Volleyball Weekly Release #5
Sept. 19, 2005 Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week Jackie Rosen Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week Jenni Ramminger Other Top Performances Carl Leslie Jenny Schultz Sarah Moore Susana Henri Melissa Craig Nickole Kennedy Katarina Nedeljkovic Courtney Ashley Megan Knightly Becky Peters Abby Bergsma Taylor Gerlach Amanda Cindric Ettenhofer, Pasquinelli earn All-Tournament honors; Barbosa makes her mark Bench players step-up for Panthers; Team begins season with Chicago road trip Henri, Washington earn All-Tournament honors at Cornell Invitational Clark becomes all-time digs leader, Vikings host "block party" Flames stick close to home in season's early-goings Phoenix Claim Tournament Crown, Improve to 7-5 on the season Loyola earns first win of the season Raiders finally coming home
UW-Green Bay, Senior, OH, West Allis, Wis.
Rosen was named MVP of the Amerihost Inn Classic, leading the Phoenix to a tournament title and a 3-0 start at home. She averaged 4.0 kills, 3.0 digs and 0.93 blocks per game on the weekend. Rosen leads all Horizon League hitters with 4.55 kills per game.
Cleveland State, Freshman, MH, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ramminger averaged 2.10 blocks per game in three matches for the Vikings over the weekend. She tallied a career-high 10 blocks against San Diego State on Saturday, Sept. 16. Ramminger recorded seven blocks and two service aces in a win over Binghamton.
Leslie led the Penguins to a 3-1 record last week at the Westgate Rocket Classic, averaging 3.53 kills and 3.47 digs per game. Leslie recorded double-doubles in three of the Penguins' four matches, including a 19 kill, 15 dig performance against Fairleigh Dickinson.
Wright State, OH, Jr., Mora, Minn
Schultz earned All-Tournament team honors at the Best Western/Sycamore Inn Classic over the weekend. She recorded a career-high 23 kills against host Miami and turned in a 14 kill, five dig performance in a loss to Virginia Tech.
UW-Milwaukee, MH, Jr., Lousville, KY.
Moore was named to the All-Tournament team at the State Farm Bear Cat Invitational after posting three strong matches, including a career-best 16 kills and a .500 hitting percentage against Jacksonville State. Moore averaged 2.93 kills and 1.36 blocks per game and hit .337.
Butler, OH, Jr., Vancouver, B.C.
Henri led the Bulldogs to a second-place finish at the Cornell Invitational with an All-Tournament team performance. She posted a career-high 19 kills and 18 digs in a win over Colgate, one of three double-doubles in the Bulldog's five matches this week. Henri averaged 3.70 kills and 3.12 digs per game on the week.
Loyola, MB, So., Magnolia, Texas
Craig hammered down 29 kills while hitting at a .300 clip for the Ramblers in three weekend matches. She led the team with 10 kills in Loyola's first win of the season, a 3-0 sweep of Manhattan. Craig led the team with 10 total blocks on the week.
Cleveland State, Opp., Sr., Sunbury, Ohio
Kennedy earned her third consecutive All-Tournament Team nod by hitting .404 and averaging 4.60 kills and 1.30 blocks per game at the Mutual Medical CSU Invitational. She tallied double-digit kills in all three matches, including a season-high 21 kills against San Diego State.
UIC, OH, So., Serbia & Montenegro
Nedeljkovic tallied 66 total kills, 30 digs, six blocks and four service aces in three matches for the Flames this week. She topped the 20-kill mark in each match, including a 24 kill-performance in a loss to Rice on Friday, Sept. 16. Nedeljkovic leads the Flames with 215 total kills on the season.
Courtney Ashley posted 31 digs in Loyola's three matches this weekend after an injury to a teammate temporarily reassigned Ashley to the libero position. She recorded a season-best 19 digs against Columbia and 15 digs in the Rambler win over Manhattan. Ashley also earned All-Tournament Team honors.
Butler, L, Sr., Chicago, Ill.
Knightly pushed her double-digit dig streak to 40 matches with solid performances against Colgate (27 digs ) and LaSalle (24 digs) this weekend, before ending the steak with seven digs in a loss to Cornell. On the season, Knightly leads the Horizon League with 5.03 digs per game.
UW-Milwaukee, L, Fr., Germantown, Wis.
Peters averaged 6.50 digs per game on the week, including a school record 41 digs against George Washington, The 41 digs easily surpassed the previous record of 31 at UW-Milwaukee and were also more than any other Horizon League player in more than 16 years. She also recorded 26 digs in a loss to Cincinnati and 24 against Jacksonville State.
UW-Green Bay, MB, Fr., Appleton, Wis.
Bergsma averaged 1.21 blocks per game on the weekend, helping the Phoenix to the Amerihost Inn Classic title. She tied a school record with 10 blocks in the championship match against Western Illinois, including five in the decisive fourth game. Bergsma leads all Horizon League freshman with 1.00 blocks per game.
Wright State, L, Jr., Wheaton, Ill.
Gerlach earned All-Tournament team honors at the Miami Best Western/Sycamore Inn Classic by averaging 5.33 digs per game. She posted career-high 30 digs in a win over Northern Colorado.
Youngstown State, DS/L, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cindric helped YSU to a second-place finish at the Clarion Hotel Westgate Rocket Classic by collecting 65 total digs, an average of 4.33 per game. For the season Cindric is averaging 4.76 digs per game.
