&M tournament
> >        Michigan at South Carolina
> >        Michigan State vs. Depaul at WMU tournament
> >        Michigan State vs. Niagara at WMU tournament
> >        ??? at Minnesota
> >        San Jose State at Northwestern
> >        LSU at Northwestern
> >        Boise State at Ohio State
> >        Texas at Penn State
> >        Siena at Purdue
> >        McNeese State at Purdue
> >        Marquette at Wisconsin
> >
> > Saturday September 18
> >
> >        Illinois at Louisville
> >        Cleveland State at Indiana
> >        Boston College at Indiana
> >        Iowa vs. Georgia at Texas A&M tournament
> >        Michigan vs. Virginia at South Carolina tournament
> >        Michigan vs. Connecticut at South Carolina tournament
> >        Michigan State vs. Loyola at WMU tournament
> >        Michigan State at Western Michigan
> >        ??? at Minnesota
> >        Oklahoma at Northwestern
> >        West Virginia at Northwestern
> >        Texas at Penn State
> >        Arkansas - Little Rock at Purdue
> >        UWGB at Wisconsin
> >        UWM at Wisconsin
> >
> > Sunday September 19
> >
> >        Temple at Ohio State
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Michigan State University junior middle blocker Jessica Sanborn is the Big
Ten Player of the Week for September 13.  Sanborn was named MVP of the UMass
Motorola Invitational last weekend after averaging 4.53 kills, 0.69 block
assists and 1.46 digs per game with an impressive .616 attack percentage.
She led the Spartans to wins over New Hampshire, Southern Miss, Seton Hall
and UMass. She had a career-high 18 kills against Seton Hall, 15 kills with
no errors against Southern Miss, 14 kills and six block assists against
UMass and 12 kills and seven digs against UNH. She totaled 59 kills and only
six errors for the whole tourney.

Doug:

     Minnesota plays the University of Northern Iowa in Rochester, MN on
Wednesday night, 9/15/99 at 7:00 pm.  Minnesota is the home team this year.

     Minnesota hosts the Diet Coke Classic volleyball tournament at home on
Friday & Sat, 9/17 - 9/18.  Minnesota plays Montana State on Friday at 8:00
pm.   It's Minnesota vs. Denver on Saturday at 1:00 pm, Minnesota vs. Navy on
Saturday at 8:00 pm.

John Oravis
Burnsville, MN

Doug O'Neal wrote:

> From: "Doug O'Neal" <doneal@...>
>
> RANK/TEAM              W-L RECORD
>                                    BIG TEN      ALL
>
> 31   Indiana                                      6-0
> 2    Penn State                                  8-1
> 25  Michigan                                    5-1
>       Purdue                                        5-1
> 32 Minnesota                                   6-2
> 27 Michigan State                            6-2
> 14 Ohio State                                   3-1
> 13 Wisconsin                                   4-2
> 22 Illinois                                         3-2
>      Iowa                                            0-3
>      Northwestern                              0-6
>
> (New rankings haven't come out as of 11 PM 9/13 ... wouldn't expect them to
> change much,
> since there weren't any big upsets of or by Big Ten teams.)
>
> BIG TEN vs. other conferences:
>
>      MVC              5-0
>      Atl. 10            5-0
>       TransAm.      1-0
>      Southland       1-0
>       Mtn. West     1-0
>       OVC             1-0
>       Colonial        1-0
>      America East 1-0
>      Big Sky          1-0
>       Big East        5-1
>       C-USA          4-1
>      MAC              4-2
>       Pac 10           2-1
>       SEC              5-3
>       ACC              3-2
>       Big 12           2-2
>      Midwest         1-2
>       Big West       2-3
>      WCC              1-3
>      WAC              0-1
>
> LAST WEEK'S MATCHES:
>
> Monday September 6
>
>      Penn State d. West Virginia 15-4, 15-2, 15-4
>
> Tuesday September 7
>
>      Ohio State d. Akron 15-12, 15-8, 15-10
>      Indiana d. Indiana State 15-9, 15-11, 15-8
>
> Wednesday September 8
>
>      Illinois d. Illinois State 15-11, 15-12, 9-15, 15-7
>      Minnesota d. Drake 15-7, 15-8, 15-7
>
> Friday September 10
>
>       Illinois d. George Mason 15-2, 15-0, 15-10
>       USVL team d. Iowa 15-4,15-4, 15-10 (exhibition)
>       Michigan d. Syracuse 15-3, 15-8, 15-12
>       Pepperdine d. Michigan 15-4, 15-11, 15-10
>       Michigan State d. New Hampshire 15-6, 15-8, 15-10
>       Michigan State d. Southern Miss 15-3, 15-5, 15-8
>       Minnesota d. Alabama 15-8, 15-5, 15-12
>       Gonzaga d. Northwestern 15-9, 12-15, 15-5, 8-15, 15-10
>       Penn State d. UNC-Charlotte 15-3, 15-0, 15-4
>       Purdue d. Xavier 15-8, 15-4, 4-15, 15-12
>       Wisconsin d. Dayton 15-3, 15-9, 15-1
>        Indiana d. Connecticut 15-12, 15-12, 11-15, 15-11
>
> Saturday September 11
>
>      Illinois d. Georgia 15-4, 15-5, 15-9
>      Michigan d. Arkansas 15-8, 15-8, 9-15, 15-10
>      Michigan State d. Seton Hall 15-1, 12-15, 15-5, 15-3
>       Michigan State d. UMass 15-5, 15-12, 15-11
>       Minnesota d. Cal State Fullerton 15-2, 15-5, 15-2
>       Minnesota d. Oregon 15-10, 15-4, 15-6
>       Boise State d. Northwestern 15-11, 15-6, 8-15, 15-11
>       Ohio State d. Houston 15-7, 6-15, 15-6, 15-12
>       Loyola Marymount d. Ohio State 9-15, 15-11, 15-12, 14-16, 15-8
>       Penn State d. Toledo 15-3, 15-2, 15-4
>       Penn State d. Kansas State 15-5, 15-9, 15-10
>       Purdue d. UC-Irvine 15-8, 15-10, 15-6
>       Purdue d. Northern Arizona 15-7, 15-11, 5-12
>       Florida d. Wisconsin 15-7, 16-14, 15-9
>       Indiana d. Duke 15-10, 15-11, 15-5
>
> Sunday September 12
>
>       USVL team d. Illinois 4-0
>
> UPCOMING MATCHES:
>
> Tuesday September 14
>
>       USVL team vs. Indiana (exhibition)
>
> Wednesday September 15
>
>       Minnesota vs. ??? (that UM website is gettin' annoyin')
>       Ohio State at Pittsburgh
>       Wisconsin at Nebraska
>
> Friday September 17
>
>        Marshall at Indiana
>        Iowa at Texas A&M
>        Iowa vs. Santa Clara at Texas A&M tournament
>        Michigan at South Carolina
>        Michigan State vs. Depaul at WMU tournament
>        Michigan State vs. Niagara at WMU tournament
>        ??? at Minnesota
>        San Jose State at Northwestern
>        LSU at Northwestern
>        Boise State at Ohio State
>        Texas at Penn State
>        Siena at Purdue
>        McNeese State at Purdue
>        Marquette at Wisconsin
>
> Saturday September 18
>
>        Illinois at Louisville
>        Cleveland State at Indiana
>        Boston College at Indiana
>        Iowa vs. Georgia at Texas A&M tournament
>        Michigan vs. Virginia at South Carolina tournament
>        Michigan vs. Connecticut at South Carolina tournament
>        Michigan State vs. Loyola at WMU tournament
>        Michigan State at Western Michigan
>        ??? at Minnesota
>        Oklahoma at Northwestern
>        West Virginia at Northwestern
>        Texas at Penn State
>        Arkansas - Little Rock at Purdue
>        UWGB at Wisconsin
>        UWM at Wisconsin
>
> Sunday September 19
>
>        Temple at Ohio State
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RANK/TEAM              W-L RECORD
                                    BIG TEN      ALL

31   Indiana                                      6-0
2    Penn State                                  8-1
25  Michigan                                    5-1
       Purdue                                        5-1
32 Minnesota                                   6-2
27 Michigan State                            6-2
14 Ohio State                                   3-1
13 Wisconsin                                   4-2
22 Illinois                                         3-2
      Iowa                                            0-3
      Northwestern                              0-6

(New rankings haven't come out as of 11 PM 9/13 ... wouldn't expect them to
change much,
since there weren't any big upsets of or by Big Ten teams.)

BIG TEN vs. other conferences:

      MVC              5-0
      Atl. 10            5-0
       TransAm.      1-0
      Southland       1-0
       Mtn. West     1-0
       OVC             1-0
       Colonial        1-0
      America East 1-0
      Big Sky          1-0
       Big East        5-1
       C-USA          4-1
      MAC              4-2
       Pac 10           2-1
       SEC              5-3
       ACC              3-2
       Big 12           2-2
      Midwest         1-2
       Big West       2-3
      WCC              1-3
      WAC              0-1


LAST WEEK'S MATCHES:

Monday September 6

      Penn State d. West Virginia 15-4, 15-2, 15-4

Tuesday September 7

      Ohio State d. Akron 15-12, 15-8, 15-10
      Indiana d. Indiana State 15-9, 15-11, 15-8

Wednesday September 8

      Illinois d. Illinois State 15-11, 15-12, 9-15, 15-7
      Minnesota d. Drake 15-7, 15-8, 15-7

Friday September 10

       Illinois d. George Mason 15-2, 15-0, 15-10
       USVL team d. Iowa 15-4,15-4, 15-10 (exhibition)
       Michigan d. Syracuse 15-3, 15-8, 15-12
       Pepperdine d. Michigan 15-4, 15-11, 15-10
       Michigan State d. New Hampshire 15-6, 15-8, 15-10
       Michigan State d. Southern Miss 15-3, 15-5, 15-8
       Minnesota d. Alabama 15-8, 15-5, 15-12
       Gonzaga d. Northwestern 15-9, 12-15, 15-5, 8-15, 15-10
       Penn State d. UNC-Charlotte 15-3, 15-0, 15-4
       Purdue d. Xavier 15-8, 15-4, 4-15, 15-12
       Wisconsin d. Dayton 15-3, 15-9, 15-1
        Indiana d. Connecticut 15-12, 15-12, 11-15, 15-11

Saturday September 11

      Illinois d. Georgia 15-4, 15-5, 15-9
      Michigan d. Arkansas 15-8, 15-8, 9-15, 15-10
      Michigan State d. Seton Hall 15-1, 12-15, 15-5, 15-3
       Michigan State d. UMass 15-5, 15-12, 15-11
       Minnesota d. Cal State Fullerton 15-2, 15-5, 15-2
       Minnesota d. Oregon 15-10, 15-4, 15-6
       Boise State d. Northwestern 15-11, 15-6, 8-15, 15-11
       Ohio State d. Houston 15-7, 6-15, 15-6, 15-12
       Loyola Marymount d. Ohio State 9-15, 15-11, 15-12, 14-16, 15-8
       Penn State d. Toledo 15-3, 15-2, 15-4
       Penn State d. Kansas State 15-5, 15-9, 15-10
       Purdue d. UC-Irvine 15-8, 15-10, 15-6
       Purdue d. Northern Arizona 15-7, 15-11, 5-12
       Florida d. Wisconsin 15-7, 16-14, 15-9
       Indiana d. Duke 15-10, 15-11, 15-5

Sunday September 12

       USVL team d. Illinois 4-0


UPCOMING MATCHES:

Tuesday September 14

       USVL team vs. Indiana (exhibition)

Wednesday September 15

       Minnesota vs. ??? (that UM website is gettin' annoyin')
       Ohio State at Pittsburgh
       Wisconsin at Nebraska

Friday September 17

        Marshall at Indiana
        Iowa at Texas A&M
        Iowa vs. Santa Clara at Texas A&M tournament
        Michigan at South Carolina
        Michigan State vs. Depaul at WMU tournament
        Michigan State vs. Niagara at WMU tournament
        ??? at Minnesota
        San Jose State at Northwestern
        LSU at Northwestern
        Boise State at Ohio State
        Texas at Penn State
        Siena at Purdue
        McNeese State at Purdue
        Marquette at Wisconsin

Saturday September 18

        Illinois at Louisville
        Cleveland State at Indiana
        Boston College at Indiana
        Iowa vs. Georgia at Texas A&M tournament
        Michigan vs. Virginia at South Carolina tournament
        Michigan vs. Connecticut at South Carolina tournament
        Michigan State vs. Loyola at WMU tournament
        Michigan State at Western Michigan
        ??? at Minnesota
        Oklahoma at Northwestern
        West Virginia at Northwestern
        Texas at Penn State
        Arkansas - Little Rock at Purdue
        UWGB at Wisconsin
        UWM at Wisconsin

Sunday September 19

        Temple at Ohio State

Hello, everyone:

     I'm John Oravis, and I'm a University of Minnesota (Golden Gopher)
Women's Volleyball fan.  I've been a season ticket holder for about 5 or 6
seasons now, a volleyball booster for 4 years, and a booster club officer
for two years. I'm currently the president of the Golddiggers Women's
Volleyball booster club.

     I'm looking forward to reading some great stories and insights on other
Big Ten teams in the toughest conference of NCAA Division I Women's
Volleyball.

     Point U!

John O.

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MSU went 4-0 on the weekend to win the UMass Invitational.

MSU defeated New Hampshire 3-0 (15-6, 15-8, 15-10)
MSU defeated Southern Mississippi Univ 3-0 (15-3, 15-5, 15-8)
MSU defeated Seton Hall 3-1 (15-1, 12-15, 15-5, 15-3)
MSU defeated UMass 3-0 (15-5, 15-12, 15-11)

Junior middle Jessica Sanborn was named the MVP of the tournament, while
junior outside hitter Sarah Gustin and junior setter Christie Landry
were named to the all-tournament team.

You can find the box scores and recaps for the matches linked off the
schedule page of the MSU SideOut Club site
<http://kurtz.tcimet.net/sideout/>.

Andy.

Saturday night, #2 Penn State defeated #24 Kansas State, 15-5, 15-9, 15-10.
  The Penn State block looked REAL good after struggling somewhat in earlier
matches this season.  Just like old times in Happy Valley.  PSU outblocked
KSU 15-2 in the match, with all the starters contributing to that total.

This was the final match of the Penn State Invitational.  Katie Schumacher
was named the tournament MVP; she led the Lions with 12 kills vs. KSU and
contributed four blocks.

In the "bronze medal" match, UNC-Charlotte (backup setter: Lindsay
Schonveld, sister of PSU starting OH Carrie) came back from 0-2 down to
defeat Toledo, 15-9 in the fifth.  It was the second straight week that the
penultimate match of the tournament hosted by PSU featured a team
recovering from 0-2 to win.

Next up for Penn State: they continue their tour against the top of the Big
Twelve (previously having played Nebraska) against Texas, with two matches
at Rec Hall next Friday and Saturday.  Stat of the week: Penn State has won
138 of its last 139 games in NCAA matches held in Rec Hall.

							 Doug

Saturday night, #2 Penn State defeated #24 Kansas State, 15-5, 15-9, 15-10.
  The Penn State block looked REAL good after struggling somewhat in earlier
matches this season.  Just like old times in Happy Valley.  PSU outblocked
KSU 15-2 in the match, with all the starters contributing to that total.

This was the final match of the Penn State Invitational.  Katie Schumacher
was named the tournament MVP; she led the Lions with 12 kills vs. KSU and
contributed four blocks.

In the "bronze medal" match, UNC-Charlotte (backup setter: Lindsay
Schonveld, sister of PSU starting OH Carrie) came back from 0-2 down to
defeat Toledo, 15-9 in the fifth.  It was the second straight week that the
penultimate match of the tournament hosted by PSU featured a team
recovering from 0-2 to win.

Next up for Penn State: they continue their tour against the top of the Big
Twelve (previously having played Nebraska) against Texas, with two matches
at Rec Hall next Friday and Saturday.  Stat of the week: Penn State has won
138 of its last 139 games in NCAA matches held in Rec Hall.

							 Doug

Minnesota won its 4th match in a row, and 3rd @ the Nike Invitational in
Eugene, with a 15-10 15-4 15-6 win over Oregon.

Branagh, Aschenbrenner and Berg were named to the All-tournament team.

Boxscore:

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/game_stats.asp?event_id=1346&sport_id=wVoll

Ohio State Women's Volleyball Defeats Houston In Four Games

Dana Stearns has match-high 18 kills in win.

Los Angeles, Calif. - The Ohio State (3-1) women's volleyball team defeated
Houston (3-3) 15-7, 6-15, 15-6, 15-12 at Loyola Marymount's Gersten Pavilion
Saturday. OSU's Dana Stearns had a match-high 18 kills, while Jen Flynn added
15, Shelly Draeger 11 and Rosie Snow 10. The Cougars received a team-high 15
kills from Jennifer Wittenburg with Stephanie Heiskell adding 12 and 10 each
from Jillian King and Michelle Frazier.

Ohio State won games one and three with 15-7 and 15-6 scores, respectively.
Houston took game two with a 15-6 mark. The Buckeyes held on to capture game
four with a 15-12 score despite only hitting .167 for the game.

Match statistics favored Houston in hitting percentage, .218 to .188, digs
(50-46) and blocks (10-4). OSU outserved the Cougars nine to two and had a 68 to
58 edge in kills.

OSU Stearns hit .467 for the match and collected 10 digs. Freshman setter Katie
Virtue had 54 assists and a career high 11 digs in the match, her second as the
starting setter.

Outside hitter Jen Flynn was named to the All-Tournament team for the Buckeyes.

The Buckeyes next travel to Pittsburgh for a Wednesday match (7:30 p.m.) before
hosting Boise State (7 p.m.) on Friday and Temple (3 p.m.) Saturday in St. John
Arena.


                               Volleyball Box Score
                        1999 Ohio State Women's Volleyball
             Houston vs Ohio State (Sep 11, 1999 at Los Angeles, CA)

     Houston                |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
  No Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  3  WALLEN, Morgan......  4|  2   4   8 -.250| 49|  0   4|  0| 11| 0  1  0|  1
  5  SELLEN, Donna.......  2|  0   1   1-1.000|  1|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
  6  WITTENBURG, Jennifer  4| 15   7  36  .222|  0|  1   3|  1|  6| 0  2  0|  0
  7  STEWART, Bobbi......  4|  9   3  22  .273|  0|  0   1|  7|  6| 0  5  1|  0
  10 KING, Jillian.......  4| 10   6  23  .174|  2|  0   3|  0| 10| 0  3  1|  0
  11 FRAZIER, Michelle...  4| 10   2  22  .364|  0|  0   0|  1|  3| 0  7  1|  0
  1  HEISKELL, Stephanie.  4| 12   4  28  .286|  0|  1   2|  0|  6| 0  2  0|  0
  4  GUIDISH, Kristin....  4|  0   0   2  .000|  0|  0   3|  0|  7| 0  0  0|  0
  16 KARASEK, Jane Anne..  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Totals..............  4| 58  27 142  .218| 52|  2  16|  9| 50| 0 20  3|  1

  TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0
  Game  K  E  TA   Pct
    1  12 10  37  .054   GAME SCORES           1  2  3  4  TEAM RECORDS
    2  18  4  31  .452   Houston.............  7 15  6 12  3-3
    3   9  7  28  .071   Ohio State.......... 15  6 15 15  3-1
    4  19  6  46  .283

     Ohio State             |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
  No Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2  Snow, Rosie.........  4| 10   7  29  .103|  1|  1   0|  1|  4| 0  1  0|  1
  3  Virtue, Katie.......  4|  3   1   6  .333| 54|  4   0|  0| 11| 0  2  0|  0
  5  Spiers, Brianne.....  4|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   1|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
  7  Stearns, Dana.......  4| 18   4  30  .467|  0|  0   2|  0| 10| 0  3  0|  0
  11 Flynn, Jen..........  4| 15   5  34  .294|  3|  1   3|  0| 10| 0  0  1|  0
  15 Draeger, Shelly.....  4| 11   9  32  .063|  3|  1   5|  0|  2| 0  0  1|  0
  8  Botica, Anne........  2|  3   2   7  .143|  0|  0   0|  1|  2| 0  0  0|  0
  9  Stiling, Suzie......  4|  6   7  21 -.048|  0|  1   1|  0|  5| 0  1  1|  0
  10 Abbring, Angelee....  3|  2   0   4  .500|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  1  0|  0
  12 Calligaris, Sue.....  1|  0   2   2-1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Totals..............  4| 68  37 165  .188| 61|  9  12|  2| 46| 0  8  3|  1

  TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0
  Game  K  E  TA   Pct
    1  13  6  31  .226   Site: Los Angeles, CA (Gersten Pavilion)
    2  16 13  42  .071   Date: Sep 11, 1999   Attend: 27   Time: 1:45
    3  17  6  32  .344   Referees: Mike Breza, Eunetta Pickett
    4  22 12  60  .167

Ohio State Drops 3-2 Decision to Loyola Marymount
Sept. 10, 1999

Rosie Snow records 25 kills

Los Angeles, Calif. - The Ohio State (2-1) women's volleyball team dropped a 3-2
decision to 28th ranked Loyola Marymount (4-1) at the Furama Volleyball Classic
on the campus of Loyola Marymount. Rosie Snow had a team high 25 kills for the
Buckeyes with Shelly Draeger and Jen Flynn adding 16 kills each with Suzie
Stiling collecting 13.

Lion Sarah McFarland put down 52 kills in the match for Loyola. Lydia Day added
13 and Allison Gustorf had 10.

Ohio State won game on 15-9, but lost games two and three, 11-15 and 12-15,
respectively. The Buckeyes tied the match at two games each with a 16-14 win in
game four. OSU could not hold the momentum in the rally scoring fifth game
falling 8-15.

Loyola Marymount hit .294 for the match to .241 for Ohio State. The Buckeyes had
the edge in blocks, nine to five and in ace serves, eight to five. The Lions
edged OSU in digs, 55 to 52.

Freshman setter Katie Virtue had a career-high 67 assists as the setter of
record for the Buckeyes. Outside hitter Jen Flynn had a season high 16 kills in
the match, two shy of her career high of 18 set in 1996 at Northwestern. The
match marked the first time since her freshman season the she played an entire
match at the hitting position.

Ohio State completes its West coast play Saturday morning when they face Houston
(3-2) at 10 a.m. pacific.



                               Volleyball Box Score
                        1999 Ohio State Women's Volleyball
         Ohio State vs Loyola Marymount (Sep 10, 1999 at Los Angeles, CA)

     Ohio State             |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
  No Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2  Snow, Rosie.........  5| 25  11  62  .226|  1|  1   2|  1|  4| 0  2  0|  0
  3  Virtue, Katie.......  5|  5   3  12  .167| 67|  0   2|  0| 11| 0  1  0|  0
  5  Spiers, Brianne.....  5|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  1   2|  1|  4| 0  0  0|  0
  7  Stearns, Dana.......  5|  7   5  19  .105|  0|  0   1|  1|  6| 1  2  0|  0
  11 Flynn, Jen..........  5| 16   7  35  .257|  2|  2   2|  1|  8| 1  0  0|  0
  15 Draeger, Shelly.....  5| 16   5  33  .333|  4|  2   3|  0| 11| 0  1  0|  0
  8  Botica, Anne........  2|  0   0   2  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
  9  Stiling, Suzie......  5| 13   6  24  .292|  0|  0   1|  0|  2| 3  2  0|  1
  12 Calligaris, Sue.....  4|  1   0   3  .333|  0|  1   1|  0|  2| 0  0  2|  0
  13 Cisco, Nikki........  2|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  1   0|  0|  4| 0  0  0|  1
     Team................   |                 |   |       |  1|   |        |
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Totals..............  5| 83  37 191  .241| 76|  8  14|  5| 52| 5  8  2|  2

  TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0
  Game  K  E  TA   Pct
    1  21  6  41  .366   GAME SCORES           1  2  3  4  5  TEAM RECORDS
    2  22 10  52  .231   Ohio State.......... 15 11 12 16  8  2-1
    3  18  9  43  .209   Loyola Marymount....  9 15 15 14 15  4-1
    4  16  8  38  .211
    5   6  4  17  .118

     Loyola Marymount       |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
  No Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  3  HECKER, Jeannette...  5|  1   0   2  .500| 80|  0   1|  0|  5| 0  1  0|  1
  4  BRUBACHER, Jaimee...  5|  9   1  19  .421|  0|  1   4|  1|  9| 0  0  0|  2
  10 GUSTORF, Laura......  5|  5   5  21  .000|  0|  1   3|  1| 13| 0  2  1|  0
  13 GALLUP, Kristen.....  5|  1   2   4 -.250|  0|  1   5|  0|  6| 0  0  0|  0
  14 MCFARLAND, Sarah....  5| 52  18 107  .318|  0|  1   4|  1| 10| 0  1  1|  0
  15 GUSTORF, Allison....  5| 10   3  25  .280|  0|  1   1|  5| 10| 0  2  0|  0
  5  DAY, Lydia..........  5| 13   3  23  .435|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 1  2  0|  0
  19 HARRIS, Carly.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Totals..............  5| 91  32 201  .294| 80|  5  18|  8| 55| 1  8  2|  3

  TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0
  Game  K  E  TA   Pct
    1  19  9  44  .227   Site: Los Angeles, CA (Gersten Pavilion)
    2  28  9  62  .306   Date: Sep 10, 1999   Attend: 403   Time: 2:30
    3  22  6  45  .356   Referees: Larry Schwartz, Bob Oshita
    4  14  6  34  .235
    5   8  2  16  .375

15-2 15-5 15-2

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/game_stats.asp?event_id=1932&sport_id=wVoll



Nice Friday for a team that just flew to Hawaii and back, then back out
to Oregon...

The Spartans won both of their matches on day one of the UMass Invitational,
defeating New Hampshire and Southern Mississippi 3-0.  MSU had good
contributions from all players, but Jessica Sanborn hit a near-record .882 in 17
attempts against Southern Mississippi.

Cal-State Fullerton match scheduled to start right about now.

Earlier, Gophers defeated Alabama 15-8 15-5 15-13. Link to box score:

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/game_stats.asp?event_id=1345&sport_id=wVoll





Seems like the middle attack was used sparingly.

You asked that I email you to tell you about myself and my favorite team.  I
am a former big ten volleyball player and my favorite team is Penn State.  I
also coach club volleyball in Illinois.

Jenny

I'd like to welcome the new list members we've gotten in the past couple
days ... puts the total subscribership at over 40.  The surge was largely
due to letting the Penn State booster club people know about the list.  So
if you're a fan of another school with a booster club or something similar,
let 'em know.

In the meantime, I've tabulated how the Big Ten is doing against various
other conferences.  Overall, Big Ten teams are 25-16 so far.  We're doing
best against the Missouri Valley Conference (5-0) and worst against the Big
West (0-2).  I'll send an updated tabulation with the weekly standings next
Monday.

								 Doug

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My web pages:  http://www.cobweb.net/~doneal

15-7 15-8 15-7

I didn't keep stats and the scoreboard was not displaying them either.
However,

Good news: a win.

Bad news: Nicole may have set a new Gopher record for number of times
blocked in a single match. At least ten times. Probably more. Toss in
5-6 hitting errors and there's no way she was positive for the match.

Good news: Gophers still won handily with their main offensive weapon
having an off night. Nic also held up pretty well passing serve (and
they were definitely targetting her). This will be a common tactic...

Bad news: Steph Hagen has injured her ankle (in practice) and will be
out for a couple of weeks.

Good news: Charnette Fair played tonite, and was impressive offensively.
Also gives Heather Baxter a chance to play.

Bad news: Yvonne Wichert took a deflection (off Nicole) to the old kopf
and was pretty much wooziness defined for most of the night.

Good news: She rode her bike past me as I was walking to my car and
seemed to be steering it straight and true.

Bad news: she was still wearing her uniform and a t-shirt and may be a
candidate for pneumonia.

Good news: Linda Shudlick had a solid game blocking, hitting and
passing. Lisa Axel started and passed serve well. Lisa Aschenbrenner
played fairly well, as did Susan Shudlick.

So-so news: Lindsey's had better games. Shelmadine had an assist.

Tomorrow they fly out to Oregon, after flying back here from Hawaii.
Yikes.