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Title: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 17, 2009, 04:00:28 PM
Noticed Hope, Calvin, Wittenberg and Ohio Northern are all ranked in AVCA Top 25
Title: Re: "Border Battle" volleyball meet
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 19, 2009, 03:16:58 PM
All "Border Battle" results:

http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/athletics/volleyball/info/09info/borderbattle.html
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: David Collinge on September 27, 2009, 03:29:53 PM
The NCAC is participating in the first of two "NCAC Weekends" at Allegheny this weekend.  All nine squads are in attendance, with each playing twice each of the two days of the event.  This event, as well as a second go-around at Earlham in October, will constitute half of the conference standings.  On Day One, usual suspects Wittenberg and Hiram won both of their matches, as did Wooster and Oberlin.  Wittenberg (7-3) and Wooster (11-2) will square off this afternoon, as will Hiram (7-5) and Oberlin (7-6), along with seven other matches.  This must be a real treat for local volleyball fans; I wish I could be there.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: David Collinge on September 27, 2009, 09:04:52 PM
Hiram and Wittenberg showed the NCAC who's the boss(es) today as each cruised to twin 3-0 victories to finish the NCAC Weekend 4-0.  Wittenberg, which didn't lose a game at the meet, dropped Wooster and Kenyon this afternoon, while Hiram dumped the Scots and Oberlin.  The Tigers and Terriers start the conference season atop the standings at 4-0, one game ahead of host Allegheny, whose three-set victories today over Kenyon and OWU leave them at 3-1.  Wooster and Oberlin followed up impressive 2-0 Saturdays with bleak 0-2 Sundays and join Denison (2-0 today) in fourth at 2-2.  Earlham won once, over OWU, while the Bishops and Kenyon came away with 0-4 records from the event.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: OshDude on September 28, 2009, 12:25:12 AM
Hope swept Calvin for the MIAA lead in front of 1,425 fans yesterday. Man, just over 600 at Oshkosh vs. Whitewater was noteworthy for us, but 1,425? What a rivalry. Like usual, what great support over in Michigan. And it's not like admission is free either. Very cool.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 30, 2009, 08:31:39 PM
In OAC in-conference action-ranked Heidelberg beats Marietta 3-0 (26-24, 25-9, 25-22)

per stats off Heidelberg box score:

Heidelberg:  Atchison 15 kills, Haase 13 kills
Marietta:  Storey 8 kills
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 06, 2009, 08:13:22 PM
10/6 MIAA final:

Calvin over St. Mary's (25-13, 25-22, 25-21)

(per stats off Calvin site; DeHaan - 7 kills, St. Mary's Slupczynski 6 kills
      Calvin attack percentage:  .409
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 06, 2009, 08:24:51 PM
10/6 OAC action update:

#4 Ohio Northern and #23 Heidelberg are battling it out as I post--Heidelberg just forced a 4th game--

Developing. . .
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 06, 2009, 09:08:54 PM
OAC Final from Tiffin, OH

Heidelberg comes back from 2 sets down to knock off Ohio Northern, (10-25, 18-25, 25-22, 25-22, 16-14).

(Per Heidelberg stats, the home squad's overall attack percentage was higher than Ohio Northern's in the last 2 games).
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 11, 2009, 02:46:01 PM
Should Capital and Heidelberg win their next in-conference match-ups-that would set up a 10/17 showdown between the 2 squads at Capital for the OAC lead.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 13, 2009, 08:24:32 PM
10/13 OAC final:

Heidelberg beats Baldwin-Wallace (25-6, 25-17, 25-21)
(Per Heidelberg stats: Princesses' Hasse 13 kills & 15 digs.(

John Carroll has just forced a 4th game with Capital--developing.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 13, 2009, 08:55:44 PM
OAC Final:

Capital over John Carroll, (29-27, 18-25, 25-15, 25-23)

Per Capital stats:  Crusaders' Hostetler  26 kills
                              JCU:  Fox 15 and Dalton 14 kills, respectively.

(Oh, to be a fly on the wall for the Heidelberg/Capital showdown 10/17)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 14, 2009, 08:33:49 PM
10/14 MIAA final:

Albion over Adrian (15-25, 24-26, 25-16, 25-15, 15-12):

Per stats:  Albion--Goralski and Watler 10 kills each: Albion's attack PCT over last 3 games was the key here.
                 Adrian--Tincknell 13 kills

              With this win Albion is over .500 in-conference.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: David Collinge on October 14, 2009, 10:44:19 PM
Wittenberg and Hiram continue to dominate the NCAC, and when the two squads met this past Saturday, the Tigers came out on top in five sets, 25-27, 25-19, 22-25, 25-23, 15-12 (http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/athletics/volleyball/gamestories/09gamestories/oct10.html).  Those two sets won by the Terriers were the first an NCAC opponent has taken from the Tigers in nearly two years (10/24/07, vs. Earlham), but Witt held on to record their 58th straight conference victory.  That streak is now up to 60 with wins at Oberlin and Denison.  Wittenberg (14-3, 10-0) has a chance to break their own conference record winning streak of 63 matches this weekend at the second of two "Power Weekend" events, this one to be held at Earlham.  Standing squarely in the way is a rematch with second place Hiram (14-8, 7-1), as the two are scheduled to face off Saturday afternoon in Richmond.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 17, 2009, 02:36:29 PM
OAC final just in:

Heidelberg over Capital (25-23, 25-22, 25-23) 

Per stats:  Heidelberg came back from a 7-1 deficit to take Game 3
         
                 Heidelberg:  Reinhart 13 kills, Donelan 16 digs
                 Capital:   Hostetler 10 kills, Doebel 20 digs
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: David Collinge on October 17, 2009, 09:42:54 PM
#8 Wittenberg puts the hammerlock on the NCAC title (again) by whitewashing Hiram, 26-24, 25-12, 25-18 (http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/athletics/volleyball/gamestories/09gamestories/oct17.html).  Hiram had been extended by lowly Earlham earlier in the day, squeaking past the hosts by the nailbiting scores of 25-22, 27-25, 25-19 (http://news.hiram.edu/?p=4704), and evidently just couldn't muster the energy to challenge the dominant Tigers.  Wittenberg, which later in the afternoon dispatched Allegheny in straight sets, is now 12-0 in conference action, two games (loss column) ahead of the Terriers.  Wittenberg faces Denison and Oberlin tomorrow, and two more wins would guarantee at least a share of the conference title, which would be their 12th in 13 years.

Complete standings after Day 1 of the Power Weekend:
Wittenberg 12-0, 16-3
Hiram 8-2, 15-9
Wooster 8-3, 17-6
Allegheny 6-5, 12-13
Denison 5-5, 6-18
Oberlin 4-6, 11-13
Earlham 2-8, 4-20
Kenyon 1-9, 4-21
Ohio Wesleyan 1-9, 1-23 (congratulations to the Bishops, who beat Denison today 14-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-16, 15-10 to get off the schneid)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 23, 2009, 05:34:13 AM
Heidelberg gets Wittenberg at home later this afternoon to kick off a big quad meet:

http://www.heidelberg.edu/athletics/teams/wvolleyball/2009/quad
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: David Collinge on October 28, 2009, 09:09:22 PM
Heidelberg won that matchup, 3-2 with a 15-10 win in set 5.  Wittenberg rebounded to drop ninth-ranked Carthage 3-1, and Carthage then turned around and whitewashed the host Student Princes 3-0.  All three ranked squads dismissed Webster, leaving them all with 2-1 records for the quad meet.  However, Heidelberg benefited by having their big win be in-region, as opposed to Wittenberg's (and Carthage's, a Midwest region team.)

Heidelberg link (http://www.heidelberg.edu/athletics/teams/wvolleyball/2009quad)

Returning to conference action this evening, Wittenberg polished off Ohio Wesleyan in straight sets to complete their 16-0 run through the NCAC.  The win was their 65th straight in regular season NCAC play, a conference record.  This weekend, the eighth-ranked Tigers head to San Antonio for another non-conference tournament hosted by the 18th-ranked Trinity Tigers which will also feature the top two teams in the current AVCA poll, #1  Juniata and #2 UW-Oshkosh. 
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 29, 2009, 05:58:18 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on October 28, 2009, 09:09:22 PM
Heidelberg won that matchup, 3-2 with a 15-10 win in set 5.  Wittenberg rebounded to drop ninth-ranked Carthage 3-1, and Carthage then turned around and whitewashed the host Student Princes 3-0.  All three ranked squads dismissed Webster, leaving them all with 2-1 records for the quad meet.  However, Heidelberg benefited by having their big win be in-region, as opposed to Wittenberg's (and Carthage's, a Midwest region team.)

Heidelberg link (http://www.heidelberg.edu/athletics/teams/wvolleyball/2009quad)

Returning to conference action this evening, Wittenberg polished off Ohio Wesleyan in straight sets to complete their 16-0 run through the NCAC.  The win was their 65th straight in regular season NCAC play, a conference record.  This weekend, the eighth-ranked Tigers head to San Antonio for another non-conference tournament hosted by the 18th-ranked Trinity Tigers which will also feature the top two teams in the current AVCA poll, #1  Juniata and #2 UW-Oshkosh. 

Sounds like when it comes to NCAC play Wittenberg is the equivalent of D1's Penn State! :D :D
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on October 29, 2009, 10:42:18 AM
Hope over Calvin last night in 3-2 at Calvin.  Attendance - 2775!!!

25-22, 22-25, 25-27, 25-12, 15-6

Sounds like a great match.  Hope really took control after loosing a tight 3rd set.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: oldknight on October 29, 2009, 05:09:54 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on October 29, 2009, 10:42:18 AM
Hope over Calvin last night in 3-2 at Calvin.  Attendance - 2775!!!

25-22, 22-25, 25-27, 25-12, 15-6

Sounds like a great match.  Hope really took control after loosing a tight 3rd set.

It was well worth attending. The atmosphere was electric, the fans were pumped, and VandeStreek made sure he had his entire basetball team in the very front row in what ultimately proved to be a vain attempt to intimidate the ladies from Hope. Alas, Hope's women were stout on the frontline, showed great discipline and repeatedly denied Calvin at the net. Rebecca Kamps' back-to-back kills in game 3 raised the roof but after three close and exciting games, Hope ran away and hid from Calvin in the last two. Only Calvin's rather comfortable 2-0 win on the soccer pitch earlier the same day could assuage bruised Knight feelings.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: OshDude on October 30, 2009, 09:53:27 AM
Quote from: oldknight on October 29, 2009, 05:09:54 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on October 29, 2009, 10:42:18 AM
Hope over Calvin last night in 3-2 at Calvin.  Attendance - 2775!!!

25-22, 22-25, 25-27, 25-12, 15-6

Sounds like a great match.  Hope really took control after loosing a tight 3rd set.

It was well worth attending. The atmosphere was electric, the fans were pumped, and VandeStreek made sure he had his entire basetball team in the very front row in what ultimately proved to be a vain attempt to intimidate the ladies from Hope. Alas, Hope's women were stout on the frontline, showed great discipline and repeatedly denied Calvin at the net. Rebecca Kamps' back-to-back kills in game 3 raised the roof but after three close and exciting games, Hope ran away and hid from Calvin in the last two. Only Calvin's rather comfortable 2-0 win on the soccer pitch earlier the same day could assuage bruised Knight feelings.
Here (http://www.calvin.edu/gallery/091028volleyhope) is a great photo gallery by Dave DeKorne. Awesome to see so many fans at a D-III VB match. I'll write it again: what a rivalry!

If you couldn't guess, the crowd set a D-III single-match record.
Quote from Calvin coach Amber Warners: "Tonight was a great way to celebrate the sport." Amen.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 31, 2009, 12:54:02 PM
OAC action:

Capital vs. Ohio Northern on deck: (there's one other OAC battle between 2 in-conference giants today, too, may post on that one laterr as well).
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 31, 2009, 02:43:49 PM
OAC final just in:

Ohio Northern over Capital (25-14, 25-20, 25-19)

Per ONU stats:  ONU:  Schnelle 16 kills, Smerekanich 38 digs
                          Capital:  Doebel 18 digs

Lady Polar Bears improve to 7-2 in-conference, 25-3 overall with the win.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 31, 2009, 02:47:29 PM
Per OAC 10/31 volleyball scoreboard

Heidelberg and Mt. Union are going to a 5th game--developing. . .
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 31, 2009, 03:00:25 PM
Heidelberg won over Mt. Union, 3 games to 2:

Heidelberg gets top seed in OAC tourney.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: David Collinge on October 31, 2009, 07:27:08 PM
Wittenberg has seven (well, five) close sets against the top two teams in the nation, but wins just one of them, dropping decisions to #2 Oshkosh 25-21, 25-16, 26-24 and #1 Juniata 25-19, 25-16, 21-25, 25-19.  Oshkosh upended Juniata in their head-to-head matchup 22-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-18, 15-13; must have been a thriller.  Both teams blanked host Trinity, who came back to nip Witt 3-2 (15-11) in the nightcap, leaving the Ohio Tigers 0-3 on the weekend.

The Tigers' next task is to defend their NCAC tournament title, where they will be (of course) the top seed.  Hiram wrapped up the second position with a five-set 15-10 victory at third-place Wooster this afternoon.  Allegheny grabbed the fourth seed and the unenviable task of facing Witt in the first round of the tourney, to be held Friday and Saturday at the HPER Center.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 01, 2009, 08:56:21 AM
MIAA Conference Tournament Pairings are now up:

http://miaa.org/vb/
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 03, 2009, 08:16:02 PM
OAC Tournament finals just in:

Ohio Northern over John Carroll (25-17, 25-22, 25-11)

   Ohio Northern-- Schnelle 19 kills
   JCU -- Mastroine 12 digs

Heidelberg over Muskingum (25-9, 25-13, 25-15)

Heidelberg-- Atchison 11 kills
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 03, 2009, 08:32:52 PM
MIAA final in:

Albion over Trine  (25-18, 25-16, 25-18)
      Albion--  Watler 12 kills  4 players with 10 or more digs
      Trine--  Rothballer 10 kills
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 03, 2009, 11:51:43 PM
Per MIAA site --all other higher seeds won tonight as well.

Per OAC site --the 2 other higher seeds also won.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: gohope on November 04, 2009, 04:59:04 PM
This was on the Holland Sentinel Website:

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/sports/x933817751/Hope-volleyball-team-to-host-NCAA-Division-III-regional
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: hope1 on November 06, 2009, 09:23:01 PM
hope vs calvin for the finals  of the miaa  saturday 
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 08:59:53 AM
It'll be Ohio Northern vs. Heidelberg in the OAC final today.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: David Collinge on November 07, 2009, 12:26:43 PM
...and Wittenberg vs. Hiram in the NCAC, for the 8th consecutive year.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 03:46:22 PM
Ohio Northern and Heidelberg are going to a 5th game as I post. . .

Developing. . .
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 04:05:11 PM
Ohio Northern joins the dance by beating Heidelberg in 5!
     (19-25, 26-24, 25-21, 18-25, 15-11)

Ohio Northern-- Schnelle 27 kills, 10 digs; Roeser 31 digs
Heidelberg--   Hasse 17 kills, 4 players with 20 or more digs.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: David Collinge on November 07, 2009, 04:18:03 PM
To the surprise of no one, Wittenberg wins the NCAC tournament by 3-1 (24-26, 25-22, 26-24, 25-12 (http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/athletics/volleyball/statistics/09statistics/ncac3.htm)) over Hiram.  It is the Tigers' third straight conference tournament championship, and their twelfth in the last 13 years.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 05:02:07 PM
Just speculating-- between Hiram,  and OAC's Heidelberg, Mt. Union and Capital-- could be a real sweat-out  for at least one of those squads. :-X :-X :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2009, 05:35:15 PM
This just in:  Calvin wins the MIAA championship over Hope
                          (15-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-13) --on Hope's home floor yet!
                                 (now add Hope into the mix as an at-large --more potential sweating!!)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 08, 2009, 10:17:47 AM
It's Bluffton vs. Mt. St. Joseph in the HCAC final:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Darryl Nester on November 08, 2009, 04:26:29 PM
#1 seed Bluffton wins the HCAC AQ bid, beating #2 seed Mt. St. Joseph 3-2 (22-25, 13-25, 26-24, 25-18, 15-12).

This ends a dynasty in HCAC volleyball: MSJ had won the regular season title outright 9 times in the past 11 seasons (since joining the HCAC), shared the title in 2007, and won the tournament over #1 seed Franklin in 2002, the only season in which they did not have at least a share of the title.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 09, 2009, 01:33:57 PM
Hope followers:

Here are Lakeland's 2009 stats:

http://northernac.org/sports/volleyball_women/statistics/2009/lc.htm

2 of Lakeland's top players--Kim Linger and Brittanie Paulus
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: OshDude on November 09, 2009, 09:55:41 PM
If you have an interest, Regional Guides for the Hope, Oshkosh and Wash U regionals are now up.
http://uwoshvball.wordpress.com/ (http://uwoshvball.wordpress.com/)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on November 11, 2009, 06:56:36 PM
For anyone interested in the Hope Regional, here is a link to the Regional web site, which includes team info, a travel advisory (due to road construction), as well as links to live stats and a live video feed of all the games

http://www.hope.edu/pr/athletics/vbchampionship/index.html
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball (HCAC 2010 poll)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 18, 2010, 07:33:31 PM
Here is the HCAC 2010 volleyball pre-season poll:

http://www.heartlandconf.org/sports/wvball/2010-11/releases/8_5_prerseason_poll

Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball (OAC 2010 pre-season poll)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 19, 2010, 06:31:50 PM
OAC 2010 Pre-Season poll is here:

http://www-new.onu.edu/athletics/archive/volleyball_picked_to_finish_second _in_oac_coaches_poll



Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 25, 2010, 09:03:50 PM
NCAC Pre-season poll:

http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/athletics/volleyball/10ncacpreaeasonpoll.pdf
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 02, 2010, 06:12:07 AM
Adrian takes Bluffton to 5 before the HCAC squad prevails, and NAIA Marian-IN pushes DePauw to 5 before losing to the Tigers last night.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 04, 2010, 05:35:14 PM
ARV Cal Lutheran vs. #11 Wittenberg just underway as I post:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 04, 2010, 07:49:25 PM
Wittenberg over Cal Lutheran in 4.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on September 05, 2010, 09:12:43 AM
Alma College (4-0) wins Bishop Invitational by Defeating JCU in Championship game 3-0. Scots won sets by a combined 12-2.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 07, 2010, 06:33:46 PM
#8 Calvin/Adrian about to get underway:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 07, 2010, 07:15:32 PM
Adrian stats froze on me with Calvin up 1-0 and leading 14-6 in Set 2.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on September 13, 2010, 09:45:46 AM
Alma 6-0 after this week's competition. Scots will open up the brand new Art Smith Arena on Wednesday
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 14, 2010, 07:21:09 PM
(Joining Bluffton @ #12 Ohio Northern in progress)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 14, 2010, 08:56:37 PM
Bluffton/Ohio Northern going to a 5th set:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 14, 2010, 09:13:41 PM
Blufffton pulls it out on the road
    (25-21, 20-25, 26-24, 21-25, 15-11)

Bluffton  -Eshleman 19 kills, Zimmerman 13
Ohio N   -Schaller 24 kills, Timmons 14

Game 5 Attack Pct. Bluffton .250, Ohio Northerm .125
                 (per ONU stats)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on September 18, 2010, 08:12:17 AM
Alma loses to Mount St. Joseph 3-0.

Comes back from 0-2 to defeat #12 Ohio Northern
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 18, 2010, 12:00:27 PM
This poster wonders how much this week's losses will cost the Polar Bears in the next Top 25 poll?  :-X :-X
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on September 20, 2010, 07:39:01 AM
I think they'll drop out. They lost to Bluffton and Alma (un-ranked) and Calvin who is #4 (somewhere in there). I would be surprised if they stay above 23.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on September 21, 2010, 07:38:09 AM
Big match in MIAA play tonight. Alma at Hope for a 6:30 start. This game will be the first real test of the conference play for Alma.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on September 22, 2010, 07:45:03 AM
Hope stomped Alma last night, 3-0.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on September 22, 2010, 11:24:46 AM
I'd say that's a pretty accurate description of the match I watched last night.  From the start I got the sense that Hope wanted to make a statement that the previous weekend was not a true reflection of this team.  Mission accomplished.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 30, 2010, 07:02:43 PM
Ohio Wesleyan/Wittenberg up shortly:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 30, 2010, 08:04:01 PM
Wittenberg over Ohio Wesleyan in 3
          (25-14, 25-15, 25-15)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 06, 2010, 08:21:16 PM
Final just in:
   
   Heidelberg over Bluffton in 3
         (25-23, 25-20, 25-15)
   
      Heidelberg--  Haase 13 kills, 10 digs
      Bluffton--  Schierer 14 digs
            ('Berg stats)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: wiz on November 22, 2010, 05:00:56 PM
Congratulations Calvin College, National Champions!
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on May 05, 2011, 07:57:04 AM
Alma College has announced the regination of Head Volleyball Coach and Assistant AD, Cheyenne Luzynski

She will pursue further education, and become an Assistant Volleyball Coach at Eastern Michigan
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on August 18, 2011, 10:26:07 PM
Calvin ranked number 1 in the preseason poll. Hope 15
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Post by: Dark Knight on September 19, 2011, 09:03:20 AM
Congrats to Rebecca Kamp for being named D3VB national player of the week after Calvin's 4-0 weekend at the Great Lakes Regional Challenge. The notice reads in part "For the year, Kamp is hitting an astounding .435 while averaging 4.09 kills and 1.41 blocks per set."

I wish I could have seen the Calvin-Wittenberg match -- it sounds like it was a match for the ages!

http://www.d3vb.org/releases/general/2011/D3VB-POW3
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Dark Knight on September 27, 2011, 11:59:46 AM
Massey came out with volleyball ratings for DIII teams, and the Great Lakes region has the top three spots and four of the top seven:

1. Calvin
2. Wittenberg
3. Heidelberg
4. Juniata
5. St Thomas
6. Emory
7. Hope
8. Cal Lutheran
9. Christopher Newport
10. Puget Sound

Other teams of interest:
11. Washington MO
23. Carthage
26. Chicago
29. Alma
33. Wooster
35. Mt Union
45. Capital

Don't put too much stock in these ratings yet because lots of matches are missing for some teams (only two for Juniata?) -- still interesting to see Calvin, Wittenberg, and Heidelberg topping the charts and Hope at #7, though.

Big match tomorrow between Calvin and Hope.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 28, 2011, 07:31:07 PM
Calvin/Hope joined in progress:  (Knights up 2 sets to 0)

Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 28, 2011, 07:46:41 PM
Final:  Calvin over Hope in 3:
              (26-24, 25-20, 25-16)
               Calvin--  L Kamp 13 kills, R Kamp 10 kills
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Dark Knight on September 29, 2011, 08:54:36 AM
Yesterday's Calvin-Hope volleyball match was seen by 2212 people -- tied for 11th largest attendance in the history of DIII volleyball. Curiously, the match this one tied was a November 6, 2010 match between...Calvin and Hope.

Calvin shows up in four of the top 10, usually with Hope. The third largest attendance ever was 3,275 when UC San Diego played with Calvin here in Grand Rapids for the DIII NCAA final, when now-coach Amber Warners was playing.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Happy Calvin Guy on October 04, 2011, 03:51:38 PM
Quote from: Dark Knight on September 29, 2011, 08:54:36 AM
Yesterday's Calvin-Hope volleyball match was seen by 2212 people -- tied for 11th largest attendance in the history of DIII volleyball. Curiously, the match this one tied was a November 6, 2010 match between...Calvin and Hope.

Calvin shows up in four of the top 10, usually with Hope. The third largest attendance ever was 3,275 when UC San Diego played with Calvin here in Grand Rapids for the DIII NCAA final, when now-coach Amber Warners was playing.

I'd be curious how exactly they take attendance at volleyball games since it is not a ticketed event.  It seems fishy that Calvin is reporting the exact same # as last year's game.  Usually (i.e. non Hope games) it seems like they simply report an estimate. 

Either way, it's awesome to get a great crowd for volleyball.  This is a special Calvin squad and they are very fun to watch this year.  The student section has been more full for volleyball this year than for some men's basketball games in recent years.  Go Knights!
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on October 04, 2011, 04:45:13 PM
I know this is really late, but Alma actually received two votes in the last d3 volleyball poll
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on October 04, 2011, 04:46:14 PM
And right after I posted that I realized that a poll came out today, and Hope slipped to 14 and Alma recieved no votes.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: KnightSlappy on October 14, 2011, 09:44:23 AM
The Calvin Knights are now 11-0 in the MIAA (19-0 overall). Haven't dropped a set in conference play yet, they're 33-0 (57-6 in sets overall).
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Dark Knight on October 24, 2011, 09:12:51 PM
With Wash U's recent loss to Emory, it looks as though Calvin may be the only undefeated volleyball team remaining in DIII, with only MIAA games remaining before the NCAA tournament.

Here's Massey's latest ranking of volleyball teams:
1. Calvin
2. Wash U
3. Emory
4. Wittenberg
5. Heidelberg
6. Carthage
...
11. Otterbein
12. Hope
13. Elmhurst
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 26, 2011, 07:38:25 PM
Final:  Calvin over Trine at home in 3:
             (25-13, 25-13, 28-13-?)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: KnightSlappy on October 27, 2011, 07:09:17 AM
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on October 26, 2011, 07:38:25 PM
Final:  Calvin over Trine at home in 3:
             (25-13, 25-13, 28-13-?)

25-13, 25-13, 25-15 according to the Calvin athletic site. Calvin has yet to drop a set in conference play, now 42-0 this season.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: goodknight on October 28, 2011, 08:28:09 PM
Calvin comes back to defeat Hope 3-1 in Holland after dropping the first set. Over 2,000 in the house.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: KnightSlappy on October 28, 2011, 11:49:21 PM
Kenneth Massey's ratings has Calvin as the 170th best college volleyball team in the nation (before the win against Hope). For some context, there are 327 Division I teams. Here are some of Calvin's neighbors in the rankings:

168. Indiana -- DI
169. Pittsburgh -- DI
170. Calvin
171. Towson -- DI
172. Army -- DI

Looks like 145 D1, 22 D2, and 3 NAIA teams are ranked ahead of the Knights. Not bad.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 06, 2011, 01:22:58 PM
Joining HCAC final in-progress:

Rose Hulman ahead of Bluffton 2/3 into 1st set:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 06, 2011, 02:12:49 PM
Rose-Hulman takes Bluffton in 3
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: KnightSlappy on November 07, 2011, 11:41:22 AM
Calvin will host a Thurs-Sat regional:

Heidelberg
Geneva
--
Rose-Hulman
Wittenberg
--
Otterbein
Hope
--
Calvin
St. Norbert

Calvin played Hope (3x), Heidelberg, Otterbein, and Wittenberg in the regular season with a 6-0 record (taking 18 out of 23 sets).
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2011, 12:23:49 PM
Not to knock St. Norbert, but for the second year in a row the entrant from the Midwest Conference gets the toughest draw in their region. (Last year, if memory serves correct, MWC champ Beloit ended up playing Wash-MO).

Otterbein/Hope (at least on paper) looks like the match most likely to go 5 imho.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: OshDude on November 09, 2011, 02:52:13 PM
The Calvin and Concordia-Moorhead Regional Guides are up (http://uwoshvball.wordpress.com/), if that's something that interests you.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: sflzman on November 13, 2011, 11:12:50 AM
Wittenberg stuns Calvin 3-1 in the Regional final yesterday!
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Dark Knight on November 21, 2011, 11:20:25 AM
Wittenberg went on to win the national championship against CNU in straight sets.
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on September 19, 2012, 12:10:50 PM
Big matchup on Friday as #4 Hope goes to #2 Calvin.  Let's go Dutch!!
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 05, 2012, 07:12:30 PM
#14 Mt. Union/#3 Wittenberg just getting underway as I post:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 05, 2012, 07:56:56 PM
Mt. Union & Wittenberg have each taken 1 set -- going to the 3rd set now--
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 05, 2012, 08:50:35 PM
Final:  Wittenberg over Mt. Union  (25-23, 22-25, 25-15, 25-17)
    Wittenberg -- Seidenstricker 18 kills   5 players with 11 or more digs
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 30, 2012, 06:57:17 PM
HCAC Playoff action
          (Hanover @ Defiance)  on deck:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 30, 2012, 08:53:20 PM
HCAC Playoff Final:

Defiance over Hanover (3-1)  4th set final  29-27
        Yellow Jackets will face Mt. St. Joseph in the next round.
                 Defiance--   Pierce 16 kills

Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 03, 2012, 04:06:03 PM
OAC Championship Final:
            Otterbein over Mt. Union (3-1)
                   (The one source I read indicated Mt. Union's chances to get in are good.)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: OshDude on November 04, 2012, 12:18:54 AM
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 03, 2012, 04:06:03 PM
OAC Championship Final:
            Otterbein over Mt. Union (3-1)
                   (The one source I read indicated Mt. Union's chances to get in are good.)
Mount Union is the Pool A, so your source is out on a limb.

I welcome everyone to check out the blog this postseason (http://uwoshvball.wordpress.com/).
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 29, 2013, 07:40:42 PM
Joined Marietta/#17 Otterbein in progress:

(they're in Set 2 with Otterbein up 1-0 at the moment)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 29, 2013, 08:11:28 PM
Final:

#17 Otterbein over Marietta
           (25-18, 25-15, 25-13)

Otterbein:  Juenger 17 kills, Caldwell 10 digs
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 31, 2013, 06:52:10 PM
Thomas More at Bethany (WV)  (key match in Pres. Athletic Conference) up shortly:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 31, 2013, 08:13:26 PM
Final:

Bethany WV over Thomas More
         (25-12, 26-24, 25-11)

Bison:   MacKenzie 13 kills; Mouch 18 digs
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 05, 2013, 07:19:57 PM
Heidelberg/Capital joined in progress:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 05, 2013, 08:12:38 PM
Final:

Heidelberg over Capital
       (25-14, 25-18, 25-17)

Heidelberg:  3 players with 10 or more kills, Samenuk 10 digs
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 10, 2013, 02:42:10 PM
Bluffton gets the HCAC AQ, taking Hanover (3-1).
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 03, 2015, 07:56:54 PM
2015 OAC Tournament Action

Joining #4 Muskingum/#5John Carroll in progress:   (JCU up 1 set to 0)

Heard Heidelberg is up 2 sets to 0 in other action
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 03, 2015, 08:26:42 PM
3 OAC Tournament Opening Round finals: (courtesy of Muskingum feed)

#1 Heidelberg over #8 Marietta (3-0)

#6 Otterbein upsets #3 Baldwin-Wallace (3-0)

#2 Ohio Northern over #7 Mount Union (3-0)

Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 03, 2015, 08:38:47 PM
Final:

John Carroll over Muskingum (3-0) 
                            (3rd Set final 32-30)
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 04, 2015, 07:03:31 PM
HCAC Playoff:

Manchester/Defiance up shortly:
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 04, 2015, 08:17:33 PM
Defiance was up 2 sets to 0 on Manchester and up 10-2 in Set 3, now I've cut away, (video feed timed out on me,, will try the other HCAC feed--

shifted to Franklin vs. Transy 

Franklin leads 2 sets to 1 at the moment
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 04, 2015, 08:51:24 PM
Update:  Franklin & Transy are going to 5!

Developing--
Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 04, 2015, 09:11:18 PM
HCAC Final:

Franklin over Transy 3 sets to 2

Other final:

Defiance over Manchester 3 sets to 1



Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: Bishopleftiesdad on October 28, 2016, 01:26:13 PM
NCAC tourney has been seeded.
http://www.northcoast.org/sports/wvball/2016-17/releases/TournamentAnnounce

Bishops the 4 seed.
Title: Re: WVB 2021 OAC
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 12, 2021, 04:14:38 PM
JCU vs. Muskingum just underway:
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 12, 2021, 05:51:07 PM
Final:  Muskingum over JCU 3 sets to 1
             (25-22, 18-25, 25-18, 25-11)

Muskingum:  .379 hitting pct.  10 service aces.
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 16, 2021, 10:18:09 PM
OAC Finals:  ARV Otterbein does the double on Marietta
                       Cardinals come back from 2 sets down to take Match 1
                           Linehan  .421 hitting pct.

                       Cardinals take Match 2 in 3 sets
                          Otterbein:  11 service aces in Match 2.
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 17, 2021, 05:58:53 PM
Wouldn't'cha know, after 1 week of in-conference play, 3 OAC squads break into the Top 25 poll--
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 20, 2021, 12:43:57 PM
Top 25 OAC action:

#25 Muskingum did the double on #22 ONU

Baldwin-Wallace split with #18 Otterbein

ARV Heidelberg split with Marietta

(Don't know whether Heidelberg will drop out of ARV or not yet.)
Title: Re: WVB; OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 23, 2021, 10:41:49 PM
#25 Muskingum, #22 ONU and #18 Otterbein all got double wins tonight.

Baldwin Wallace got a double win over ARV Heidelberg.
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 27, 2021, 10:20:42 AM
3/26/21 Top 25 results:

ARV Ohio Northern and #17 Otterbein both get sweeps last night.

#16 Muskingum splits with ARV Baldwin-Wallace.
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 30, 2021, 10:29:36 PM
3/30/21 OAC Top 25 results:

#16 Muskingum wins both of its' matches

ARV ONU also wins its' 2 matches

ARV Baldwin-Wallace gets a road split with JCU
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 02, 2021, 03:58:23 PM
#12 Otterbein vs. #15 Muskingum up shortly:
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 02, 2021, 05:40:35 PM
Final:  #15 Muskingum over #12 Otterbein in 3 sets:
                 (26-24, 25-22, 25-23)

Title: Re: WVB OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 06, 2021, 05:15:20 PM
Key matches tonight:

Marietta at #15 Muskingum

#24 ONU at #12 Otterbein

Otterbein is 14-2
Muskingum and ONU are both 12-2

Scenario 1:  An Otterbein sweep keeps that squad in 1st place and puts ONU at 12-4
                   A Marietta sweep over Muskingum and Otterbein would then clinch the conference title.

Scenario  2:  Muskingum and ONU both get sweeps. Both squads would then leapfrog past Otterbein and be in a tie for first.

Otterbein is through with OAC play after today.

4/9:  Muskingum and Heidelberg square off
        ONU goes up against Mt. Union

If Scenario 2 plays out the only way there could be a 3-way tie at the top would be if Muskingum and ONU both got swept 4/9.

Keeping tabs on Marietta/Muskingum--



Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 06, 2021, 06:22:16 PM
Muskingum/Marietta Match 1 Final
       Muskies hold off pesky Marietta in 3 sets
       (25-18, 25-20, 29-27)

  Marietta had Set 2 tied on several occasions but just couldn't take the lead.
   Set 3 was a bit more interesting

Muskingum:  Noble  .364 hitting pct.
Marietta:      Ritenour   .265 hitting pct.



Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 06, 2021, 07:56:33 PM
Updates:

All-ranked ONU/Otterbein Match 1 is living up to its' billing by going to a 5th set--

Marietta has forced at least a 4th set in Match 2 against Muskingum--

Both developing--
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 06, 2021, 08:22:06 PM
Match 1 Final:  ONU over Otterbein:
         (21-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-21, 15-13)

ONU:  Gawthrop .471 hitting pct.
          Woods     .298 hitting pct.

Otterbein:  Greeley  .471 hitting pct.
                 Linehan  .444 hitting pct.

Marietta/Muskingum Match 2 Final:  Muskies get the sweep in 4 sets.
            (25-18, 25-19, 16-25, 25-14)

Muskingum:  .275 hitting pct. for Match 2
               Dickson .385 hitting pct. 3 other Muskies had .300 or higher hitting pct.

Muskies are temporarily up 1/2 game on ONU pending results of ONU/Otterbein 2nd match.
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 06, 2021, 11:02:17 PM
ONU/Otterbein Match 2 Final:
   Otterbein salvages a split  (18-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-22, 15-8)

Cardinals had a team hitting pct. in Set 5 of .381 while racing out to a 9-2 lead and basically maintaining that margin for the rest of the match.

Otterbein:  McCoy  .571 hitting pct. Linehan also had another strong match.
ONU:         Williamson .320 hitting pct.

Otterbein finishes at 15-3.
Muskingum is 14-2
ONU is 13-3

Scenario 1:  Muskingum and ONU both get sweeps , Muskies finish 1st, Otterbein and ONU tie for 2nd.

Scenario 2:  Muskingum splits and ONU sweeps, 3 way tie at the top.

Scenario 3:  ONU splits, Muskingum gets swept, Otterbein ends up alone in 1st.

Scenario 4:  ONU gets swept, the Polar Bears end up 3rd.

Title: Re: Great Lakes region volleyball
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 09, 2021, 07:20:50 AM
Update:  Mt. Union/ONU matches were cancelled.

Muskingum/Heidelberg:

A Muskie sweep and they take the top spot outright.
A split --Otterbein and Muskingum finish regular season in a tie at the top.
A Heidelberg sweep and Muskingum falls to 3rd, with Otterbein taking the top spot by 20 percentage points.

(With ONU having clinched a spot in the OAC Tournament, it must have been figured that the Polar Bear/Mt. Union match-up wasn't needed that bad anyway.)
Title: Re: WVB: OAC 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 09, 2021, 10:15:03 PM
Muskingum got the sweep, taking both matches from Heidelberg in 3 sets.

Regular season conference records:

Muskingum 16-2
Otterbein    15-3
ONU           13-3
B-W            13-5
Title: Re: WVB: OAC Tournament 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 13, 2021, 11:13:08 PM
OAC First Round Observations:

3 of the 4 higher seeds advanced-the lone exception being a mild upset that Marietta got over Heidelberg in 4 sets.

Semis--

B/W Otterbein and Marietta at Muskingum.
Title: Re: WVB: OAC Tournament 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 15, 2021, 08:26:50 PM
Muskingum punched it's ticket to the OAC final by knocking off Marietta in 3 sets.
       (25-22, 25-21, 25-16).

Muskies:  McGee .353 hitting pct. 3 other Muskies .263 or higher.


Otterbein gets the other spot in the final by beating Baldwin-Wallace in 4 sets.
         (25-19, 25-27, 25-15, 25-23)

Otterbein:  Team hitting pct. .367 (forced Baldwin Wallace to commit 25 attacking errors in match.)
B-W:  Luciano and Garrett .350 and .348 hitting pcts., respectively.


Muskingum and Otterbein split their 2 matches during the regular season.

Title: Re: WVB: OAC Tournament 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 17, 2021, 04:21:02 PM
Tournament Final:

#14 Otterbein over #12 Muskingum in 5 sets:
       (20-25, 25-16, 12-25, 15-16, 18-16.)

Otterbein:  Out-hit Muskingum .294 to .200 in Set 5.
Title: Re: OAC Fall 2021 WVB
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 19, 2021, 04:35:41 PM
OAC Fall Pre-Season WVB Poll is now up:

https://www.oac.org/sports/wvball/2021-22/releases/2021_VB_Poll_.pdf
Title: Re: NCAC WVB Fall 2021
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 24, 2021, 12:57:26 PM
NCAC Fall 2021 WVB Pre-Season Poll is now up:

https://www.northcoast.org/sports/wvball/2021-22/releases/NCACPreseasonPoll