Minnesota Crookston Volleyball
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Week 8 #UMCvolleyballNotes Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles
Head Coach: Lee Anderson Record at UMC: 52-144 Season at UMC: Eighth Season
1. Will UMC continue to get strong production from Kassi and Kelci Green on the block?
U-Mary Marauders
2. Brittany Looker continues to lead the NSIC in kills per set. Will Looker be a big factor for UMC against U-Mary and Minot State?
Interim Head Coach: Thais Franca Record: 4-18 Season at NSU: First Season
Minot State Beavers
3. Can the Golden Eagles come out of the weekend with two wins? 4. Will Mary Mikutowski continue her strong defensive production that she has had over the last couple of weeks? 5. Can UMC beat Minot State for a second time this season?
Head Coach: Travis Ward Record: 6-16 Season at NSU: Fourth Season
Oct. 24, 2014 • BISMARCK, N.D. • MCDOWELL ACTIVITY CENTER Oct. 24 - 7 p.m. vs. U-Mary Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/mary/wvball/ Video: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/umary/
Oct. 25, 2014 • MINOT, N.D. • MSU DOME
Oct. 25 - 7 p.m. vs. Minot State Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/minotstate/wvball/ Video: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/minotstate/
2014 Schedule September Maryville Invitational (St. Louis, Mo.) 5 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan W, 3-1 5 vs. Saint Joseph’s W, 3-1 6 vs. West Liberty W, 3-1 6 at Maryville W, 3-2 Northern State Invitational (Aberdeen, S.D.) 12 vs. Minot State W, 3-1 12 vs. Southwest Baptist W, 3-0 13 vs. St. Cloud State L, 3-0 13 at #21 Northern State L, 3-0 NSIC Schedule 16 at Bemidji State W, 3-0 19 #21Augustana L, 3-0 20 #19 Wayne State L, 3-1 23 #2 Minnesota Duluth L, 3-0 26 at #7 SMSU L, 3-0 27 at Sioux Falls L, 3-2 October 3 at Minnesota State W, 3-1 4 at #3 Concordia-St. Paul L, 3-0 10 Winona State L, 3-0 11 Upper Iowa L, 3-2 14 at St. Cloud State W, 3-0 17 Northern State L, 3-2 18 MSU Moorhead L, 3-0 24 at U-Mary 7 p.m. 25 at Minot State 7 p.m. 28 Bemidji State 7 p.m. 31 Sioux Falls 5 p.m. November 1 #6 SMSU 4 p.m. 7 at #12 Wayne State 7 p.m. 8 at #20 Augustana 3 p.m.
#LOOKER4AllAmerican 1,348 kills 1,034 digs Senior outside hitter Brittany Looker continues to be producing a great season for the Golden Eagles. Looker leads the league with 4.31 kills per set. In addition, the UMC outside hitter is ranked eighth in kills, points per set and total kills nationally.
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8 Looker
#SERVINGITUP UMC outside hitter Brittany Looker is also moving up the all-time list for service aces. Looker has 124 service aces, which ranks fourth. Looker needs just two to surpass Mel Christofferson in third and needs 45 to move into first, currently occupied by Kendra Corneliusen.
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#MikutowskiTime
7 Kelci Green
2 mary mikutowski
Kelci Green has been very productive in the middle for the Golden Eagles of late with two matches with eight blocks. Her eight blocks came against St. Cloud State and MSU Moorhead. Green is averaging 1.56 blocks per set over the last four matches.
Mary Mikutowski has taken over the libero position in recent weeks after sharing duties earlier this season. Mikutowski is now averaging 4.06 digs per set this season. She has averaged 5.53 digs per set since the Oct. 10 match against Winona State.