According to PrepVolleyball.com. At the very least, a very nice replacement for Lisa Axel. But also an excellent backup at many positions. I'm really surprised...
The Purdue Exponent is reporting today that Joanna Lowery died last Friday. They give no details about how or where. Obviously the team is in shock....
--Has anyone found out wheter it was a car accident or was she sick???? Last ime we watched wisconsin play purdue she did look a little gaunt, but there are a...
... The only explanation I have heard is that it was "after a short battle with mental illness." Apparently not a car accident. Other than that, I am fairly...
CSTV To Televise Live Three Men's Conference Finals "Championship Saturday" to televise live for the first time all three major men's conference finals ...
This will be interesting. The U has a trip to Brazil scheduled this Summer, too. From USAVolleyball: Minnesota's Mike Hebert Selected as Women's Pan Am Games...
PSU hosted five other teams (West Virginia, Army, Juniata, Towson, and Pittsburgh) in their final spring competition yesterday. Each match was two R30 games....
... Yowwch. Wow, is it that hard for them to find quality teams to play, or do they just not want to? UNI has an open spot on the schedule in early Sept....
... Colorado, BYU, and South Florida are no slouches. Akron finished only six spots below perennial power BYU in the BCR last year. ... I wouldn't like this,...
... only ... Top thirty or so, yes. Top 15? No. I expect teams that want to compete to go out and try to find one or two against the very best (and its not...
... FWIW, MSU's schedule, which is not up on the web site yet, includes non-conference opponents with last-year BCR rankings of #2 (Nebraska), #20 (Georgia...
... (Nebraska), #20 ... (South ... Minnesota plays @ Hawaii, UCLA (neutral), Louisville (neutral), @ Florida, UNI (neutral), @ Nebraska, Colorado State (home)...
The only explanation I have heard is that it was "after a short battle with mental illness." Apparently not a car accident. Other than that, I am fairly...
... of ... and ... memory ... I learned last week that she had been diagnosed with depression at the beginning of the spring semester. She committed suicide...
... While I value this resource and the volleyball information passed, sometimes things are better between family and coach. The reason coaches do not give...
... Speaking not as moderator of this list (nor as an academic or sports fan), but as someone who has gone through severe depression and suicidal ideation: I...
I agree wholeheartedly with Doug's comments and appreciate his sharing. We're not interested in why Joanna died because we're voyeurs---we're interested...
... OK, I totally understand what Doug is saying and where he is coming from... I just know there have been things happening at other colleges with their ...
... young ... appreciate ... one ... although ... Purdue has been so/so silent. I have heard far more than I have indicated here, but for the reasons the...
You can read the newsletter story about her, as well as other Purdue volleyball news, at http://sceptre.ecn.purdue.edu/~stacey/Newsletter_Apr2003/Index.html...
It is definitely a tragic blow to everyone who has a passion for this sport when something like this happens. I don't know if it is as important to know the...
Seems fairly trivial considering the previous topic, but Minnesota defeated Nebraska 3-2 and Wisconsin 3-0 last Saturday. Some observations of dubious value: ...
... From: "Matt Leach" <mleach@...> To: <bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: [bigtenvb] Minnesota Spring tournament ...
According to PrepVB, Jess Jones has committed to the Gophers. 6' 2" MH recruited by Nebraska, Illinois, Northwestern and Notre Dame. She's from Neuqua Valley,...
She is the 6'5" 16-year-old from Kitchener ON. Most consider her to be the prize recruit of 2004. Anyhow. According to interview at PrepVB, she has narrowed...
... Hmm ... I was musing on how to make Penn State more attractive to a Canadian recruit: -- serve Labatt's at Rec Hall -- get a varsity hockey team (uh oh ......
This is in MS Word format at: http://www.avca.org/upload/CSTVletter.doc ... Dear Volleyball Fan: I would like to tell you about a new sports television network...
In another shameless attempt to stimulate conversation, I offer the following career stats (how about that Mary Eggers?): Big Ten Volleyball Individual...