Minnesota Crookston Volleyball
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Week 6 #UMCvolleyballNotes Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles
1. Can the Golden Eagles find consistency in the 6-2 like they did against Minnesota State?
Head Coach: Lee Anderson Record at UMC: 51-140 Season at UMC: Eighth Season
2. Will Becca Vandenheuvel be the permanent solution at libero
Winona State Warriors
Head Coach: Joe Getzin Record: 11-3 Season at WSU: First Season
3. Can Brittany Looker continue to build on the success she has had through first 16 matches? 4. Can the Golden Eagles improve their standing in the league with a successful home weekend against Winona State and Upper Iowa? 5. Will Brittany Looker get her 1,000th dig this weekend to become the third player in school history to have 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs.
Upper Iowa Peacocks
Head Coach: Aaron Nelson Record: 8-8 Season at NSU: Fourth Season
Oct. 10-11, 2014 • CROOKSTON, Minn.• Lysaker Gymnasium Oct. 10 - 7 p.m. vs. Winona State Oct. 11 - 4 p.m. vs Upper Iowa Video: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/crk/#liveEventsTab Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/umcrookston/wvball/
#RecordSetter 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 7 p.m. 11 Upper Iowa 4 p.m. 14 at St. Cloud State 7 p.m. 17 #24 Northern State 7 p.m. 18 MSU Moorhead 4 p.m. 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 #7 SMSU 4 p.m. 7 at #17 Wayne State 7 p.m. 8 at #21 Augustana 3 p.m.
1,277 Kills 979 digs Senior outside hitter Brittany Looker finally broke Allison Kluck’s record with her 13th kill against seven-time defending National Champion Concordia University, St. Paul last Saturday. Looker now has 1,277 alltime kills in her career. She is just 21 digs away from 1,000 digs, which would make her the third player in school history to record over 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs joining Joan Ebnet and Kendra Corneliusen.
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#Beatingmankato The UMC volleyball team picked up a 3-1 win over Minnesota State last Friday, their first-ever win on the road over the Mavericks. The Golden Eagles have beat Minnesota State in three of their last four meetings.
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#TakingOverLibero
13 sierra trorst 18 Kaycie Hagen
6 becca vandenheuvel
The Golden Eagles have switched to a 6-2 system, utilitizing two setters. Sierra Trost and Kaycie Hagen shared the duty last weekend. Trost averaged 5.00 assists per set while Hagen averaged 4.43 assists per set.
UMC has gone through several options at libero and utilized freshman Becca Vandenheuvel last weekend. The newcomer had 15 digs as UMC upended Minnesota State and 13 versus No. 3 Concordia-St. Paul