2017
VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW 2017
S
pring Hill College (SHC) volleyball
fighting in the early stages of the season.
comes back a team composed of
offense with sophomores Cassidi Sterrett
head coach Peggy Martin wel-
eight sophomores and six fresh-
men out of a roster of 20 student-athletes to start the 2017 season, but she is confi-
dent that her players are ready to meet the challenge ahead. “We are already working well together,” she says. “When replacing four starters you have your work cut out
for you. Two of our seniors last year were four-year starters on the outside, so our
experience in that position is lacking, but overall I am very pleased with the com-
petition at every position and everyone is working hard to pull it all together.”
The Badgers lost three of their top six
scorers in 2016 to graduation. Still, Martin sees her returning players as more than
equal to the challenge of making up those lost points. “On the outside, sophomores Payton Gidney (Grapevine, Texas) and
Taylor Hurst (Gulf Shores, Ala.) have been
handling the bulk of the swings and doing well,” she says. “Freshman Allison Weimer (Covington, La.) is also looking very good
while trying new positions. She literally can play them all and we love her versatility.
Sophomore Sarah Senft (Spring
Grove, Pa.) was our “go-to” on the right
side last year as a freshmen and has had a great pre-season.”
Feeding the scorers this year will be
incoming transfer junior Hannah Fromdahl of Mobile, Ala., who comes to the Badgers after an All-Panhandle Conference career at Pensacola State College in Florida and sophomore Emmarose Neibert of Ar-
nold, Mo., who saw action in 44 sets as a freshman. Junior Grace Herrington from Gainesville, Fla., will also see time as the
SHC signal caller as the season progresses.
Offensively, Martin is not quite sat-
isfied, but she likes the way her team is
“Our defense is definitely ahead of our (Lee’s Summit, Mo.) and Brittany Bilotti (Miami, Fla.) along with red shirt junior
Randi De’Armitt (New Orleans, La.) leading
the way,” she says. “If we want to be a great defense then our blocking still needs to improve and that usually takes time to develop.”
Overall, Martin sees this year’s team
featuring a deep bench particularly at
the net and on defense. “We have a lot of depth in the middle with our only senior Katelyn Bobinger (Mobile) leading the
way,” she says. “Transfer junior Morgan
Eiland (Mobile) is holding down the other
middle blocking position, but competition from freshmen Mary Keller (Kansas City,
Mo.) and junior Emily Greim (McKinney, Texas) and a slew of other middles will
continue. Setting is a work in progress with Neibert and Fromdahl sharing the load in
a 6-2 system. Senft, Weimer or sophomore Emily Sullivan (Chicago, Ill.) will play the right side positions while Sterrett really
looks good at the libero spot with De’Armitt at the defensive specialist position.”
Adding to the Badger weapons in
reserve will be sophomore middle hitter Patty Blood of Cincinnati, Ohio, and red
shirt freshman Angele McClain from New
Orleans as well as freshmen Paige Pappas and Ryann Horkavy from Chicago along with Rebecca Moore of Grand Bay, Ala.
With such a young team and so many
new faces, Martin sees the challenge this year as being how quickly her team can
come together as a cohesive unit. “We will really only have two returning upperclass-
men on the court to start the season which is a huge challenge in our sport,” she says. “We will make mistakes, but work very hard to grow up quickly.”
GENERAL FACTS:
COACHING STAFF Dr. Peggy Martin - Head Coach - 8th season
Mobile Sports Hall of Fame member Dr. Peggy Martin is in her eighth season as the head volleyball coach at Spring Hill College. In 2011, 2012 and 2013, she directed SHC to three consecutive NAIA National Tournament appearances for the first time in program history. The Badgers also won their second consecutive Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) regular season championship in 2013 with a perfect 14-0 mark and were the SSAC Tournament for the first time in school history. As she begins her 42nd season as a collegiate head coach, Martin opens 2016 with a career record of 1,282-336-8 (.791) including a 218-55 (.799) record with the Badgers. Martin holds the most wins in the history of NCAA Division II after 33 consecutive winning seasons at the University of Central Missouri where she compiled a 1,064-281-8 record. At the end of the 2008 season she retired as the Jennies’ coach and returned to her hometown of Mobile, but the opportunity to coach at SHC was too tempting to pass up. Over 33 seasons at UCMO, Martin never suffered a losing season, won 25 matches in 31 consecutive seasons and won or shared 19 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association titles. Her teams made a record 25 consecutive NCAA Div. II Tournament appearances, reached the “Elite Eight” six times and finished as the National Runner-up in 1987. She has won 22 Coach of the Year Awards including the 1987 NCAA Division II National Coach of Year Award. In college, she played at Indiana University and led the women’s basketball team to three consecutive national tournament berths while winning four letters in softball and three letters in field hockey. She completed her bachelor’s degree at IU in 1972 and earned a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro in 1974. In 1980, she completed her doctorate in physical education at Indiana University.
Shawn Taylor - Assistant Coach – 2 seasons
Shawn Taylor joined the SHC staff in 2015 after three seasons with the University of South Alabama (USA) Jaguars under head coach Amy Hendrichovsky where he helped develop three all-conference student-athletes including the 2013 Sun Belt Conference (SBC) Freshman of the Year Mechell Daniel. In 2017, Taylor accepted the head coach position of the SHC Beach Volleyball team and led the Badgers to the first winning season in the three-year history of the program with a 17-16 record. Before his tenure at USA, Taylor spent two seasons as the top assistant at Arkansas State University (ASU) under head coach Justin Ingram. In his two seasons in Jonesboro, the Red Wolves posted an overall record of 38-22 and a 23-9 mark in the league. The Red Wolves finished 2010 as co-champions of the SBC West Division with an 11-5 conference record and won an outright division title in 2011 with 21 overall wins and a 12-4 conference mark. Taylor earned his master’s degree in college student personnel from KSU in 2006 and his bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from Graceland in 2004 where he played for the Yellowjackets from 1999-2002.
Landen Lake - Student Assistant
Institution: Spring Hill College City/State/Zip: Mobile, AL 36608 Founded: 1830 Enrollment: 1,500 Nickname: Badgers School Colors: Purple, white Home Facility: Library Field Capacity: 500 Affiliation: NCAA Division II Conference: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic President: Christopher Puto, Ph.D. Athletic Director: Jim Hall Alma Mater: Grinnell College, 1995 Compliance: Chad LeBlanc Faculty Athletic Representative: Steven Almquist, Ph.D. Athletic Department Phone: 251-380-3485 Athletic Department Fax: 251-460-2196 Sports Information Director: Jim Stennett Alma Mater: Mississippi State, 1990 SID Phone: 251-380-4468 SID Email: jstennett@shc.edu Athletic Web Site: www.shcbadgers.com Twitter: SHCBADGERS Facebook: SHCBADGERS Instagram: SHCBADGERS COACHING STAFF: Head Coach: Dr. Peggy Martin Alma Mater: Indiana University (1972) Record at Spring Hill: 218-55 (.799) (8 seasons) Career record: 1,282-336-8 (.791) (41 seasons) Office Phone: (251) 380-3485 Assistant Coach: Shawn Taylor (2 seasons) Head Athletic Trainer: Dani Ellis, ATC Athletic Trainer’s Phone: 251-380-3493 TEAM INFORMATION: 2016 Overall Record: 27-5 2016 Conference: 18-0 Last Postseason: 2013 NAIA Final Site Pool Play Last Postseason Opponent: Weyland Baptist Last Postseason Result: L; 1-3 2016 Final NCAA Ranking: n/a Starters returning: 4 + Libero Starters Lost: 2 First season: 1977-80; 2001 Overall Program Record: 380-188 (.669) (since 2001)
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2017 ROSTER No. Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Pos.
Class Ht.
Payton Gidney OH So. Emmarose Neibert S So. Paige Pappas OH Fr. Hannah Fromdahl S Jr. Brittany Bilotti DS So. Cassidi Sterrett L/DS So. Allison Weimer OH Fr. Emily Sullivan RS/OH So. Rebecca Moore S/DS Fr. Mary Keller MH/OH Fr. Emily Greim MH Jr. Angele McClain MH R-Fr. Patty Blood MH So. Katelyn Bobinger MH Sr. Morgan Eiland MH/RS Jr. Grace Herrington S/DS Jr. Sarah Senft RS So. Randi De’Armitt OH R-Jr. Taylor Hurst OH So. Ryann Horkavy MH/RS Fr.
5-9 5-7 5-11 5-9 5-6 5-7 5-10 5-9 5-6 6-0 5-9 5-10 5-11 6-0 6-2 5-8 5-10 5-9 5-11 5-11
Exp. Hometown/Previous School(s) 1L 1L HS TR 1L 1L HS 1L HS HS 2L RS 1L 2L TR 2L 1L 2L 1L HS
Grapevine, Texas/Grapevine HS Arnold, Mo./Fox Senior HS Chicago, Ill./Mother McAuley HS Mobile, Ala./Baker HS Miami, Fla./Our Lady of Lourdes Academy Lee’s Summit, Mo./Lee’s Summit HS Covington, La./St. Scholastica Academy Chicago, Ill./Marist HS Grand Bay, Ala./Alma Bryant HS Kansas City, Mo./St. Teresa’s Academy McKinney, Texas/McKinney North HS New Orleans, La./Isidore Newman School Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS Mobile, Ala./McGill-Toolen Catholic HS Mobile, Ala./St. Paul’s Episcopal School Gainesville, Fla./Saint Francis Catholic HS Spring Grove, Pa./Delone Catholic HS New Orleans, La./Archbishop Chapelle HS Gulf Shores, Ala./Gulf Shores HS Chicago, Ill./Marist HS
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Payton Gidney Sophomore
Allison Weimer Freshman
Patty Blood Sophomore
Taylor Hurst Sophomore
Emmarose Neibert Sophomore
Emily Sullivan Sophomore
Katelyn Bobinger Senior
Paige Pappas Freshman
Rebecca Moore Freshman
Morgan Eiland Junior
Hannah Fromdahl Junior
Mary Keller Freshman
Grace Herrington Junior
Brittany Bilotti Sophomore
Emily Greim Junior
Sarah Senft Sophomore
Ryann Horkavy Freshman
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Cassidi Sterrett Sophomore
Angele McClain R-Freshman
Randi De’Armitt R-Junior
2016 RESULTS Date
Opponent
Site
Sept. 1
at Mississippi College vs. William Carey University
Clinton, Miss. Clinton, Miss.
W; 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-20) W; 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-15)
2016 Hilton Garden Inn South UAH Classic; Huntsville, Ala. Sept. 2 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan College vs. Ouachita Baptist University Sept. 3 at University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Ala. Huntsville, Ala. Huntsville, Ala.
W; 3-1 (20-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-16) L; 1-3 (22-25, 17-25, 25-22, 25-27) L; 1-3 (24-26, 18-25, 25-19, 17-25)
SIAC West Division Cluster; Frankfort, Ky. Sept. 9 *vs. LeMoyne-Owen College *at. Kentucky State University Sept. 10 *vs. Central State University *vs. Lane College
Frankfort, Ky. Frankfort, Ky. Frankfort, Ky. Frankfort, Ky.
W; 3-0 (25-9, 25-5, 25-15) W; 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-19) W; 3-0 (25-11, 25-12, 25-10) W; 3-0 (25-9, 25-7, 25-6)
Sept. 13 Sept. 15
Mobile, Ala. New Orleans, La.
L; 1-3 (25-21, 21-25, 20-25, 24-26) W; 3-0 (26-24, 25-22, 25-13)
Albany, Ga. Albany, Ga. Albany, Ga. Albany, Ga. Albany, Ga. Albany, Ga.
W; 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-20) W; 3-0 (25-10, 25-14, 25-16) W; 3-0 (29-27, 25-11, 25-14) W; 3-0 (25-4, 25-23, 25-15) W; 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-15) W; 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-16)
Home
W; 3-1 (25-14, 25-14, 22-25, 25-17)
Tuskegee, Ala. Tuskegee, Ala. Tuskegee, Ala. Tuskegee, Ala. Tuskegee, Ala. Tuskegee, Ala.
W; 3-0 (25-9, 25-18, 25-12) W; 3-0 (25-8, 25-17, 25-13) W; 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-13) W; 3-0 (25-8, 25-8, 25-9) W; 3-0 (25-9, 25-6, 25-12) W; 3-0 (25-5, 25-10, 25-14)
Albany State University University of Mobile Southern University at New Orleans vs. University of West Alabama
Home Home Home Pensacola, Fla.
W; 3-0 (27-25, 25-20, 25-14) W; 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-19) W; 3-0 (25-19, 25-11, 25-10) L; 0-3 (19-25, 17-25, 18-25)
Xavier University (La.) *Tuskegee University
Home Home
W; 3-0 (25-22, 25-29, 25-23) W; 3-0 (25-13, 25-10, 25-9)
at University of Mobile at Xavier University (La.)
SIAC Crossover Tournament; Albany, Ga. *vs. Clarke Atlanta University Sept. 22 *vs. Fort Valley State University *vs. Paine College *vs. Claflin University Sept. 23 *at Albany State University *vs. Benedict College Sept. 24 Sept. 28
Loyola University (La.)
SIAC West Division Cluster; Tuskegee, Ala. *vs. Miles College Oct. 16 *vs. Lane College *at Tuskegee University *vs. Central State University Oct. 7 *vs. LeMoyne-Owen College *vs. Kentucky State University Oct. 11 Oct. 13 Oct. 18 Oct. 22
Oct. 24 Nov. 4
at University of West Florida
* SIAC matches
2016 SIAC FINAL STANDINGS Team East Claflin Clark Atlanta Albany State Benedict Fort Valley State Paine
SIAC
Overall
14-3 13-5 11-7 9-6 5-12 5-15
15-6 14-13 16-15 14-12 7-13 7-19
Pensacola, Fla.
Team West Spring Hill* Kentucky State Tuskegee LeMoyne-Owen Miles Central State Lane
Result
L; 0-3 (11-25, 16-25, 18-25)
SIAC
Overall
18-0 14-5 12-8 7-7 5-10 2-16 1-16
27-5 20-17 12-18 8-15 11-19 2-26 4-25
* Not eligible for the SIAC Tournament during NCAA reclassification
2017 SCHEDULE Date
Opponent
Site
Time
Sept. 5 Sept. 7
Mississippi College at Xavier University (La.)
Home New Orleans, La.
6 p.m. 6 p.m.
Univ. of Mobile Univ. of Mobile Univ. of Mobile
9 a.m. 2 p.m. 10 a.m.
New Orleans, La.
6 p.m.
SIAC Crossover Tournament; September 21-23, 2017 Sept. 21 *vs. Benedict College *vs. Albany State University *vs. Paine College Sept. 22 *vs. Claflin University *vs. Fort Valley State University *vs. Clark Atlanta University
Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala.
10 a.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 a.m. 12 p.m. 10 a.m.
SIAC West Division Cluster; September 29-30, 2017 Sept. 29 *at Central State University *vs. Kentucky State University *vs. LeMoyne-Owen College Sept. 30 *vs. Lane College *vs. Miles College
Wilberforce, Ohio Wilberforce, Ohio Wilberforce, Ohio Wilberforce, Ohio Wilberforce, Ohio
University of Mobile Tournament; September 8-9, 2017 Sept. 8 at University of Mobile vs. Southern University at New Orleans Sept. 9 vs. Reinhardt University
vs. University of St. Thomas (Houston)
Sept. 14
at Southern University at New Orleans
Oct. 3 Oct. 6
Oct. 12
Univ. of Mobile
11 a.m. (EST) 1 p.m. (EST) 5 p.m. (EST) 9 a.m. (EST) 11 a.m. (EST)
*at Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, Ala.
6 p.m.
vs. University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Ala.
8 p.m.
at Auburn University Montgomery
12 p.m.
Xavier University (La.)
Montgomery, Ala.
Home
SIAC West Division Cluster; October 13-14, 2017 Oct. 13 *Central State University *Kentucky State University *LeMoyne-Owen College Oct. 14 *Lane College *Miles College Oct. 17 Oct. 19
at Loyola University (La.) Southern University at New Orleans
Oct. 21 Oct. 31 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 6
vs. Auburn University Montgomery at University of Montevallo Auburn University Montgomery Valdosta State University University of Mobile *Tuskegee University (Senior Night)
*SIAC match
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6 p.m.
6 p.m.
Home Home Home Home Home
11 a.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3 p.m.
New Orleans, La. Home
6 p.m. 6 p.m.
Montevallo, Ala. Montevallo, Ala. Home Home Home Home
2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m.