Golden Eagle Volleyball
Shawn D. Smith, Sports Information Director • 218-281-8414 (work) • 319-431-2545 (cell) • smithsd@umn.edu Minnesota Crookston 7-8; 2-5 NSIC Head Coach: Lee Anderson At UMC: 49-143 Career: 75-226
Top Players Jr. OH 8 Brittany Looker (Rochester, Minn.) 3.72 k/set, 2.91 d/set Sr. Lib. 6 Chelsea Wiesner (Rochester, Minn.) 4.33 d/set
MSU Moorhead 10-5; 3-4 NSIC Head Coach: Tammy Blake At MSUM: 327-244 Career: 327-244
Top Players So. MB Kaitlin VanWinkle 2.80 K/Set, 1.17 B/Set So. Lib. 1 Amber Krenske 5.03 D/Set
On Tap For This Weekend
Fri., Oct. 11 Minnesota Crookston at Minnesota State University Moorhead • 7 p.m. • Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse Live Stats: http://web.mnstate.edu/livestats/volleyball/xlive.htm Live Video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/msum.portal# Sat., Oct. 12 Minnesota Crookston at Northern State University • 5 p.m. • Wachs Arena Live Stats: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/northern.portal# Live Video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/northern.portal#
Golden Eagle Quick Hits Sweep! The University of Minnesota Crookston gained some positive momentum last Saturday as they upended perennial NSIC power Minnesota State University, Mankato 3-0. The match mirrored UMC’s last win over the Mavericks Sept. 30, 2011 when the Golden Eagles upset the then-No. 13 ranked Mavericks at home in what was also a homecoming match for UMC. Saturday’s win over Minnesota State snapped a three-match skid. Moving On Up UMC outside hitter Brittany Looker (Jr., OH, Rochester, Minn.) is off to a phenomenal start to the 2013 campaign. She is averaging 3.72 kills per set, which is the sixth in the NSIC, the premier NCAA Division II volleyball conference. Looker is currently in the top 10 all-time for kills at UMC as she currently sits at ninth with 815 career kills. She needs just seven to move past Theresa Crance in eighth place. In addition, Looker is closing in on 1,000 career points at UMC as she currently needs just 58 points. Setting It All Up Sierra Trost (Ham Lake, Minn.), the Golden Eagle’s freshman setter has had a strong opening season in the Maroon and Gold. She has showed her prowess especially of late as she is averaging 10.2 assists per set in the last five matches. Trost comes into this weekend’s matches versus MSU Moorhead and Northern State averaging 9.72 assists per set. Streak Stopper The Golden Eagles have two big road matches this weekend in the scheme of things if they want to continue to move up the totem pole in the NSIC. The Golden Eagles have struggled as of late against both opponents as they have a 16-match skid against MSU Moorhead having last defeated their Highway 75 rivals Oct. 30, 2004. UMC has also struggled of late with the Wolves of Northern State as they have lost seven-straight dating back to Nov. 1, 2008. No members of the current UMC team have beaten either team and will look to end that streak this weekend on the road nor has Head Coach Lee Anderson in his time at UMC. VanGerpen Stepping Up Junior middle hitter Morgan VanGerpen from Overland Park, Kansas has had a strong season so far and was an integral part of the team’s sweep of Minnesota State. VanGerpen had nine kills, six blocks and hit .600 as the Golden Eagles slaughtered the Mavericks. She has been a force on the block, especially of late with six against Minnesota State, five versus Upper Iowa and four against Winona State. VanGerpen comes in averaging 1.71 kills per set and 0.84 blocks per set.
Northern State 11-3; 4-3 NSIC Head Coach: Brent Aldridge At NSU: 43-28 Career: 43-28
Top Players So. OH 1 Kelsey Chambers 4.14 K/Set So. S 12 Drew Smith 111.37 A/Set
2013 Schedule Hilltopper-Rattler Classic 9/6 at St. Mary’s San Antonio, Texas W, 3-1 9/6 #8 Central Missouri San Antonio, Texas L, 3-0 9/7 at St. Edward’s Austin, Texas W, 3-1 9/7 Merrimack Austin, Texas W, 3-0 Wildcat Invitational 9/13 Lake Superior State Marquette, Mich. W, 3-0 9/13 at Northern Michigan Marquette, Mich. L, 3-0 9/14 Michigan Tech Marquette, Mich. W, 3-0 9/14 Quincy Marquette, Mich. L, 3-1 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 9/19 at #1 Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minn. L, 3-0 9/21 St. Cloud State Crookston, Minn. L, 3-2 9/24 Bemidji State Crookston, Minn. W, 3-2 9/27 at Upper Iowa Fayette, Iowa L, 3-2 9/28 at Winona State Winona, Minn. L, 3-0 10/4 #1Concordia-St.Paul Crookston, Minn. L, 3-0 10/5 Minnesota State Crookston, Minn. W, 3-0 10/11 at MSU Moorhead Moorhead, Minn. 7 p.m. 10/12 at Northern State Aberdeen, S.D. 5 p.m. 10/18 Minot State Crookston, Minn. 7 p.m. 10/19 U-Mary Crookston, Minn. 4 p.m. 10/22 at Bemidji State Bemidji, Minn. 7 p.m. 10/25 at Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, S.D. 7 p.m. 10/26 at#7SWMinnesotaState Marshall, Minn. 3 p.m. 11/1 #10 Wayne State Crookston, Minn. 7 p.m. 11/2 Augustana Crookston, Minn. 3 p.m. 11/8 at Minnesota State Mankato, Minn. 7 p.m. 11/9 at #1Concordia-St. Paul St. Paul, Minn. 4 p.m. 11/15 Winona State Crookston, Minn. 6 p.m. 11/16 Upper Iowa Crookston, Minn. 4 p.m.