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Sept. 2, 2008

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THIS WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE

Tuesday, Sept. 2
Loyola at Chicago State, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 3
Marian at Butler, 6 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 5
# Milwaukee at Bradley, 10 a.m.
$ UIC vs. UTEP, 11 a.m.
? Valparaiso at Indiana, 12:30 p.m.
+ Bucknell at Loyola, 1 p.m.
% Cleveland State vs. Towson, 4:30 p.m.
^ Youngstown St. vs. Norfolk St., 4:30 p.m.
& Butler vs. Austin Peay, 5 p.m.
@ Wright State vs. Connecticut, 5 p.m.
? Valparaiso vs. Louisville, 5:30 p.m.
! Drake at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
$ UIC at North Dakota State, 8 p.m.
+ UT-Martin at Loyola, 8:30 p.m.
# Milwaukee vs. Eastern Michigan, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 6
& Butler vs. Loyola College (Md.), 10 a.m.
^ Youngstown St. vs. Howard, 10 a.m.
! Fresno State at Green Bay, 12 p.m.
@ Wright State at Albany, 12 p.m.
? Valparaiso vs. Wake Forest, 12:30 p.m.
% Cleveland State vs. Northwestern, 1 p.m.
+ Sam Houston State at Loyola, 1 p.m.
$ UIC vs. Northern Colorado, 2 p.m.
# Milwaukee vs. SIU-Edwardsville, 2:30 p.m.
@ Wright State vs. Buffalo, 5 p.m.
& Butler at Kennesaw State, 7 p.m.
^ Youngstown State at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
% Cleveland State at Dayton, 7:30 p.m.
! Northern Arizona vs. Green Bay, 8 p.m.
+ Evansville at Loyola, 8:30 p.m.

NOTE: All times Eastern Daylight (EDT)

# Wyndham Invite in East Peoria, Ill.
$ Doublewood Inn Classic in Fargo, N.D.
% Dayton Flyer Invite in Dayton, Ohio
& Owls Challenge in Kennesaw, Ga.
@ UAlbany Classic in Albany, N.Y.
^ 49er Tournament in Charlotte, N.C.
? Adidas Classic in Bloomington, Ind.
+ Loyola Invitational in Chicago, Ill.
! Country Inn & Suites Classic in Green Bay, Wis.


BUTLER BULLDOGS

  • Butler picked up a pair of wins in its first weekend of the season, tallying a 3-1 victory over host UTEP on Aug. 29 before scoring a 3-0 sweep of NJIT on Aug. 30.
  • The Bulldogs held NJIT to an .070 hitting percentage and just 25 kills while recording a season-high 10 blocks as a team.
  • Newcomer Kelsey Labrum notched a double-double (17 kills + 12 digs) in her Butler debut against UTEP.

    CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS
  • Cleveland State went 1-2 at the Northern Illinois Invitational over the weekend, posting a losing record at a tournament for the first time since Aug. 30-31, 2001.
  • Freshman Jordan Goad collected 21 assists and four aces in her first career start -- against Chicago State on Aug. 30.
  • The Vikings hit .392 vs. Chicago State while holding the Cougars to a -.078 attack percentage.

    GREEN BAY PHOENIX
  • Green Bay has already picked up two victories on the season. Last year, the Phoenix took nine matches to reach that total.
  • Green Bay will host the Country Inn & Suites Classic on Friday and Saturday.

    LOYOLA RAMBLERS
  • Loyola knocked off DePaul and Northwestern to claim the Chicagoland Challenge Championship.
  • Junior Dana VanDiggelen collected 37 kills (4.11 kpg) and 33 digs (3.67 dpg) en route to earning Most Valuable Player honors at the Chicagoland Challenge.

    MILWAUKEE PANTHERS
  • Milwaukee's win over No. 18 Iowa State was its first over a nationally-ranked foe since 1999.
  • Milwaukee faced three NCAA Tournament teams (Ole Miss, Iowa State & Illinois State) during the first weekend of 2008. The Panthers have two more non-league matches against NCAA Tournament foes (Florida A&M & Michigan State).
  • Milwaukee defeated Ole Miss by a whopping 25-6 count in game four on Aug. 29, but the Rebels hung on for a five-set victory over the Panthers.

    UIC FLAMES
  • Senior Kristen Hunt was named to the Chicagoland Challenge All-Tournament Team with 22 kills and a team-best .340 attack percentage.
  • Junior Katerina Hanackova tallied 22 kills and team-high 34 digs in the tournament.
  • Junior Lana Lobdell registered 17 kills, four blocks and hit .326 in the tourney.

    VALPARAISO CRUSADERS
  • Valparaiso knocked off Nevada, IPFW and Big East foe Notre Dame en route to a Shamrock Invitational Championship over the weekend.
  • The win over Notre Dame was just Valpo's second as a Division-I school.Head coach Carin Avery notched her 150th win at Valpo on Aug. 31.

    WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS
  • Wright State dropped all three of its matches in the Bearcat Invitational at the University of Cincinnati.
  • The Raiders had four individuals with 20+ kills and four individuals with 20+ digs during the first weekend of the season.

    YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS
  • Senior Ebony Barbosa showed improvement during each match of the Ohio State Sports Imports Classic over the weekend. The outside hitter went from hitting -.091 (4K-6E-22TA) to notching YSU's only double-double against Toledo (14K-15D).
  • Youngstown State's victory over Toledo was its first in the head-to-head series since 1999. The win was also head coach Joe Bonner's 30th in just over three years with the Penguins.

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