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AT FIRST GLANCE Owens Invitational - The Owens Invitational will feature 30 teams from across the nation. - Six teams ranked in the NJCAA Division II poll will play here this weekend including Parkland (1), Owens (9), Columbus State (10), Grand Rapids (16), Oakland (18) and Catawba Valley (19). Furthermore, Kankakee and Waubonsee both received votes, but fell just short of the top 20. - The No. 5 NJCAA Division III team, Lorain County, will also be in the SHAC this weekend.
No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School 1 Samantha Reer OH/DS Fr. 5-7 Norwalk, OH / St. Paul 2 Miranda Johnson DS Fr. 5-6 Ottawa Lake, Mich. / Whiteford 3 Brooke Gyori DS Fr. 5-4 Oregon, OH / Clay 5 Christine Tylutki S/RS Fr. 5-10 Monroe, MI / Monroe 6 Annie Lindeman OH Fr. 6-1 Ottoville, OH / Ottoville 7 Ally Mikesell MB So. 5-9 St. Henry, OH / St. Henry 8 Erika Hartings OH So. 5-10 Coldwater, OH / Coldwater 9 Tyanna Smith MB Fr. 5-10 Bowling Green, OH / B. Green 10 Macy Reigelsperger MB So. 5-10 Coldwater, OH / Coldwater 12 Abby Hesselschwardt OH Fr. 5-10 Grand Rapids, OH / Otsego 13 Deanna Smith S So. 5-9 Riverview, MI / Riverview 14 Taylor Purcell RS So. 6-0 Temperance, MI / Bedford Head Coach: Sonny Lewis (15th Year) Assistant Coach: Denny Caldwell (8th Year), Bill Bonham (1st Year) Student Assistant: Ashley Pleiman
WEEKEND RECAP Battle for the Dells - Wisconsin Dells, Wis. The No. 9 Owens women’s volleyball team opened its regular season this past weekend with four matches in the Battle for the Dells Invitational in Wisconsin Dells, Wisc. The team opened up on Saturday with a pair of straight set wins over Waubonsee and Highland C.C. - Illinois.
On Sunday, the team fell in straight sets to NJCAA D-I No. 12 Indian Hills before bouncing back to sweep Carl Sandburg College. Taylor Purcell produced 34 kills with a team-high .438 hitting percentage over the four matches.
Brooke Gyori totaled 55 digs with double digit totals each match. The duo of Deanna Smith and Christine Tylutki led the way in assists with 68 and 54, respectively. Gyori (11 aces) and Tyanna Smith (12 blocks) had team-highs in those categories.
2015 RECORD IN DEPTH OVERALL RECORD: 3-1 OCCAC Region XII Home Away Neutral
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-1
2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE 8/22 8/22 8/23 8/23 8/28 8/28 8/29 8/29 8/30 8/30 9/4 9/5 9/9 9/11 9/12 9/16 9/18 9/18 9/19 9/19 9/23 9/26 9/26 9/27 9/27 9/30 10/2 10/7 10/9 10/9 10/10 10/10 10/14 10/16 10/21 10/23 10/24 10/24 10/28 10/30
OPPONENT Waubonsee Highland - Illinois Indian Hills Carl Sandburg WALLACE STATE LANSING VINCENNES HAGERSTOWN PARKLAND JACKSON @ Sinclair EDISON @ Cuyahoga CINCINNATI STATE COLUMBUS STATE @ Lakeland DMACC Kirkwood Johnson County Iowa Central @ Lorain County GRCC Invite GRCC Invite GRCC Invite GRCC Invite SINCLAIR @ Clark State CUYAHOGA Pasco-Hernando @ Catawba Valley Spartansburg Meth. Monroe College LAKELAND LORAIN COUNTY @ Edison @ Columbus State KVCC ST. CLAIR COUNTY CLARK STATE @ Cincinnati State
RESULT W 3-0 W 3-0 L 3-0 W 3-0 2:30 PM 7:45 PM 1:30 PM 6:45 PM 11:45 AM 3:15 PM 6 PM 12 PM 5 PM 6 PM 12 PM 5 PM 11:45 AM 4:15 PM 10 AM 11:45 AM 6 PM TBA TBA TBA TBA 6 PM 6 PM 5 PM 3:30 PM 6:30 PM 12 PM 1:30 PM 5 PM 6 PM 6 PM 6 PM 12 PM 1:30 PM 6 PM 6 PM
2015 Owens Express Invitational
(Matches maybe moved to other courts or start early to keep tournament moving) Friday – August 28 –Top team is home team Time Ct 1 (wood) Ct 2 (wood) Ct 3 Ct 4 Ct 5 11:00 Parkland Wallace State Oakland Edison Mott Catawba Valley Columbus State Hagerstown Moraine Valley Vincennes 12:45 Muskegon McHenry Waubonsee Cincinnati State Lorain Parkland Grand Rapids St. Clair Jackson Kellogg 2:30 Catawba Valley Owens Kankakee Columbus State South Suburban Mott Wallace St Edison Macomb Lansing 4:15 Lakeland Monroe Kankakee Moraine Valley Lorain Vincennes Oakland Schoolcraft St. Clair Hagerstown 6:00 Grand Rapids Cincinnati State Macomb Jackson Kellogg Waubonsee Muskegon McHenry South Suburban Lakeland 7:45 Schoolcraft Owens Monroe Lansing Saturday –August 29
Time Ct 1 (wood) Ct 2 (wood) Ct 3 Ct 4 Ct 5 10:00 Cincinnati State Kankakee Catawba Valley Vincennes Mott Lorain Lakeland Macomb Columbus State Moraine Valley 11:45 Parkland Wallace State Macomb South Suburban Edison Oakland Muskegon Monroe St. Clair Lansing 1:30 Parkland Owens Cincinnati State Waubonsee Mercyhurst NE Grand Rapids Vincennes Catawba Valley Lakeland Kankakee 3:15 Columbus State Lorain McHenry Sinclair Cuyahoga Moraine Valley Mott Schoolcraft Jackson Kellogg
5:00 Monroe Hagerstown Wallace State Muskegon Edison Grand Rapids Lansing Oakland South Suburban St. Clair 6:45 Mercyhurst NE Owens Cuyahoga Waubonsee Schoolcraft McHenry Hagerstown Jackson Kellogg Sinclair Sunday – August 30 Time Ct 1 (wood) Ct 2 (wood) Ct 3 Ct 4 Ct 5 10:00 Wallace State Parkland Muskegon South Suburban Mercyhurst NE Monroe Hagerstown Waubonsee Cincinnati State St. Clair 11:45 Wallace State Owens Oakland Hagerstown Mercyhurst NE McHenry Parkland Grand Rapids Cuyahoga Sinclair 1:30 Jackson Schoolcraft Monroe St. Clair Sinclair McHenry Waubonsee South Suburban Cincinnati St Muskegon 3:15 Owens Schoolcraft Jackson Cuyahoga