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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