Women's Volleyball 2015 Media Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS The Program......................................................................................... 2-5 The Coaches......................................................................................... 6-7 The Team.............................................................................................8-24 2014 Season in Review................................................................ 25-27 Program History............................................................................. 28-34 About Juniata................................................................................. 35-36 Sponsors...........................................................................................37-39 Memo to the Media.............................................................................40

In 2007, Juniata joined the Landmark Conference and won the conference title. Since then the program has won eight straight Landmark titles.

QUICK FACTS

Carli Dale became Juniata’s first AVCA Division III Player of the Year in 2004.

Location Huntingdon, Pa. Founded 1876 President James A. Troha, Ph.D. Enrollment 1,600 Colors Blue and Old Gold Nickname Eagles Mascot Alfarata “Alfie” Affiliation NCAA Division III Conference Landmark Conference Home Court Memorial Gymnasium Head Coach Heather Pavlik (Juniata ’95) Record at Juniata 111-33 / 4 seasons Career Record Same Office Phone 814.641.5320 E-mail pavlikh@juniata.edu Assistant Coach Casey Dale (Juniata ‘07) Office Phone 814.641.5321 E-mail dalec@juniata.edu 2014 Overall Record 28-8 Overall 2014 Conf. Record 7-0 Landmark Conference 2014 Postseason NCAA regional semifinals Website www.juniatasports.net

Juniata College Athletic Department Staff Directory Athletic Director/Head Men’s Basketball Coach Associate Athletic Director/Head Women’s Soccer Coach Senior Woman Administrator/Head Women’s Basketball Coach Head Athletic Trainer Asst. Athletic Trainer Asst. Athletic Trainer Strength & Conditioning Coach Director of Sports Information Asst. Director of Sports Information Athletic Dept. Admin. Assistants

Greg Curley Scott McKenzie Danny Young-Uhrich Jeff Leydig, ATC Dodie Edwards, ATC Meghan Schoff, ATC Doug Smith, CSCS David Heberger Kristin Karam Lori Hoffman Belinda Zauzig

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National Champions

4 AVCA Players of the Year Awards and 1 AVCA Rookie of the Year Award 34 NCAA Tournament appearances, 25 NCAA Tournament semifinal appearances

3 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients

1 NCAA Woman of the Year (Pennsylvania)

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VOLLEYBALL

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40 All-Americans, with 69 All-America certificates 1,363–225 All-time program record, 67–23 against Division I opponents

5 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans 2 College Division Academic All-Americans of the Year 3

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Division III volleyball’s least popular gym*

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t’s loud, it’s intense and it’s home to one of the most respected women’s volleyball programs in the country.

The Kennedy Sports and Recreation Center has been the home of Juniata volleyball since the program’s founding in 1977. With permanent seating for 950 and a total seating capacity of 1,350 with auxiliary seating, Kennedy gets packed with students and fans during volleyball matches.

The upper mezzanine allows fans to get different perspectives on play and enhances the fan experience. The mezzanine also helps trap sound at floor level, intensifying the volume.

If you look to the ceiling, you’ll see the National Championship banners flying proudly as a reminder to everyone the history of excellence that the program has.

All of this combines to give Juniata a huge home court advantage. Over the program’s entire history, Juniata has lost just 38 matches on the Kennedy Sports and Recreation Center court.

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* Unless you’re wearing a Juniata uniform...

Members of the 2014 Juniata women’s volleyball team collect their Landmark Conference champions t-shirts after defeating Susquehanna University three sets to none.

40 AVCA All-Americans. 34 NCAA tournament appearances. 2 NCAA National Championship Titles.

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hen the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center was completed in 1983, the Juniata College campus had an athletic facility to match any in the Middle Atlantic Conference.

During the summer of 1997, the addition of the F. Samuel and Martha A. Brumbaugh Strength and Fitness Center on the lower level of the Center catapulted the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center onto a short list of the finest NCAA Division III facilities in the nation.

In order to meet the growing demands of the student-athletes and community using the center, the Brumbaugh Center underwent an expansion in the summer of 2015. The two walls between the fitness center and the mat room were knocked

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down and two new walls went up to connect the two rooms. This expansion added roughly 600 square feet to the center. The new weight room area and the four additional team fitness areas amount to approximately 10,000 square feet.

Inside the main center are a number of cardiovascular machines, including tredmills, ellipticals, stairsteppers and bikes. Free weights and bodyweight exercise equipment are set up according to the many workout plans head strength and conditioning coach Doug SMith has developed for the student-athletes.

“The larger space helps section out the weight room better,” Smith said. “We have between seven and nine different areas that have their own focuses, whether it

be strength, power, etc. The larger space makes training a lot safer for all the athletes.”

The expanded fitness center will also be put to good use by community members and the faculty. Having access to a stateof-the-art facility is beneficial to all those looking to improve their health and fitness.

The recent renovations were made possible by the support of community members Ed and Carol Anderson. Ed regularly uses the facility and saw an opportunity to help those in the Huntingdon area.

The process took just over one month to complete. First, the hallway was expanded.

Then as the new walls were going up, new lighting was being installed. Eventually the new flooring came in and the redesign came. Under the direction of Coach Smith, the center was reorganized into different focus areas.

“The renovation keeps us competitive,” Smith said. “Health and fitness is the trend right now and having an upgraded facility is important in helping us grow as a community and a college.”

When Sam and Martha Brumbaugh gave their gift to Juniata College, the fitness center became recognized as one of the top training facilities in the area. Because of his expert knowledge in strength and conditioning, Coach Smith is always looking for new ways to help the community and the Juniata studentathletes train in a more effective and safe way. The latest renovation has given him a space he feels will greatly benefit all those that come through the door.

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H E A D C O A C H H E AT H E R PAV L I K THE PROGRAM

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eather Pavlik enters her fifth season at the head of Juniata College women’s volleyball. Since taking over the program from her mentor and former coach Larry Bock, Pavlik has continued to make Juniata one of the top programs in the country.

Making the transition from assistant coach to head coach was both smooth and challenging, Pavlik said.

“I had played for Larry and worked with him, so from the standpoint of the nuts and bolts stuff, it was smooth,” Pavlik said. “I had been involved with the incoming recruits and coached the athletes that were already there.”

Relating to the players as a head coach was the challenging part.

“That took a little while for me to settle into,” Pavlik said. “You have to figure out how to relate to them as a head coach and not an assistant. It was harder than I thought but I was able to figure it out.”

Putting together her own staff was another challenge that Pavlik took on. She didn’t have an assistant coach until the Spring of her first season. Now she’s been able to get back-to-back Landmark Coach of the Year awards (2013&2014).

“The team loves Casey and Steve and they bring different things to the table,” Pavlik said.

“They’re an amazing wealth of knowledge. The experiences they’ve had combined with mine generate a lot of ideas and positive results.”

Over her first four seasons she has amassed an impressive 111-33 overall record (.770 winning percentage). Pavlik has extended the Eagles’ all-time winning streak against Landmark Conference opponents to 64-0. In 2014, the Eagles entered their 34th straight NCAA tournament. They defeated Franciscan three sets to none before falling in the regional semifinals to the eventual national champions, Hope, 3-2.

The 2014 season produced four All-Landmark Conference selections, four AVCA All-Region selections, three Landmark players of the year, four ECAC South All-Star selections, six Landmark academic honor roll selections and one Landmark all-sportsmanship selection.

Under Pavlik’s leadership, Juniata has continued its streak of being the only program to qualify for every Division III women’s volleyball

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Years Coaching: 21st at Juniata (5th as head coach) Overall Record: 111-33 (24-0 Landmark) Alma Mater: Juniata College, 1995 Major: Biology Hometown: Johnstown, Pa. Honors: Landmark Conference Coach of the Year (2013&2014), ECAC South Co-Coach of the Year (2014), AVCA Mid-Athlantic Regional Coach of the Year (2013), Juniata Sports Hall of Fame Inductee (2005), Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2000) championship. In her 15 seasons as assistant and later associate head coach, the Eagles amassed a 493-63 record, and won two NCAA Division III national championship titles (2004 and 2006).

The 2004 championship is a moment that will always stay with Pavlik.

“We had Erin Dodson with us, who was struggling with brain cancer at the time,” Pavlik said. “She was able to be there. The thing that

sticks out to me, every bit as much as hoisting up that trophy, is going to her room to see her. That one will forever be burned into my memory.”

One of the most important things Pavlik hopes her players take away from their experience at Juniata is how to deal with change.

“The better you get at being comfortable in uncomfortable situations, the more you grow,” Pavlik said. “I want them to take away perseverance, toughness and all the things that are going to set them up to be successful later in life.”

During her tenure with Juniata women’s volleyball, the Eagles have produced 26 AllAmericans, with 46 All-America certificates.

Pavlik also served as an assistant coach with the Juniata men’s volleyball program from 1998 through 2001. The Eagles captured their first Molten Division III Invitational title in 1998 with Pavlik as an assistant coach, as well as the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Division III crown.

Juniata captured its second EIVA Division III title in 1999, while placing fourth at the Molten Invitational.

A 1995 graduate of Juniata College with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, Pavlik earned AVCA First-team All-America honors in 1992, 1993, and 1994. She is a 2005 inductee into the Juniata College Sports Hall of Fame, and was one of six former collegiate players named to the NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Silver Anniversary Team. Pavlik was also named to the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) All-Century team for her outstanding play as a student-athlete.

40 AVCA All-Americans. 34 NCAA tournament appearances. 2 NCAA National Championship Titles.

CASEY DALE Assistant Coach

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Hometown: Cochranton, PA Major: Elementary and Special Education Alma Mater: Juniata‘07

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asey Dale enters his second season as the assistant coach for the women’s volleyball team at Juniata College.

In his first season, Dale helped the team to a 28-8 record, a Landmark Championship and an NCAA tournament appearance.

One of the many reasons Dale was excited to return to Juniata was because of the community surrounding the college.

“I knew Juniata would still be very similar, in terms of people that still worked here, to what it was like when I graduated,” Dale said. “The people are what makes Juniata such a special place.”

Now that he’s got his first year as an assistant coach for the Eagles under his belt, Dale hopes he can continue to make an impact on the student-athletes.

“One of the things I think I need to work on is building better connections with the players,” Dale said. “Not just showing up to practice and giving them direction on the court but making the effort to be there early before practices just to see how their day is going and things like that.”

Before returning to his alma mater, Dale spent two seasons as an assistant coach with Washington and Lee University’s women’s volleyball team and then five seasons as the head coach at Transylvania University.

At Transylvania, Casey finished his first season in seventh in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) before leading the program to its first ever league title in 2010 and repeating in 2011 and 2012. He was named HCAC Coach of the Year in 2010 and was twice a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association Thirty Under 30 award that recognizes the top 30 coaches in the country under the age of thirty, in 2010 and 2011.

The 2007 graduate served as a studentassistant with Juniata women’s team for two years including the teams’ second NCAA Division III National Championship in 2006.

“It was very refreshing to come back into an atmosphere where the players dedicate themselves to the program and their academics,” Dale said.

“For the most part, they all have the same goal

and that’s to win a national championship. It’s great to see that type of focus and attitude.”

During Dale’s time with the Pioneers he coached 19 players to All-HCAC honors, seven All-Freshman HCAC team members, and the 2010 HCAC Defensive Player of the Year. The team accumulated an overall record of 103-65 under Dale’s tutelage and an HCAC record of 34-11. Dale also served as a physical education coach in both weight straining and volleyball at Transylvania and Washington and Lee.

STEPHEN ANKNEY

DOUG SMITH, CSCS

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Strength & Conditioning Coach

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA Major: Political Science & Pre-Law Alma Mater: Ohio Northern‘12

Hometown: Eau Gallie, FL Major: Exercise Science Alma Mater: West Virginia State‘ 82

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tephen Ankney is heading into his third season as a volunteer assistant coach at Juniata.

His primary role at the college is an academic counselor and resident director at the college.

Ankney said that the environment and people within the volleyball program make volunteering his time worth it.

“The dedication of the players and the coaching staff shines through in everything that we do,” Ankney said. “That’s a really addicting thing to be a part of.”

Juniata volleyball is wellrespected in the volleyball world and having the opportunity to play a role in their continued success is something Ankney takes pride in.

“I’ve come to really care about the team over my time here,” Ankney said. “I really enjoy helping out.”

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Ankney said that he continues to be impressed by his colleagues and is thankful for the opportunity to put in the time and effort towards the team’s success.

Before coming to Juniata, Ankney coached the Pittsburgh Renaissance 15-Red women’s team to the 2012-13 Keystone Regional Volleyball Association (KRVA) winter championship title. He also served as an assistant coach for the Obama Academy of International Studies women’s team in the fall of 2012.

At Ohio Northern University, Ankney competed for four years as a member of the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation Division II men’s club program as a middle blocker.

The team finished in the top-10 of the NCVF standings during three of his four years with the program, including a third place finish in 2009.

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s one of the most respected strength and conditioning coaches in the country, Juniata College has a true asset with Doug Smith. Coach Smith has been a full-time strength coach at Juniata since 1997 and has built a reputation for himself and the program that demands respect.

He was named the 2015 National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Coach of the Year and is the director of one of the most prestigious Strength and Conditioning Clinics in the country.

Smith was also featured on Iron Game Chalk Talk, a webinar with Ron McKeefery, M.A, MSCCC, CSCS, this past summer.

In 2009, he was named the Division III Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by Samsun Equipment/American Football Monthly.

He coordinates workouts for each of Juniata’s 17 varsity sports, while

managing all other fitness center responsibilities. Following the programs laid out by Coach Smith allows every Juniata athlete to maximize their abilities, and compete with the top athletes in all of Division III. Smith has trained 83 All-American athletes and designed workouts for 8 national championship teams.

Coach Smith has certifications by the NSCA, USA Weightlifting Federation, the National Academy of Sports Medicine and American Red Cross.

His numerous qualifications and vast knowledge combine with his passion for helping athletes succeed help Juniata’s athletes push themselves to reach their potential.

Smith has worked with the Texas Rangers as a spring training consultant and various competitive colleges throughout his career, including Penn State’s football team.

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In 2014, the Juniata women’s volleyball team continued their reign in the Landmark Conference, winning their eighth straight conference title, and made their 34th straight NCAA tournament appearance. Their NCAA journey was ended in the regional semifinal round of the tournament by a 2-3 decision against eventual NCAA champions Hope.

Juniata returns with an experienced group of starters for the 2015 season. Head coach Heather Pavlik has noticed a focused, motivated attitude from her returners during preseason practices.

“The upperclassmen have been doing a good job of setting an example and holding everybody accountable,” Pavlik said. “There’s a high level of motivation right now.”

Notable returners include juniors Nakita Gearhart , Kelly Reynolds and Mar-Jana Phillips. Gearhart, a co-captain this season along with senior Kristin Collins, was named MVP of the Landmark tournament last season. She received AVCA Division III Player of the Week recognition that week, making her the first Juniata athlete to receive the honors since 2009 (Paige Johnston). Gearhart recorded 13 kills with a .417 hitting percentage in the championship match.

Reynolds comes in as one of the top setters in the conference. She already has her name in the record books for Juniata and still has two seasons left to play. Reynolds is currently 10th in career assists at 2,151. Both Gearhart and Reynolds were named to First Team All-Landmark in 2014.

Phillips earned Second Team All-Landmark honors and was named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team. She recorded 272 kills in the 2014 season, averaging 2.62 kills per set.

Also returning to the Eagles in 2015 is sophomore Megan Moroney. Moroney was named the Landmark Conference’s Rookie of the Year in 2014. The middle hitter led the Eagles with 80 blocks, ranked third in the conference with 69 assisted blocks and had a .312 hitting percentage that also ranked third in the conference.

The combination of a strong group of returners and a talented freshman class resulted in the Eagles being voted No. 10 by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) to start the 2015 season.

Ahead of Juniata according to the AVCA are three competitors that lie ahead in this year’s schedule, No. 2 Emory, No. 4 Wittenberg and No. 6 Christopher Newport.

Pavlik, along with assistant coach Casey Dale and volunteer assistant Steve Ankney, put together a challenging schedule that will push and test their team’s will to succeed.

“Those three (Emory, Wittenberg and Christopher Newport) will be tough for sure,” Pavlik said. “They’re all very, very competitive programs and we’ll be on the road for them too. We’ve got to get good at playing at home and on the road so those will present really good challenges for us.”

The freshman class has been pushing themselves to get their play up to speed for the upcoming challenges ahead. Pavlik said that the class is adapting very well so

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far, largely due to the support of the upperclassmen.

“They’ve been very giving and selfless,” Pavlik said.

“They really want to help the freshmen be able to settle in quickly. You don’t always know how long it will take to get each of them to catch up to the speed of the game and this older group has really been helping them with that.”

Juniata’s top incoming players include Glen Brumm, Katie Thomas and Marybeth Weihbrecht .

Brumm is an outside hitter from Tucson, AZ. She holds the school record for number of kills (34) in a match at Canyon Del Oro. Her background as a multi-sport athlete throughout high school speaks to her discipline as a student-athlete.

Thomas was another multi-sport athlete. She is a setter from Batesville, IN. Thomas holds the Batesville record for assists in a single season (1,158) and single match assist record (62).

Weihbrecht is a middle hitter from Cumberland Valley.

She was named to the Mid-Penn Conference First Team and District III AAA Team in 2013 and 2014. Marybeth was also named to the All-State First Team in 2014.

The Eagles’ coaching staff sees a lot of potential in their new athletes and feels the 2015 team could do great things if they continue to come together.

“It’s all about trying to reach excellence within your own abilities and we just want them to reach their potential,” Pavlik said. “If they do so then it should put them in a good position to do the kinds of things they want to do.”

40 AVCA All-Americans. 34 NCAA tournament appearances. 2 NCAA National Championship Titles.

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1 Katie Thomas 2 Kelly Reynolds 3 Brittanie Tannenbaum 4 Glen Brumm 5 Marybeth Weihbrecht 6 Ashley Sweigart 7 Lydia Mueller 8 Chelsea Scafuro 9 Christine Irwin 10 Maribeth Ault 11 Sarah Wiley 13 Mar-Jana Phillips 14 Nakita Gearhart* 15 Bryce Arnold 17 Megan Moroney 18 Shaina Robinett 19 Katie Byrne 21 Tara Neidigh 22 Kristin Collins* *Captain

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HOMETOWN / LAST SCHOOL

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Batesville, IN / Batesville Upper Saint Clair, PA / Upper Saint Clair Highlands Ranch, CO / Highlands Ranch Oro Valley, AZ/ Canyon Del Oro Mechanicsburg, PA / Cumberland Valley New Holland, PA / Garden Spot Carlisle, PA / Carlisle Geneva, OH / Geneva State College, PA / State College Quarryville, PA / Solanco Wilmington, DE / Padua Academy Carson, CA / Rolling Hills Preparatory Waynesboro, PA / Greencastle-Antrim Shippensburg, PA / Shippensburg Area Mentor, OH / Mentor Westchester, PA / PA Leadership Charter School Annapolis, MD / Broadneck State College, PA / State College Area HS Freedom, PA / Ambridge

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Head Coach: Heather Pavlik (Juniata ‘95), fifth season Assistant Coach: Casey Dale (Juniata ‘07) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Stephen Ankney (Ohio Northern ‘12) Managers: Natalie Biesecker and Claudia Meyer Strength and Conditioning Coach: Doug Smith Equipment Manager: David Aurand

Roster by class Seniors Bryce Arnold, Kristin Collins Juniors Kelly Reynolds, Brittanie Tannenbaum, Mar-Jana Phillips, Nakita Gearhart Sophomores Lydia Mueller, Chlesea Scafuro, Christine Irwin, Megan Moroney Freshmen Katie Thomas, Glen Brumm, Marybeth Weihbrecht, Ashley Sweigart, Maribeth Ault, Sarah Wiley, Shaina Robinett, Katie Bryne, Tara Neidigh

Roster by homestate Arizona Glen Brumm California Mar-Jana Phillips Colorado Brittanie Tannenbaum Delaware Sarah Wiley Indiana Katie Thomas

Ohio Chelsea Scafuro, Megan Moroney Maryland Katie Byrne Pennsylvania Tara Neidigh, Shaina Robinett, Maribeth Ault, Marybeth Weihbrecht, Ashley Sweigert, Kelly Reynolds, Lydia Mueller, Nakita Gearhart, Bryce Arnold, Christine Irwin, Kristin Collins

Pronunciation Guide Tannenbaum Tan – en - bomb Mar-Jana Mar Jay-na Nakita Na-Key-ta Weihbrecht Why-brect Sweigart Swee-gert Robinett Robin-ett Neidigh Ni-dig

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40 AVCA All-Americans. 34 NCAA tournament appearances. 2 NCAA National Championship Titles.

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Bryce Arnold

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SENIOR • OPPOSITE HITTER • 5-10 SHIPPENSBURG, PA / SHIPPENSBURG AREA

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2014 (Junior): Played in 80 sets ... totaled 107 kills and averaged 1.34 per set ... registered 28 service aces .... 177 digs and 2.21 per set ... season-high 17 digs at Mount Union (Nov. 1) ... season-high 14 kills at Goucher (Oct. 4) ... five total blocks at Susquehanna (Sept. 23).

2013 (Sophomore): Saw action in 94 sets and made 17 starts… averaged 1.59 kills per set from 149 total… sent back 20 blocks and proved a defensive standout with 205 digs (2.18 digs/set)… set a career-high with 17 kills against Mary Washington (10/12) adding a career-high four service aces… averaged .33 aces per set.

2012 (Freshman): Saw action in 25 ... saw her first collegiate start on Oct 27 against Alverno University ... earned 24 total terminations for her freshman season ... put down a season high six kills against Goucher (10/14), where she also produced a hitting percentage of .364 ... tallied four digs against Puget Sound (9/8).

High School/Club: Named the 2011 Shippensburg Sentinel First-Team all-star ... selected as a Chambersburg Public Opinion all-star and Mid-Penn All-Conference selection all four years of high school ... lettered each four years in volleyball and three years in track and field at Shippensburg Area ... member of Revolution Volleyball Club.

Personal: Daughter of Alan and Lori Arnold ... POE is psychology

SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS: Kills: 14, Oct. 4, 2014 vs. Goucher Attacks: 36, Nov. 1, 2014 vs. Mount Union Hitting pct: 0.706, Oct. 12, 2013 vs. Mary Washington (12-0-17) Assists: 3, Nov. 1, 2014 vs. Mount Union Service aces: 4, Oct. 12, 2013 vs. Mary Washington Digs: 17, twice Blocks: 5, Sept. 23, 2014 vs. Susquehanna Block solo: 1, 3 times Block assist: 5, Setp. 23, 2014 CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE 2012 25-12 24 0.96 15 62 .145 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 2013 94-31 149 1.59 84 427 .152 8 0.09 31 0.33 39 2014 80-26 107 1.34 65 331 .127 11 0.14 23 0.29 21 TOTAL 199-69 280 1.41 164 820 .141 19 0.10 54 0.27 60 CAREER STATISTICS Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2012 8 0.32 0 0 5 5 0.20 1 0 2013 205 2.18 15 1 19 20 0.21 1 2 2014 177 2.21 15 2 10 12 0.15 0 1 TOTAL 390 1.96 30 3 34 37 0.19 2 3

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40 AVCA All-Americans. 34 NCAA tournament appearances. 2 NCAA National Championship Titles.

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Kristin Collins

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SENIOR • OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-0 FREEDOM, PA / AMBRIDGE

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2014 (Junior): Played in two sets during the season.

2013 (Sophomore): Saw the court in five sets… had nine kills from a .333 attack percentage adding two digs and one service ace in a non-conference match against Scranton (9/28).

2012 (Freshman): Saw action in 105 matches and earned five match starts ... ended her first collegiate season with 170 kills, earning the fifth spot as a team termination leader ... produced 11 terminations against rival No. 1 Washington University (10/26), where she also had five digs ... concludes the season with 54 digs ... had 3 doubledigit kill performances, including 10 kills against No. 4 Emory University (11/10) in the final match of the season.

High School/Club: Earned All-State honors as a senior, and was a First-Team All-Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League and First-Team all-section honoree during the 2010 and 2011 seasons ... served as team captain as both a junior and senior while lettering three years in volleyball and two years in basketball ... member of Renaissance Volleyball Club.

Personal: Daughter of Tim and Joyce Collins ... POE is political psychology.

SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS: Kills: 11, twice Attacks: 40, Sept. 7, 2012 vs. Wittenberg Attack pct: 0.571 Assists: 1, Sept. 27, 2014 vs. Elizabethtown Service aces: 1, Sept. 28, 2013 vs. Scranton Digs: 6, 2 times Blocks: 3, 3 times Block solo: 1, twice Block assist: 3, twice CAREER STATS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S SE 2012 105-30 170 1.62 73 528 0.184 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 2013 5-3 11 2.20 7 29 0.138 0 0.00 1 0.20 1 2014 2-2 2 1.00 0 9 0.222 1 0.50 0 0.00 0 TOTAL 112-35 183 1.63 80 566 .182 1 0.01 1 0.01 1

CAREER STATS Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 2012 54 0.51 6 3 27 30 0.29 3 1 2013 2 0.40 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2014 1 0.50 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0 TOTAL 57 0.51 9 3 28 31 0.28 3 1

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Nakita Gearhart JUNIOR • MIDDLE HITTER • 5-11 WAYNESBORO, PA / GREENCASTLE-ANTRIM

2014 (Sophomore): AVCA First Team All-Region ... AVCA Honorable Mention All-American ... Landmark Conference First-Team ... ECAC South All-Star Second-Team ... Landmark Tournament MVP ... named to Wid Guisler All-Tournament Team ... AVCA National Player of the Week for 11/11 ... Landmark Athlete of the Week for 11/3 ... played in 29 matches and 94 sets ... 55 total blocks tied for second on the Eagles ... totaled 238 kills which was third on the team ... season-high 17 kills vs Stevenson ... hit .290 on the season.

2013 (Freshman): AVCA First-Team All-Region… First-Team All-Landmark Conference… ECAC South All-Star First-Team… named to the ASICS Invitational, Sea Gull Classic, Emory National Invite and NCAA Regional All-Tournament teams… named 2013 Wid Guisler Invitational MVP… played in 106 sets making 24 starts… hit for an impressive .330 attack percentage averaging 2.32 kills per set (106) and earning 82 digs (.77 digs per set)… finished with a team-high 69 blocks and .65 blocks per set… had a career-high 18 kills against SUNY Cortland (11/2), hitting at a staggering .708 attack percentage, and in the NCAA Regional matchup with Stevenson (11/16), hitting at .438.

High School/Club: A four year letter-winner and multiple All-State team selection…a four-time FirstTeam Capital Division selection and named Capital Division Player of the year in 2012…selected as a Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association District 3 AA All-State Team selection three years in a row…a member of Revolution Volleyball Club.

Personal: Daughter of Rick and Deanne Gearhart…POE biology/pre-med.

CAREER STATS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S 2013 106-35 246 2.32 70 533 0.330 4 0.04 7 0.07 2014 94-29 238 2.53 81 541 0.290 10 0.11 0.12 0.12 TOTAL 200-64 484 2.42 151 1074 0.310 14 0.07 18 0.07

SE 15 11 26

CAREER STATS Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 2013 82 0.77 1 14 55 69 0.65 17 2 2014 61 0.65 2 15 40 55 0.59 17 0 TOTAL 143 0.72 3 29 95 124 0.62 34 2

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Mar-Jana Phillips

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THE TEAM

JUNIOR • MIDDLE HITTER • 6-0 CARSON, CA / ROLLING HILLS PREPARATORY

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2014 (Sophomore): Second-Team All-Landmark Conference ... NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team selection .... named to ASICS All-Tournament team ... played in 34 matches and 104 sets ... led team in kills with 272 ... 47 total blocks ... season-best 18 kills at Wittenberg ... 17 kill and six block performance in NCAA regional against Hope.

2013 (Freshman): Second-Team All-Landmark Conference… played in 42 sets making eight starts including the final four matches of the season… had a career-high 10 kills from a .381 hitting percentage in Juniata’s 3-1 Landmark Conference semifinal tournament win over Scranton (11/9)… had 10 kills against Stevenson (11/16) in the NCAA Regional semifinals…finished with a team second-best .64 blocks per set with 27 in total.

High School/Club: A four year starter for Rolling Hills Prep…earned First-Team All-Harbor League in her freshman season…named All-Coast League all four years of her high school career…All-California Interscholastic Federation honors in 2011 and 2012…selected as Coastal League Player of the Year in her senior season…a member of Power Play Volleyball Club and Nfinity Volleyball Club throughout her club career.

Personal: Daughter of Bobby and Rowena Phillips…POE is business.

CAREER STATS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S SE 2013 42-18 77 1.83 29 172 .279 2 0.05 0 0.00 0 2014 104-34 272 2.62 127 718 .202 1 0.01 15 0.14 20 TOTAL 146-52 349 2.39 156 890 .217 3 0.02 15 0.10 20 CAREER STATS Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 2013 6 0.14 1 10 17 27 0.64 2 0 2014 62 0.60 1 4 43 47 0.45 5 2 TOTAL 68 0.47 2 14 60 74 0.51 7 2

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Kelly Reynolds JUNIOR • SETTER • 5-7 UPPER SAINT CLAIR, PA / UPPER SAINT CLAIR

2014 (Sophomore): AVCA First Team All-Region ... AVCA Honorable Mention All-American ... First-Team AllLandmark Conference ... ECAC South First Team ... played in all but one match and 119 sets in total ... led Landmark in assists with 9.86 per set ... also averaged 2.46 digs/set ... career-high 57 assists at Mount Union ...

22 digs vs. Scranton ... had 12 double-double performances.

2013 (Freshman): AVCA Regional Freshman of the Year… AVCA First-Team All-Region… First-Team All-Landmark

Conference… ECAC South Rookie of the Year… ECAC South All-Star First-Team… named to the Sea Gull Classic and Wid Guisler Invitational All-Tournament teams… played in 97 sets making 19 starts… led the Landmark Conference in both assists per set (9.98) and hitting percentage (.429)… set the final three sets in Juniata’s 3-2 comefrom-two-sets-down upset win over No. 6 Washington-St. Louis (9/14) finishing with 33 assists… set a career-high for assists (50) and blocks (3.0) adding eight digs in the Eagles’ 3-1 win over regional powerhouse Eastern (9/21)… established a strong service game finishing with a team second-highest 41 service aces (.42 service aces per set).

High School/Club: A three year starter for Coach Yoko Nagao…named as a Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League First-Team All-Section member in 2010, 2011, and 2012…earned WPIAL SecondTeam All-Star honors in her junior and senior seasons…lead her team to the WPIAL Semi-Finals as a captain in her final two years…saw a successful career as a member of Renaissance National Volleyball Club from 2011 to 2013…a member of the USA Volleyball High Performance team in 2011.

Personal: Daughter of Mike and Debbie Reynolds…POE is managerial economics with a second focus in Spanish

CAREER STATS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S SE 2013 97-33 44 0.45 4 109 .367 978 10.08 41 0.42 14 2014 119-35 50 0.42 13 138 .268 1173 9.86 30 0.25 17 TOTAL 216-68 94 0.44 17 247 .312 2151 9.96 71 0.33 31 CAREER STATS Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 2013 185 1.91 1 3 17 20 0.21 2 31 2014 293 2.46 1 2 16 18 0.15 4 30 TOTAL 478 2.21 2 5 33 38 0.18 6 61

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Brittanie Tannenbaum

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JUNIOR • OUTSIDE HITTER • 5-10 HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO / HIGHLANDS RANCH

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2014 (Sophomore): Played in 63 sets ... finished fifth on the team in service aces with 26 averaging .41 per set overall and .69 in conference play ... had a season-high five service aces against Merchant Marine ... tallied 11 kills against SUNY Cortland ... notched seven digs at Mount Union.

2013 (Freshman): Saw action in 85 sets in her freshman season… made her collegiate debut in the first match of the season against the University of Rochester (8/30)… dominated from the service line with a team third-highest 38 aces and a second-highest .45 aces per set… notches five service aces against Salisbury (10/12).

High School/Club: Received First-Team All-Conference honors as an outside hitter in 2012 along with being named a scholar athlete at Highlands Ranch…started three years and served as captain in her senior year…a member of Colorado Momentum Volleyball Club where she earned multiple all-tournament selections including an All-Star selection at Colorado Crossroads in her final season.

Personal: Daughter of Ray and Selisa Tannenbaum…POE in business.

CAREER STATS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S SE 2013 85-33 33 0.39 18 85 .176 2 0.02 38 0.45 47 2014 63-25 88 1.40 42 260 .177 3 0.05 26 0.41 24 TOTAL 148-58 121 0.82 60 345 .177 5 0.03 64 0.43 71 CAREER STATS Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 2013 30 0.35 5 3 2 5 0.06 0 0 2014 39 0.62 4 2 5 7 0.11 6 0 TOTAL 69 0.47 9 5 7 12 0.08 6 0

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Christine Irwin SOPHOMORE • OUTSIDE HITTER • 5-10 STATE COLLEGE, PA / STATE COLLEGE

2014 (Freshman): Saw playing time in 53 sets ... registered seven kills twice ... season-best 12 digs at Susquehanna ... had a .273 hitting percentage in conference play.

High School/Club: Four-year letterwinner in volleyball and lettered twice in track & field as a javelin thrower... three-time All-Conference, two-time All-District and All-State teams, and two-time PennLive AllStar honree... finished top-10 in the state during three of her four years including a sixth place finishin 2011... named team defensive player of the year in 2012 and team co-captain.

Personal: P.O.E. Exploratory... daughter of Scott and Paula Irwin.

CAREER STATS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S SE 2014 53-18 47 0.89 40 206 .034 5 0.09 15 0.28 13 TOTAL 53-18 47 0.89 40 206 .034 5 0.09 15 0.28 13 CAREER STATS Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 2014 91 1.72 13 0 8 8 0.15 0 0 TOTAL 91 1.72 13 0 8 8 0.15 0 0

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Megan Moroney SOPHOMORE • MIDDLE HITTER • 5-11 MENTOR, OH / MENTOR

2014 (Freshman): AVCA First-Team All-Region ... Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year ... Second-Team AllLandmark ... Landmark Athlete of the Week for 10/6 ... ECAC South Player of the Week (10/8) ... played in 31 matches and 89 sets ... 80 total blocks led Eagles ... 69 assisted blocks ranked third in Landmark... hit .312 overall to rank third in the Landmark ... had a .421 hitting percentage in conference play .. totaled 198 kills and 2.22 per set ... .90 blocks per set led Landmark ... season-high seven blocks vs. Washington-St. Louis ... 12 kill and six block performance in Landmark Championship match vs. Susquehanna.

High School/Club: Three-year letterwinner in volleyball... helped guide the team to a District 2 championship in 2011 and a Northeast Ohio Conference championship in 2013... named Mentor volleyball team captain in 2012 and 2013... earned First-Team Northeast Ohio Conference both years... twice named team Offensive Player of the Year, in 2012 and 2013... four-year scholar athlete honoree... named a first-team District 2 All-Star and Lake County News Herald first-team member in 2013.

Personal: P.O.E. in mathematics with a secondary emphasis in business... daughter of Brian and Christina Moroney.

CAREER STATS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S SE 2014 89-31 198 2.22 63 433 .312 1 0.01 9 0.10 9 TOTAL 89-31 198 2.22 63 433 .312 1 0.01 9 0.10 9 CAREER STATS Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 2014 26 0.29 2 11 69 80 0.90 3 0 TOTAL 26 0.29 2 11 69 80 0.90 3 0

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40 AVCA All-Americans. 34 NCAA tournament appearances. 2 NCAA National Championship Titles.

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Lydia Mueller

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THE TEAM

SOPHOMORE • OPPOSITE HITTER • 5-11 CARLISLE, PA / CARLISLE

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2014 (Freshman): Played in 64 sets and started 10 matches in her first season ... finished with 153 digs and averaged 2.39 per set ... 2.83 digs in Landmark play ranked second on the Eagles ... hit .333% against conference opponents ... had three 13 dig performances ... blocked three shots twice.

High School/Club: Three-year letterwinner as an opposite... two years with the Revolution Volleyball Club and two years with Chambersburg Area Volleyball Express (CAVE) club... First-Team Mid Penn Commonwealth All-Star, First-Team All-Sentinel All-Star, First-Team Patriot News Big 12 All-Star, and Carlisle Area team MVP... Mid Penn Commonwealth All-Star... named District 3 AAA and State College Invitational all-star.

Personal: P.O.E. Pre-Pharmacy... daughter of Barry and Robin Mueller.

CAREER STATS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S SE 2014 64-24 66 1.03 34 224 .143 8 0.13 22 0.34 24 TOTAL 64-24 66 1.03 34 224 .143 8 0.13 22 0.34 24 CAREER STATS Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 2014 153 2.39 15 0 13 13 0.20 2 0 TOTAL 153 2.39 15 0 13 13 0.20 2 0

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Chelsea Scafuro SOPHOMORE • OUTSIDE HITTER • 5-9 GENEVA, OH / GENEVA

2014 (Freshman): Played in all but one match in first season and 114 sets which was most among freshmen ... 41 service aces led the Eagles ... had a season-best four aces against Elizabethtown ... registered double-digits in digs seven times ... season-high 15 digs in regular season finale against Mount Union ... had three assisted blocks against Washington (Mo.).

High School/Club: Four-year letterwinner at Geneva High School... named Ashtabula County Player of the Year (2013), co-Player of the Year (2012)... four-time First-Team All-Ashtabula County... Geneva high school single season record holder for service aces (50)... two-time team captain... helped capture the 2011 and 201 3Geneva High School’s Premier Athletic Conference championship.

Personal: P.O.E. Exploratory... daughter of Greg and Marcia Scafuro.

CAREER STATS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S SE 2014 114-35 54 0.47 32 266 .083 13 0.11 41 0.36 22 TOTAL 114-35 54 0.47 32 266 .083 13 0.11 41 0.36 22 CAREER STATS Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 2014 249 2.18 32 0 7 7 0.06 1 0 TOTAL 249 2.18 32 0 7 7 0.06 1 0

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Maribeth Ault FRESHMAN • LIBERO • 5-7 PEACH BOTTOM, PA / SOLANCO High School/Club: Ault was recognized as a three-year varsity letterwinner as a libero.. she was named to the First Team All-Star for the Lancaster Lebanon League her senior year.. Ault also was named to the Second Team her junior year.. she led Solanco in digs her junior and senior year.. while playing club for Spooky Nook 18 Elite, the team won the Gold-Irish Rumble in 2015.. Ault was a team captain for Solance her junior and senior year and captain of Spooky Nook 18 Elite her senior year.. Ault also played softball all four years of high school and lettered four times as a shortstop Personal: daughter of Scott and Tina Ault... POE is environmental science

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Glen Brumm FRESHMAN • OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-0 TUCSON, AZ / CANYON DEL ORO High School/Club: Glen was a multi-sport athlete throughout high school.. she earned three varsity letters in volleyball, two in basketball, two in tennis and one in soccer... Brumm set the record for number of kills in a match at Canyon Del Oro with 34 kills in 2014.. received Southern Arizona Honorable Mention honors in 2012 and 2013.. named to the Southern Arizona Second Team in 2014.. Brumm’s team named her Most Valuable Player in 2014.. she was team captain her senior year.. Glenn was selected to the Foothills AllTournament Team in 2013 and 2014.. received All-State honorable mention in 2014 Personal: daughter of Brad and Robyn Brumm.. POE in biology

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Katie Byrne

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FRESHMAN • LIBERO/DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST • 5-7 ANNAPOLIS, MD / BROADNECK

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High School/Club: Byrne played as a libero all four years of high school and expanded her skills set her junior and senior year to include a defensive specialist.. she was named to the First Team Anne Arundel All County her junior and senior year.. Kaitlin also was selected to the First Team All-Metro Baltimore Sun her junior and senior year.. Byrne was given an honorable mention by the Washington Post her junior and senior year.. she walso was named team Most Valuable player for Broadneck her senior year and was captain that year Personal: daughter of Kevin and Christine Byrne.. POE in secondary education focused in mathematics

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Tara Neidigh FRESHMAN • LIBERO/DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST• 5-7 BOALSBURG, PA / STATE COLLEGE AREA High School/Club: Neidigh was a three-year varsity letter-winner at State College Area High School... she was named co-captain of the team her senior year.. in 2014, Tara was named Defensive Player of the Year.. she was selected to the District 6 All-Star Team in 2014.. Neidigh was named to the First Team Mid-Pen Commonwealth All-Stars in 2014..named to the PennLive 2014 Big 15 All-Stars Second Team... Tara also was picked to the 2014 Keystone Volleyball All-Stars Northeast Team.. helped her high school team to three District 6 championship titles, two Mid-Penn Commonwealth Championships and finish Top 10 in the PVCA AAA three times.. Neidigh also played club volleyball for Revolution Volleyball Personal: daughter of Kirk and Cindy Neidigh.. POE in early childhood education

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Shaina Robinett FRESHMAN • OUTSIDE HITTER / DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST • 5-8 YORK, PA / PA LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL High School/Club: Robinett was a two sport athlete for West York Area High School... she played volleyball for four years and received three varsity letters.. Shaina also played soccer as a midfielder for one season..

Robinett was named team captain of the volleyball team in 2013 and 2014.. she was named to the 2014 Under Armour Watch List and given an Academic All-American Honorable Mention by Prep Volleyball.. she helped lead West York to a Division 3 title in 2014 Personal: daughter of Aaron Robinett and Selene Gentzler.. POE in biology

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Ashley Sweigart FRESHMAN • MIDDLE HITTER / OPPOSITE • 6-1 NEW HOLLAND, PA / GARDEN SPOT High School/Club: Sweigart played four years at Garden Spot and was a three year varsity letterwinner.. she was the junior varsity offensive player of the year in 2011 as a middle hitter, in 2012 she played on the right side and helped the team win the LL League Section 2 Championship.. the team repeated as champions the following year when Ashley played in the middle again.. in 2014, she was named defensive player of the year for her team and named to the LL League Section 2 First Team All-Star as a middle hitter..

Sweigart was also team captain her senior year Personal: daughter of Darryl and Beth Sweigart.. POE in environmental science

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Katie Thomas

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FRESHMAN • SETTER • 5-4 BATESVILLE, IN / BATESVILLE

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High School/Club: Thomas was a tri-sport athlete at Batesville.. she played volleyball and was a three-year varsity letterwinner, basketball and was a three-year letterwinner and softball where she was a four-year letterwinner.. Kaitlyn holds the Batesville record for assists in a single season (1158 recorded in 2013) and the single match assist record (62 in a five set win in 2013)... Thomas was named the Bulldog Offensive Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014... she was named the Batesville MaxPrepes Player of the Year in 2014.. in 2014 she was selected to the EIAC All-Conference Team and the Greenfield Cougar Challenger AllTournament Team.. Kaitlyn was named to the ICGSA Class AAA Second Team in 2013 and 2014 Personal: daughter of Jody and Pamela Sue Thomas.. POE is undecided

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Marybeth Weihbrecht FRESHMAN • MIDDLE HITTER • 6-1 ENOLA, PA / CUMBERLAND VALLEY High School/Club: Weihbrecht earned three varsity letters while playing for Cumberland Valley.. she was named to the Mid-Penn Conference First Team and District III AAA Team in 2013 and 2014... in 2014, Marybeth was named to the All-State First Team.. Weihbrecht helped Cumberland Valley to District III AAA titles in 2012 and 2013.. CV wawas the runner up for the District III AAA title in 2014 and the State AAA runner-up in 2013 Personal: daughter of David Weihbrecht and Lori Wallower... POE in pre-med and environmental science

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Sarah Wiley FRESHMAN • LIBERO/DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST • 5-1 HOCKESSIN, DE / PADUA ACADEMY High School/Club: Wiley was a three-year varsity letterwinner in volleyball at Padua Academy... she was named team captain her senior year.. in 2012, she helped her team to a state championship title as a defensive specialist where they received a bid to USA Nationals.. her sophomore year, Padua repeated as state champions and placed 13th at Nationals.. as a junior, WIley helped her team win first place at the Big South Qualifier.. she was named Second Team All-Conference in 2013.. In 2014, Sarah was named Second Team All-State and played in the All-Star game Personal: daughter of Robert and Teresa Wiley... POE is undecided

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2014 (28-8, 7-0 Landmark) August 29 vs. Nazareth 1

vs. Fredonia State 1 30 vs. Rochester 1

vs. Medaille 1

W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

September 5 Bethany (WV) 2 6 Berry 2 6 Millikin 2 12 vs. Ohio Northern 3 13 Cal Lutheran 3 13 at Wittenberg 3 19 Salisbury 4 19 Christopher Newport 4 20 Franklin & Marshall 4 20 SUNY Cortland 4 23 at Susquehanna

W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 L, 2-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1

27 27

W, 3-0 W, 3-0

Elizabethtown 5 Moravian 5

October 3 at Mary Washington 4 vs. Catholic 6 4 at Goucher 6 10 vs. St. Thomas (MN) 7 10 Washington (Mo) 7 11 at Elmhurst 7 15 at Geveva 18 at Merchant Marine 8 18 vs. Scranton8 21 Clarion 24 Eastern 9 25 Carnegie Mellon 9 25 Stevenson 9

W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 1-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 0-3 L, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-1

November 1 vs. Otterbein10 1 at Mount Union 10 4 Moravian 11 8 Susquehanna 11 13 vs. Franciscan 12 14 vs. Hope 12

W, 3-1 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 3-2

Home Match 1 – Cortland Invitational (Cortland, NY) 2 – Translyvania Invitational (Lexington, KY) 3 – Wittenberg Fall Classic (Springfield, Ohio) 4 – ASICS Invitational (Huntingdon, PA) 5 – Landmark Weekend #1 (Huntingdon Pa.) 6 – Landmark Weekend #2 (Salisbury, Md.) 7 – Elmhurst Invitational (Elmhurst, IL) 8 – Landmark Weekend #3 (Great Neck, NY) 9 – Wid Guisler Invitational (Huntingdon, PA) 10 - Mount Union Tri--Match (Alliance, OH) 11-Landmark Conference Tournament (Huntingdon, PA 12- NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (Springfield, OH)

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Juniata College’s women’s volleyball team continued their tradition of success in 2014. For the 34th consecutive season, the Eagles earned an NCAA Division III National Tournament berth by claiming the crown in the Landmark Conference. Juniata ranked as high as sixth in the country and finished the season as the 10th best team in the nation. The Eagles finished with a 28-8 record. The team won their first eight games of the season and only lost two of their first 20 matches. Juniata only lost three matches at home, including one to Division II Clarion. The Blue and Gold defeated three nationally and regionally ranked opponents, along with going undefeated in conference play, only losing three sets to conference rivals all season.

“Overall, it was a really good season”, said coach Heather Pavlik, “We made strides as the year went on and the team certainly grew. Young players, the freshman and sophomores especially, developed as we went along. I thought that at the end they started to understand what it means to play at a high level and play there consistently. At the beginning and middle of the year we were sort of up and down. There were times we looked really great, played at a high level, and then a day later we turned around and really struggled.”

Juniata was led by a solid veteran group of seniors. Amelia Kepler, Christine Sumner, and Brittani Young were tremendous leaders for a team seeking its third national title and will be hard to replace in 2015. “We’re obviously going to miss the three seniors. They’re very special to me because they’re the first group that I have coached all four years, so that is very special. Certainly, replacing them will be a challenge. I cannot say enough about those three and what they’ve done, not just on the court, but what they’ve done as far as being leaders, being hard workers, showing younger players how to do it right. It has meant a lot to the program long term.”

A reigning AVCA First Team All-American, Kepler repeated her success from the 2013 season, winning her second consecutive Landmark Conference Player of the Year Award. Young was named the conference Specialist of the Year. Both players earned First Team All-Conference honors.

Kepler also earned First Team All-Region recognition and was one of three Eagles to be named Honorable Mention All-Americans by the AVCA. Several young players stepped up and provided strong play for Juniata.

“There are a lot of young players returning, that got significant experience during their freshman and sophomore years. They’ve experienced some big wins and heartbreaking losses. In the end, that’s probably what it takes to be considered in that top five or so in the country, you have to go through some of that first. They’re paying their dues a little bit.”

Sophomores Nakita Gearhart, Mar-Jana Phillips, and Kelly Reynolds were a large part of the Eagles success this season. Phillips earned Second Team All-Conference honors, while Gearhart and Reynolds were named to the first team. Reynolds was also named the conference’s top setter. Gearhart was named the MVP of the Landmark tournament after leading her team to another Landmark title. She also became the first Juniata student-athlete to earned Sports Imports/AVCA Division III Player of the Week recognition since 2009. She and Reynolds both earned First Team All-Region honors and like Kepler were All-American Honorable Mentions.

Freshman like Megan Moroney had strong rookie campaigns for the Eagles. Moroney was named the Landmark’s Rookie of the Year and was an All-Region Honorable Mention. She also earned Landmark Conference and ECAC Player of the Week honors during the season. “The future is very bright. I’m very excited to work with this group in the spring. There’s a lot of stuff to work on yet, this group has a lot of room to grow and it will be fun to watch the individuals get better with their skills and understanding the game at a high level.”

Though the team loses three solid veteran presences in their lineup, the Eagles have a strong, young core group of players to build around. “It should be a very exciting spring and we’ll wait to see how things go with the recruiting class, but it should be a very good team again next fall.”

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SET

SERVE

Player

SP

MP

K

K/Set

E

TA

Pct

A

A/Set

SA

SA/Set

SE

Rachel Harris

3

3

1

0.33

0

2

.500

1

0.33

0

0.00

0

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Kelly Reynolds

119

33

50

0.42

13

138

.268

1173

9.86

30

0.25

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Brittanie Tannenbaum

63

25

88

1.40

42

260

.177

3

0.05

26

0.41

24

Amelia Kepler

108

34

256

2.37

106

791

.190

3

0.03

4

0.04

16

Christine Sumner

80

30

109

1.36

28

247

.328

9

0.11

33

0.41

4

Gabrielle Ooyama

74

30

0

0.00

0

1

.000

10

0.14

3

0.04

24

Lydia Mueller

64

24

66

1.03

34

224

.143

8

0.13

22

0.34

24

Chelsea Scafuro

114

35

54

0.47

32

266

0.83

13

0.11

41

0.36

22

Christine Irwin

53

18

47

0.89

40

206

.034

5

0.09

15

0.28

13

Suzanne Gloekler

1

1

0

0.00

0

0

.000

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

Katie Dickins

20

13

6

0.30

1

15

.333

101

5.05

6

0.30

2

Mar-Jana Phillips

104

34

272

2.62

127

718

.202

1

0.01

15

0.14

20

Nakita Gearhart

94

29

238

2.53

81

541

.290

10

0.11

11

0.12

11

Bryce Arnold

80

26

107

1.34

65

331

.127

11

0.14

23

0.29

21

Megan Moroney

89

31

198

2.22

63

433

.312

1

0.01

9

0.10

9

Brittani Young

122

36

6

0.05

1

18

.278

93

0.76

33

0.27

29

Taylor Miles

8

5

7

0.05

7

23

.000

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

Karley Christian

24

12

51

2.13

7

95

.463

0

.000

0

.000

1

Karli Grimes

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

0

Kristin Collins

2

2

2

1.00

0

9

.222

1

0.50

0

0.00

0

JUNIATA

124

36

1558

12.56

647

4318

.211

1443

11.64

271

2.19

238

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DEFENSE DIG Player

SP

RE

Dig

Dig/Set

BS

BA

Total

Blk/Set

BE

BHE

Rachel Harris

3

0

0

0.00

1

0

1

0.33

0

0

Kelly Reynolds

119

1

293

2.46

2

16

1

0.15

4

30

Brittanie Tannenbaum

85

4

39

0.62

2

5

7

0.11

6

0

Amelia Kepler

108

8

70

0.65

5

50

55

0.51

4

1

Christine Sumner

80

0

55

0.69

7

38

45

0.56

1

0

Gabrielle Ooyama

74

14

115

1.55

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

Lydia Mueller

64

15

153

2.39

0

13

13

0.20

2

0

Chelsea Scafuro

114

32

249

2.18

0

7

7

0.06

1

0

Christine Irwin

53

13

91

1.72

0

8

8

0.15

0

0

Suzanne Gloekler

1

0

0

0.00

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

Katie Dickins

20

0

28

1.40

0

0

0

0.00

1

3

Mar-Jana Phillips

104

1

62

0.60

4

43

47

0.45

5

2

Nakita Gearhart

94

2

61

0.65

15

40

55

0.59

17

0

Bryce Arnold

80

15

177

2.21

2

10

12

0.15

0

1

Megan Moroney

89

2

26

0.29

11

69

80

0.90

3

0

Brittani Young

122

45

588

4.82

0

0

0

0.00

0

10

Taylor Miles

8

0

6

0.75

0

4

4

0.50

0

0

Karley Christian

24

1

6

0.25

7

5

12

0.50

3

0

Karli Grimes

2

0

1

0.50

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

Kristin Collins

2

2

1

0.50

0

1

1

0.50

0

0

2021

16.30

56

309

210.5

1.70

47

47

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161

40 AVCA All-Americans. 34 NCAA tournament appearances. 2 NCAA National Championship Titles.

In the Landmark Conference 2014 Landmark Standings

----- Conference ----- Name W L Pct. Juniata College 7 0 1.000 Susquehanna Univ.

6 1 .857 The Univ. of Scranton 5 2 .714 Moravian 4 3 .571 Elizabethtown 3 4 .429 Catholic 1 6 .143 Goucher 1 6 .143 Merchant Marine 1 6 .143

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-------- Overall --------W L Pct. 28 8 .777 30 9 .769 23 11 .676 15 19 .441 13 19 .406 22 14 .611 9 22 .290 20 8 .714

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2014 All-Landmark Team First Team Erin Byrne, So., Susquehanna....................OH Julia Crilly, Sr., Scranton................................OH Amelia Kepler, Sr., Juniata................OH Kelci Scannapieco, Sr.,Elizabethtown...MH Nakita Gearhart, So., Juniata...........MH Kelly Reynolds, So., Juniata.................. S Sarah Paluck, Jr., Susquehanna.............DS/L Brittani Young, Sr., Juniata............DS/L

Second Team Mar-Jana Phillips, So., Juniata..........OH Morgan Whiteman, Jr., Susquehanna..OH Mary Paige Nesfeder, So., Catholic.........OH Hayley Dunkel, Sr., Susquehanna...........MH Taylor Kornmann, So., Moravian.............MH Megan Moroney, Fr., Juniata...........MH Maggie O’Hearn, So., Susquehanna...........S Michelle Bouchard, So., Catholic..........DS/L

Player of the Year: Amelia Kepler, Juniata Specialist of the Year: Brittani Young, Juniata Rookie of the Year: Megan Moroney, Juniata Coaching Staff of the Year: Juniata (Heather Pavlik)

Nakita Gearhart accepts the award for 2014 Landmark Conference Tournament MVP.

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The Landmark Conference is a Division III athletics conference which was formed in the winter of 2005 in an effort to bring together colleges and universities from the mid-atlantic region with similar philosophies regarding the role of athletics as part of the overall collegiate experience.

On November 30, 2006 it was announced that The Catholic University of America, Drew University, Goucher College, Juniata College, Moravian College, Susquehanna University and The United States Merchant Marine Academy had formed a soon-to-be-named Division III conference, with the University of Scranton becoming the eighth member in November of 2006.

The conference began competition in September 2007. In July of 2014, Elizabethtown College became the ninth full member of the league.

The most literal inspiration for the Landmark Conference’s name comes from the many well-known physical landmarks of the Mid-Atlantic region encompassed by the conference. The name also reflects the significance of the institutions’ decision to align themselves with other colleges and universities of similar size, educational philosophies, and high academic standards. It highlights the Landmark Conference’s intention to stand out not only in athletics, but also in academics, emphasizing educational achievement and the important role played by athletics in the undergraduate experience.

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Demonstrating the Landmark Conference’s dedication to helping studentathletes balance their obligations and excel across disciplines, conference leaders have already decided to hold long-distance games only on weekends, minimizing the time student-athletes will have to spend away from class.

The conference institutions boast some of the best academic reputations in the region, and the nine programs have combined to produce numerous Academic All-Americans and Academic All-District selections in recent years.

Juniata’s membership in the Landmark ended its nearly 80-year affiliation with the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation and the Commonwealth Conference.

The conference sponsors championships in field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country in the fall, men’s and women’s basketball, swimming and diving and men’s and women’s indoor track and field during the winter and baseball, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s lacrosse and men’s and women’s outdoor track in the spring. The Landmark features perennial national powers in nearly every sport including men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball and will provide all student-athletes with high-level competition.

The conference’s nine institutions are spread throughout the mid-atlantic region, stretching from King’s Point, N.Y. in the north to Washington, D.C. in the south. The geographic diversity creates even greater opportunity for growth for the Landmark’s student-athletes.

Juniata MVPs

All-Conference Middle Atlantic Conference All-Star 1980 Julie George, Claudia Tweardy 1981 Sue Barker, Colleen Irelan, Claudia Tweardy 1982 Sue Barker, Colleen Irelan, Claudia Tweardy, Ekanong Opanayikul, Sue MacLachlan 1983 Peggy Evans, Ekanong Opanayikul 1984 Peggy Evans, Ekanong Opanayikul 1985 Mariella Gacka, Beth Hoppel 1986 Beth Hoppel, Cathy Miller, Jackie Rebert 1987 Beth Hoppel, Cathy Miller, Jackie Rebert 1988 Rhonda Bygall, Jackie Rebert, Melinda Selby, Kris Witchey 1989 Rhonda Bygall, Melinda Selby, Angie Shue, Laurie Snow, Kris Witchey 1990 Gina Leis, Larissa Weimer, Michelle Wissinger 1991 Gina Leis, Christy Orndorff, Larissa Weimer 1992 Nicki Firestone, Shelly Miller, Christy Orndorff 1993 Heather Blough, Nicki Firestone, Christy Orndorff 1994 Heather Blough, Kristi Kusch,Christy Orndorff 1995 Robin Diehl, Marci Katona, Jennifer Rebert 1996 Robin Diehl, Jennifer Rebert 1997 Anne Bock, Kristin Hershey, Marci Katona, Melissa Myers, Jennifer Rebert, Lisa Snyder 1998 Colleen Carver, Kristin Hershey, Jennie Lizun, Carrie Zeller 1999 Colleen Carver, Kristin Hershey, Jennie Lizun, Brandy Workinger, Carrie Zeller 2000 Niki Mueller, Jesse Woods, Brandy Workinger 2001 Carli Dale, Danielle Hart, Niki Mueller, Brandy Workinger 2002 Niki Mueller, Carli Dale, Johanna Holtan, Katie Laucks

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2003 Carli Dale, Katie Laucks, Johanna Holtan, Katie Charles, Stephanie Kines 2004 Carli Dale, Katie Laucks, Katie Charles, Stephanie Kines 2005 Stephanie Kines, Katie Laucks, Tara McMinn, Rachael Schatz, Amber Thomas 2006 Stephanie Kines, Amber Thomas, Rachel Schatz All-Landmark Conference 2007 First-Team: Amber Thomas, Paige Johnston, Erin Albert, Beth Kozak, Megan Sollenberger

Second-Team: Megan Lamens 2008 First-Team: Amber Thomas, Megan Sollenberger, Cassie Dickmann, Beth Kozak

Second-Team: Erin Albert, Paige Johnston 2009 First-Team: Paige Johnston, Kristin Noetzel, Megan Sollenberger, Steph Strauss, Drew Barnhart

Second-Team: Kelsey Fuller 2010 First-Team: Libby Morrison, Kelsey Fuller, Kristin Noetzel, Steph Strauss

Second-Team: Amy Miller, Amanda Schmidt 2011 First-Team: Libby Morrison, Kelsey Fuller, Courtney Greenberg, Ashley Schnader

Second-Team: Amy Miller 2012 First-Team: Amelia Kepler, Courtney Lydick

Second-Team: Christine Sumner, Kelsey Fuller, Sarah McCarthy 2013 First-Team: Amelia Kepler, Amy Miller, Nakita Gearhart, Kelly Reynolds

Second-Team: Mar-Jana Phillips, Brittani Young 2014 First-Team: Amelia Kepler, Nakita Gearhart, Kelly Reynolds, Brittani Young

Second-Team: Megan Moroney,

Mar-Jana Phillips

Lindsay Habel ’04 was MVP of Juniata’s 2004 NCAA national championship team.

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Priscilla Grove Julie George Amy Bowser Sue Benusa Sue Barker Claudia Tweardy Tracey DeBlase Peggy Evans Carolyn Stambaugh Cathy Miller Cathy Miller Jackie Rebert Kris Witchey Larissa Weimer Gina Leis Heather Blough Jill Seelye Heather Blough Jennifer Rebert Melissa Myers Marci Katona Colleen Carver Colleen Carver Brandy Workinger Niki Mueller Niki Mueller Jenn Habel Lindsey Habel Stephanie Kines Stephanie Kines Amber Thomas Amber Thomas Megan Sollenberger Libby Morrison Libby Morrison Kelsey Fuller Amy Miller Brittani Young

40 AVCA All-Americans. 34 NCAA tournament appearances. 2 NCAA National Championship Titles.

All-Americans AVCA All-Americans

First Team 1981 Colleen Irelan 1982 Susan Barker

Claudia Tweardy 1985 Beth Hoppel 1986 Beth Hoppel 1987 Beth Hoppel

Cathy Miller 1989 Melinda Selby

Rhonda Bygall 1991 Christy Orndorff

Larissa Weimer 1992 Heather Blough

Christy Orndorff 1993 Heather Blough

Nicki Firestone

Christy Orndorff 1994 Christy Orndorff

Heather Blough 1995 Jennifer Rebert 1996 Robin Diehl 1997 Kristin Hershey

Melissa Myers 1998 Colleen Carver

Kristin Hershey

Carrie Zeller 1999 Colleen Carver

Kristin Hershey

Carrie Zeller 2000 Brandy Workinger 2001 Brandy Workinger 2002 Niki Mueller 2003 Carli Dale

Katie Laucks 2004 Carli Dale

Stephanie Kines 2005 Stephanie Kines

Katie Laucks 2006 Stephanie Kines

Amber Thomas

2007 2008 2009 2010 2013

ASICS/Tiger All-Americans

Amber Thomas Amber Thomas Megan Sollenberger Kristin Noetzel First Team Amelia Kepler 1987 Beth Hoppel 1988 Jackie Rebert Second Team 1989 Melinda Selby 1984 Ekanong Opanayikul 1991 Larissa Weimer 1987 Jackie Rebert 1992 Heather Blough 1988 Jackie Rebert 1993 Heather Blough 1989 Kris Witchey

Nicki Firestone 1992 Shelley Miller 1994 Heather Blough 1995 Robin Diehl

Christy Orndorff 1996 Jennifer Rebert 1995 Jennifer Rebert 2000 Jesse Woods 1996 Robin Diehl 2001 Danielle Hart 1997 Melissa Myers 2002 Carli Dale 1998 Kristin Hershey 2003 Johanna Holtan 1999 Kristin Hershey 2004 Katie Laucks

Carrie Zeller 2005 Amber Thomas 2000 Brandy Workinger 2007 Beth Kozak 2001 Brandy Workinger 2008 Megan Sollenberger

Steph Strauss Second Team 2009 Steph Strauss 1989 Rhonda Bygall 2010 Steph Strauss 1991 Christy Orndorff 2011 Libby Morrison 1992 Christy Orndorff 1993 Christy Orndorff Third Team 1995 Robin Diehl 2005 Rachael Schatz 1998 Colleen Carver 2007 Megan Sollenberger Carrie Zeller 2010 Libby Morrison 1999 Colleen Carver 2011 Courtney Greenberg 2000 Jesse Woods Honorable Mention 2012 Courtney Lydick 2013 Amy Miller 2014 Nakita Gearhart Amelia Kepler

Kelly Reynolds

CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

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First Team 2004 Carli Dale 2008 Amber Thomas 2010 Steph Strauss

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Second Team 1985 Lori Bason Third Team 1987 Cathy Miller

CoSIDA Academic All-District 1998 1999 2004

2007 2008

2009

2010 2011

Kristin Hershey Kristin Hershey Carli Dale Erin Wisor Beth Kozak Beth Kozak Amber Thomas Steph Strauss Megan Sollenberger Steph Strauss Libby Morrison

Pavlik was named first team AVCA All-American in 1992, 1993, and 1994, and has served as a coach for the Eagles since.

Third Team 1989 Kris Witchey 1992 Shelley Miller

From Eagles to Coaches Erin Albert Erin Wisor Barley Anne Bock Shari Thomas Campbell Katie Charles Casey Dale Robin Diehl Sue Gelston Dumars Kristi Fitzsimmons Kelsey Fuller Lindsey Habel Gina Leis Hockensmith Beth Kozak Abby Leonard Amy Miller Melissa Myers Ryan Patton Heather Blough (Pavlik) Diana Hager Perry Aly Pompeani

Steph Strauss Amber Thomas Rachelle Wiegand Amy Miller

Katie Charles ‘05 is a staff member of Sunshine Volleyball Club in California

Abby Leonard (‘06) is currently the assistant coach at Shippensburg University

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Single-Season Records THE PROGRAM THE COACHES THE TEAM 2014 REVIEW

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Kills

Name Brandy Workinger Kristin Hershey Nicki Firestone Melinda Selby Carrie Zeller Melinda Selby Danielle Hart Amber Thomas Nicki Firestone Melissa Myers

Attacks

Name Brandy Workinger Carrie Zeller Kristin Hershey Carrie Zeller Danielle Hart Nicki Firestone Melissa Myers Amber Thomas Nicki Firestone Melinda Selby

Assists

Year Games Kills 2000 150 739 1998 143 638 1993 122 618 1988 111 562 1998 140 546 1989 123 536 2001 131 530 2007 117 525 1990 154 522 1997 132 519 Year 2000 1998 1998 1999 2001 1990 1997 2007 1993 1989

Name Colleen Carver Kris Witchey Colleen Carver Heather Blough Heather Blough Beth Hoppel Carli Dale Carli Dale Kathy Kowalchyk Carli Dale

Games Attacks 150 1,563 140 1,545 143 1,403 125 1,379 131 1,346 154 1,339 132 1,325 117 1,276 122 1,245 123 1,199

Digs

Name Carrie Zeller Megan Sollenberger Megan Sollenberger Johanna Holtan Libby Morrison Libby Morrison Brandy Workinger Johanna Holtan Megan Sollenberger Brittani Young Carrie Zeller

Aces

Year Games Assists Name 1998 149 1,887 Claudia Tweardy 1988 113 1,756 Cathy Miller 1999 140 1,730 Sue Barker 1993 131 1,719 Tracey DeBlase 1994 129 1,717 Claudia Tweardy 1987 151 1,707 Melissa Myers 2004 126 1,702 Peggy Evans 2002 124 1,629 Heather Blough 1990 131 1,560 Melissa Myers 2001 119 1,550 Christy Orndorff Year Games Digs 1998 140 841 2007 136 831 2009 135 726 2002 128 707 2011 111 700 2010 135 691 2000 150 689 2003 123 659 2008 136 659 2012 137 647 1999 125 632

Total Blocks Name Cathy Miller Rhonda Bygall Cathy Miller Rhonda Bygall Larissa Weimer Jennie Lizun Kristin Hershey Stephanie Kines Wendy Koziel Kristin Hershey Jennie Lizun

Year Games Aces 1982 ---- 145 1987 ---- 131 1982 ---- 114 1982 ---- 108 1981 ---- 101 1997 132 96 1983 ---- 96 1994 129 94 1996 116 91 1993 111 86 Year 1987 1988 1986 1987 1991 1999 1999 2005 1995 1997 1998

Games Blocks 148 209 111 184 ---- 180 152 177 146 149 129 144 135 135 121 132 116 130 139 127 146 127

Career Records Kills

Name Nicki Firestone Christy Orndorff Kristin Hershey Amber Thomas Brandy Workinger Jackie Rebert Carrie Zeller Danielle Hart Katie Laucks Stephanie Kines

Attacks

Name Carrie Zeller Nicki Firestone Amber Thomas Christy Orndorff Brandy Workinger Danielle Hart Jackie Rebert Kristin Hershey Kelsey Fuller Katie Laucks Marci Katona

Assists

Name Carli Dale Heather Blough Jennifer Rebert Beth Hoppel Colleen Carver Beth Kozak Steph Strauss Kris Witchey Peggy Evans Kelly Reynolds

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Year 1990-93 1991-94 1996-99 2005-08 1998-01 1985-88 1996-99 2000-03 2002-05 2003-06

Games Kills 534 2,021 477 1,962 474 1,750 442 1,734 481 1,719 ---- 1,707 524 1,611 434 1,575 467 1,553 435 1,519

Brandy Workinger Year 1996-99 1990-93 2005-08 1991-94 1998-01 2000-03 1985-88 1996-99 2009-12 2002-05 1994-97

Games Attacks 524 4,645 534 4,554 442 4,287 477 4,204 481 4,117.

434 3,993 ---- 3,930 474 3,774 453 3,328 467 3,321 510 3,019

Digs

Name Megan Sollenberger Carrie Zeller Johanna Holtan Brittani Young Brandy Workinger Carli Dale Christy Orndorff Marci Katona Libby Morrison Kelsey Fuller

Aces Year 2001-04 1991-94 1994-97 1984-87 1996-99 2005-08 2007-10 1986-89 1981-84 2013-pres.

Games Assists 480 6,385 494 6,331 388 4,538 ---- 4,525 398 4,466 401 3,810 412 3,424 ---- 3,346 ---- 2,460 238 2.15

Name Peggy Evans Tracey DeBlase Christy Orndorff Melissa Myers Ekanong Opanayikul Cathy Miller Heather Blough Claudia Tweardy Jessica Ritchey Marci Katona Jackie Rebert

Niki Mueller

Year Games Digs 2006-09 528 2,839 1996-99 524 2,453 2000-03 513 2,300 2011-Present 372 1,464 1998-01 481 1,755 2001-2004 480 1,565 1991-94 477 1,488 1994-97 510 1,408 2010-11 246 1,391 2008-12 453 1,242

Year Games Aces 1981-84 ---- 351 1981-84 ---- 336 1991-94 477 308 1994-97 427 301 1981-84 ---- 282 1984-87 ---- 278 1991-94 494 248 1979-82 ---- 246 2005-08 482 213 1994-97 510 212 1985-88 ---- 212

Stephanie Kines ’07 completed her Juniata career ranked ninth in career kills and fourth in career blocks.

Total Blocks Name Rhonda Bygall Cathy Miller Larissa Weimer Stephanie Kines Niki Mueller Kristin Hershey Robin Diehl Erin Albert Katie Laucks Jennie Lizun

Year 1986-89 1984-87 1988-91 2003-06 1999-02 1996-99 1993-96 2005-08 2002-05 1996-99

Games Blocks ---- 620 ---- 566 447 529 435 413 489 397 474 379 479 374 405 364 467 351 394 334

40 AVCA All-Americans. 34 NCAA tournament appearances. 2 NCAA National Championship Titles.

Year-by-Year Results 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Overall 15-3 16-4 24-9 32-7 38-6 43-5 35-14 49-6 40-8 36-10 53-5 44-7 39-5 41-10 44-6 37-5 42-4 37-9 36-5 43-1 43-2 39-3 35-6 33-10 30-9 33-6 38-1 37-3 37-2 41-1 37-5 35-5 36-4 34-6 27-8 25-12 31-5 28-8

Regular Season 11-0 13-2 19-4 25-3 30-3 35-3 28-13 42-5 30-7 28-8 45-3 34-6 30-4 36-8 38-5 33-4 36-3 31-8 32-4 37-0 37-1 34-1 30-4 28-8 24-8 28-4 34-0 30-3 31-1 33-1 31-4 29-4 29-3 28-5 23-7 22-11 28-4 25-7

Overall

Overall: 1,363-225 (.858) NCAA Division I: 67-23 (.744) NCAA Division II: 215-47 (.821) NCAA Division III: 1,025-143(.877) NAIA/All Divisions: 56-12 (.824) Home Record: 523-38 (.932) Away Record: 256-74 (.776) Neutral Record: 583-114 (.836)

Longest Winning Streaks

Overall: 43 (8/30/96 Clarion to 12/7/96 Washington University) Home: 92 (9/4/04 Waynesburg College to 9/29/10 Elizabethtown) Home (Reg. Season): 98 (9/18/91 Susquehanna to 10/25/98 Princeton) To Open Season: 43 (8/30/96 Clarion to 12/7/96 Washington University)

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Conference Tournament 4-3 (3rd) 3-2 (2nd) 3-2 (3rd) 3-2 (3rd) 5-0 (1st) 6-0 (1st) 6-0 (1st) 6-0 (1st) 6-0 (1st) 6-0 (1st) 6-0 (1st) 6-0 (1st) 6-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 3-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 2-0 (1st) 4-0 (1st)

EAIAW

NCAA Tournament

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Post-Season Finish

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3-3 (4th) 4-2 (3rd) 1-2 (dnp)

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2-1 (2nd) 2-2 (4th) 1-1 (5th) 1-1 (5th) 4-1 (3rd) 2-2 (4th) 2-2 (4th) 4-1 (3rd) 3-1 (3rd) 2-2 (4th) 3-1 (3rd) 1-1 (5th) 3-1 (2nd) 4-1 (3rd) 2-1 (5th) 4-1 (2nd) 4-1 (2nd) 3-2 (4th) 3-2 (4th) 3-2 (4th) 4-1 (3rd) 3-2 (4th) 2-1 (5th) 5-0 (1st) 4-1 (2nd) 6-0 (1st) 4-1 4-1 5-1 4-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1

NCAA National Runner-Up NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA Quarterfinals NCAA Quarterfinals NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA Quarterfinals NCAA National Runner-Up NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA Quarterfinals NCAA National Runner-Up NCAA National Runner-Up NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA Quarterfinals NCAA National Champions NCAA National Runner-Up NCAA National Champions NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Runner-UP NCAA National Semifinalist NCAA National Regional Finalist NCAA National Regional 2nd Round NCAA National Regional 2nd Round NCAA National Regional 2nd Round

ABOUT JUNIATA

MAC/Commonwealth Record Overall Record: 332-14 (.959) Tournament Record: 103-9 (.919) Conference Opponent Winning Streak: 291 (last loss vs. Gettysburg 11/8/81)

Landmark Conference Record Overall Regular Season Record: 48-0 (1.000) Tournament Record: 16-0 (1.000) Landmark Conference Opponent Winning Streak: 63

NCAA Tournament Record

Overall Record: 100-40 (.714) Appearances: 34 (1981-2014) Semifinalist: 24 (1981-82, 1985-91, 1993-94, 1996-02, 2004-10) National Champions: 2004 & 2006 Runner-Up: 1981 (2-3 to Cal-San Diego); 1993 (0-3 to Wash. U); 1996 (0-3 to Wash U.); 1997 (2-3 to CalSan Diego); 2005 (2-3 to UW-Whitewater); 2009 (2-3 to Wash. U).

Third Place: 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2001 Fourth Place: 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 Fifth Place: 1983, 1984, 1992, 1995, 2003

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All-Time Series Records Opponent W L Akron 0 1 Albany 1 0 Albright 20 0 Alderson Broaddus 4 0 Alfred 1 0 Allegheny 10 1 Allentown 3 0 American 3 0 Army 4 0 Ashland 4 0 Augustana 1 0 Averette 1 0 Baldwin-Wallace 5 0 Bates 1 0 Behrend 2 0 Berry 1 0 Bethany 1 0 Bethel (Minn.)

1 0 Binghampton 2 0 Birmingham-Southern 1 0 Bluffton 3 0 Bowie State 1 0 Bridgewater (Va.) 6 0 Brockport 7 1 Brooklyn 4 0 Bucknell 7 0 Buffalo 1 0 Cabrini 1 0 Cal Lutheran 2 1 Cal St.-Dominguez Hills 0 1 Cal State-East Bay 1 0 Cal State-L.A 0 1 Cal State-San Diego 3 8 Cal State-Stanislaus 1 0 California (Pa.) 11 6 Calvin 1 1 Canisius 1 0 Capital 1 0 Carlow 1 0 Carnegie Mellon 13 0 Opponent W L Carthage 1 0 Catholic 11 0 Cecil 1 0 Central College 0 2 Central Connecticut 1 0 Chapman 4 3 Charleston 2 0 Chatham 16 0 Christopher Newport 8 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 0 1 Clarion 14 3 Clarkson 1 0 Cleveland State 1 0 Coast Guard 2 0 Colby 1 0 Colgate 1 0 College of Notre Dame 1 0 Colorado College 4 0 Concord 1 0 Concordia College 0 1 Connecticut College 1 0 C.W Post 2 1 D’Youville 1 0 Dallas 1 0 Delaware 2 1 Delaware Valley 1 0 Denison 1 0 DeSales 1 0 Dickinson 30 0

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Dowling Drury Duquesne Eastern Eastern Connecticut East Strousdburg Eastern Mennonite Edinboro Elizabethtown Opponent Elmhurst Elmira Emory Essex FDU-Madison Fontebonne Franklin and Marshall Franciscan Fredonia State Fresno Pacific Friends Frostburg Gallaudet Gannon Geneva George Fox George Mason Gettysburg Gordon Goucher Greensboro Grove City Hagerstown Hanover Haverford Heidelberg Hiram Holy Cross Hood Hope Howard IBC Illinois Benedictine Illinois Wesleyan Indiana (Pa.) Ithaca John Carroll Johns Hopkins Kean Opponent King’s Lake Superior State LaSalle La Verne Lebanon Valley Lee (Tenn.)

Lees-McRae Lehigh Lehman Liberty Liberty Baptist LIU-Southhampton Lock Haven Loyola Lycoming Lynchburg Madonna Mansfield Marquette Mary Baldwin Mary Washington

2 0 1 0 4 0 18 2 12 1 3 1 8 0 12 2 44 0 W L 3 4 2 0 9 6 1 1 4 0 1 0 15 2 1 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 11 1 11 5 4 0 1 0 1 1 52 3 3 0 8 0 5 0 14 3 1 0 1 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 26 4 12 1 2 0 3 0 4 0 W L 1 0 1 1 1 0 12 2 25 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 14 1 5 2 10 0 1 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 4 0

Marymount Maryville Mass-Lowell McDaniel Medaille Merchant Marine Mercy Messiah Michigan-Dearborn Millersville Milikin Mills Mississippi MIT Montevallo Moravian Morgan State Mount Union Mt. St. Joseph Muhlenburg Muskingum Navy Nazareth Nebraska Wesleyan New England New York New York Tech Northwood Oakland Occidental Ohio Northern Oneonta State Olivet Otterbein Pace Penn State Altoona Peru Philadelphia Biblical Pitt-Johnstown Potsdam State Princeton Queen’s College Opponent Quincy Randolph-Macon Redlands Rhode Island College Richard Stockton Rio Grande RIT Robert Morris Rochester Rosary Rose-Hulman Rutgers-Newark Sacred Heart Sage Colleges Saginaw Salem Salisbury Sanoma State Savannah Scranton Seton Hill Shepherd State Shippensburg Simpson Slippery Rock Smith Southern Virginia (NAIA) Spring Arbor

1 0 2 0 1 0 24 7 1 0 6 0 2 0 33 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 43 0 1 0 6 1 4 0 1 0 11 1 4 3 6 0 3 1 1 0 7 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 11 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 9 0 1 0 5 7 1 0 W L 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 1 0 1 2 0 26 1 8 0 1 0 18 1 2 0 16 1 2 0 1 0 1 0

Springfield St. Ambrose St. Benedict St. Bonaventure St. Catherine St. Francis St. Francis (III) St. John Fisher St. Mary’s St. Olaf St. Peter’s St. Thomas (Minn.)

St. Vincent St. Xavier Stevens Stevenson Stony Brook S.U.N.Y. Cortland Susquehanna Swarthmore Texas Lutheran Thiel Thomas Moore Towson Transylvania Trenton State Trinity (Texas) UMBC UNC Greensboro Upsala Ursinus Vassar Villanova Virginia Opponent Virginia Tech Wartburg Washington-St.Louis Washington & Lee Waterloo Wayne State Waynesburg Wellesley West Chester West Georgia West Liberty West Point West Virginia Westminster Westmont Wheaton Wheeling Whitman Widener Wilkes William and Mary Williams Wilmington Wisconsin-Eau Claire Wisconsin-Oshkosh Wisconsin-Parkside Wisconsin-Platteville Wisconsin-Stevens Point Wisconsin-Whitewater Wisconsin Wittenburg York Youngstown State

2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 11 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 4 1 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 18 1 48 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 12 2 4 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 W L 1 1 0 1 20 20 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 1 6 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 9 0 1 9 5 14 1 0 1

40 AVCA All-Americans. 34 NCAA tournament appearances. 2 NCAA National Championship Titles.

2 0 0 4 N AT I O N A L C H A M P I O N S November 27, 2004 Rochester, Minn.

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From the Altoona Mirror, Nov. 28, 2004 ROCHESTER, Minn. – The looks on the faces of the Juniata College women’s volleyball team as well as the smile flashed by coach Larry Bock suggest that believe it or not, it was worth the wait.

The 24-year wait finally ended in Rochester, Minn., Saturday night as the Juniata College women’s volleyball team captured its first Division III National Championship on the strength of a 3-0 victory over Washington University (Mo.).

Juniata finished the season with a record of 37-3, while Washington finished 32-7. Juniata claimed the match by game scores of 30-27, 3027, and 30-28.

After years of heart-breaking defeats and near-misses, Juniata captured the elusive national title on its 19th trip to the national semifinals, and its fifth appearance in the national championship match. In typical fashion, Bock deflected the attention and was understated following the match.

“For 28 years I’ve come back to these press conferences and have had to come from a locker room with girls who were crying – this is much better,” Bock said. “I couldn’t feel better about the school I work for and for this team, which deserves all the credit. I also have to pass the credit to my assistant coach Heather Pavlik – I’ve been riding her shoulders for a number of years.”

As it has throughout the season, Juniata played well early and kept things tight. Juniata took the lead on the serving of Tournament MVP Carli Dale. Washington tied the score late at 27, but Juniata followed with kills from Katie Laucks and Lindsey Habel, then an ace from Laucks to seal the win.

“We wanted to get off to a good start and prove that we were going to be annoying and hard to get rid of,” Bock said. “We were able to do that, and then just kept serving and passing well. We did a good job with that.”

Game two was controlled by Juniata most of the way. Juniata led by as many as five, including a late 22-17 edge.

It was Washington that held the lead throughout much of the deciding game. A kill from Stephanie Kines tied the match at 14. The two teams then traded side outs, with a block from Kines finally swinging the lead to 22-20 in favor of Juniata. The Eagles kept the lead at two points down the stretch, until the Bears knotted Juniata College 2015 Women’s Volleyball

2004 Juniata Women’s Volleyball NO. NAME 1 Amy Ressler 2 Kelly Popernik 3 Jacey Duzick 4 Aly Pompeani 5 Stephanie Kines 6 Carli Dale 7 Katie Laucks 8 Abby Leonard 9 Tara McMinn 11 Lindsey Habel 12 Erin Dodson 14 Erin Wisor 15 Allie Phillips 17 Rachael Schatz 22 Katie Charles

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the match at 25 with a kill from Emilie Walk.

Katie Charles and Laucks followed with back-toback kills, then Habel had a pair of finishes down the stretch, including the match clincher.

“We wanted to contain their right side hitter (Whitney Smith) and we were able to do a pretty good job with that,” Bock said. “That’s a classy program at Washington, and it was nice to be able to get one against them. It felt right to have it be a Juniata-Washington match for the championship.”

“Juniata’s back court defense was the difference,” Washington Head Coach Rich Luenemann said. “They played defense at the best level of any Division III team. If there’s anyone in America that it was okay to lose to, it was Larry Bock.”

The match was the third time Juniata and Washington have matched up in the

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championship match. The Bears claimed victories in 1993 and 1996. But Juniata had claimed the last two meetings against Washington, including a 3-0 victory at Washington this year. Juniata ends the year having won 20 consecutive matches.

The victory capped an emotional season for Juniata which saw the team enjoy several program firsts, but also deal with the serious illness of teammate Erin Dodson of Altoona.

Dodson, who was stricken with brain cancer early in the year, made the trip to Rochester to be with her teammates. The Eagles were looking to earn that elusive title for themselves, but also for their legendary coach.

“We didn’t just do this for our team,” Kines said. “We did it for Larry and for every former Juniata volleyball player that has gone through the program.”

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Eagles women’s volleyball claims second Division III national title

By Joel Cookson, Juniata Sports Information Director SALEM, Va. – It took the Juniata College women’s volleyball team 24 trips to the NCAA Tournament before winning the program’s first national championship, which the Eagles accomplished in 2004. Championship number two came much more quickly as Juniata overcame a two-games-to-one deficit to claim a 3-2 win over Washington University (Mo.) in the NCAA Division III Championship match to claim the program’s second Division III national championship Saturday night in Salem, Va. Juniata finishes the season with a record of 41-1 while Washington ends the year 38-2.

After winning game one, the Eagles dropped games two and three behind an offensive assault from Washington. But the Eagles found the answers in games four and five, rallying late in game four and then pulling ahead early in game five to earn the win by scores of 30-27, 20-30, 22-30, 30-27, 15-10.

“Washington is just a wonderful team,” Juniata College Head Coach Larry Bock said.

“We’re very fortunate to have won a great match against a wonderful team.”

Juniata was led offensively by seniors Stephanie Kines and Rachael Schatz, along with sophomore Amber Thomas. Kines knocked out a career-high 26 kills in her final collegiate match while hitting .412. Her efforts earned her a spot on the NCAA Division III All-Tournament team. Thomas produced 25 kills for Juniata along with 14 digs, as was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. Schatz knocked out 21 kills while adding 12 digs in her final contest.

Despite producing just four blocks as a team in the match, and getting outblocked 18-4 by the Bears, Juniata’s offense carried the day. The Eagles pounded out 90 kills in the contest to help overcome a efficient Washington offense that produced 73 kills and hit .312 as a team.

Beth Kozak passed out a career-high 75 assists in the match and added 13 digs en route to earning All-Tournament Team recognition.

Juniata turned the momentum of the match midway through game four, and carried that into the decisive fifth game. Trailing 24-20 in game four after a kill from Nikki Morrison, Juniata went on a 4-1 run to pull within one

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spurred by two kills from Schatz. Strong serving from Kozak sparked another run with a kill from Kines giving Juniata its first lead of the game, 27-26, and then another kills from Kines and one from Schatz gave Juniata the 30-27 win.

Then in the decisive game five, the Eagles turned up the defense as an early double block from Thomas and Erin Albert and then a solo block from Kines followed by kills from Thomas and Schatz put Juniata up 8-6. Two more kills from Kines and Schatz followed by an ace from Kozak made it 13-8 before Washington responded with a kill from Emilie Walk and a double block from Walk and Haleigh Spencer to tighten the game.

Kines then stepped up with a huge play as she posted her second block of the game, a solo stuff that moved Juniata to match point, and then Thomas closed the victory with her 25th kill.

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Defensively for the Eagles, Megan Sollenberger brought up a team-high 23 digs as Juniata finished with 84 digs to Washington’s 76. Also producing offensively for Juniata in the match were Albert, who had seven finishes, and Paige Johnston who notched seven kills.

After winning its first national championship in its fifth appearance in the championship match in 2004, the Eagles have now earned two Division III titles and one runner-up finish in the past three seasons. Juniata’s 41 wins mark the first time since 1997 that the Eagles have gone past 40 victories in a season.

This article was edited for length; the complete version is available online at www.juniatasports. net/

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Juniata was founded in 1876, dedicated to the same values and educational mission we practice today: providing our students with extraordinary opportunities to design their own destiny as they prepare for a fulfilling life in a global community. The experience of competing as a studentathlete at Juniata is about more than wins and losses. It’s about taking the opportunity to compete in college athletics and allowing the experience to shape the person you will become.

The Juniata College department of athletics is a family, and like a family, we are committed to helping young people enjoy the experience of being a collegiate student athlete.

Students who choose to continue their athletic careers at Juniata will reap the benefit of working with coaches and trainers regarded as some of the best in Division III. Our elite coaching staff features men and women who have earned recognition as national and conference coaches of the year and tirelessly dedicate themselves to seeing that athletes reach their potential on and off the field. Every coach stresses the commitment to athletics and academics that ensures the development of their players not just as athletes, but as people.

The access to top-level instructors given the same emphasis off the playing surface. Juniata’s respected and award-winning faculty, which includes two Pennsylvania Professors of the Year, are the heart of Juniata’s student-centered approach to education. The picturesque Huntingdon campus features distinctive facilities that foster academic growth and allow every Juniata student the opportunity to achieve the highest levels of academic success.

Each passing season brings more

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success stories of Juniata athletes both on and off the field. The list of All-Americans, All-Conference selections and Academic All-Americans who proudly don the Blue and Gold uniforms continues to grow, as does the list of team achievements. Those achievements include a school-record five Academic All-Americans in the 2004-05 academic year and 46 All-America honors since 1998. Juniata teams have claimed national championships, conference

championships and have become regular participants in conference postseason play.

The Juniata athletics department is a place where dedicated student athletes are given a chance to excel. Students who come to Huntingdon for a chance to compete in college athletics will have the opportunity to become a part of the Juniata tradition and to write their own history in the record books.

The future is bright, and the time is now at Juniata.

Admissions Process If you think Juniata is the right college to prepare you for a rewarding future, act now. Contact the Enrollment Center/Athletic Department toll free at 1-877-JUNIATA (586-4282) and arrange an on-campus interview. Coaches are happy to set up campus tours, class visits and faculty appointments.

Students may submit their application for admission anytime after they have completed their junior year of high school. Juniata offers three opportunities for students to apply: Early Decision 1, Early Decision 2, and Regular Decision. The deadlines to apply are November 15, February 1, and March 15 respectively. Those applying during Early Decision should have already visited Juniata and consider it to be their first choice. Early Decision 1 students learn of an admission decision by December 23, and Early Decision 2 learn of an admission decision two weeks upon receipt of a completed application.

Regular Decision notification begins September 15, and takes place on a rolling basis. For more details on the enrollment process at Juniata, please contact the Enrollment Center 1-877-JUNIATA or visit www.juniata.edu/admissions.

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The 2015 recipients of the ‘Big Five’ Awards, including women’s volleyball player Amelia Kepler (third in from the left). The Big Five Awards recognize the top senior student-athletes at Juniata and are one of the most well-respected and prestigious traditions.

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ntercollegiate athletics came to Juniata College in 1903, when the trustees gave students permission to form teams in baseball, track, tennis, and basketball. The College hosted its first competition on June 5 of that year, when the Blue and Gold hosted Susquehanna University in a track and field meet.

Since then, Juniata student-athletes have excelled in every sport in which the Blue and Gold have taken to the court or the field. Juniata football dominated Pennsylvania through the 1950’s, going three seasons without losing a game, culminating with an appearance in the Tangerine Bowl to close out the 1955 season.

The then-Indians carried that success into the early-70s, playing in the inaugural NCAA Division III championship game, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, in 1973.

In more recent years, Juniata won its first NCAA Division III championships with women’s volleyball titles in 2004 and 2006.

Men’s volleyball has won six Molten Division III Invitational titles, including three in a row from 2004 to 2006, giving Juniata teams eight Division III championships to date. Field hockey and women’s basketball have each advanced to NCAA championship play in the 2000s, with men’s tennis becoming the latest team last spring. The Blue and Gold have won 14 conference championships since the formation of the Landmark Conference in 2007.

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Juniata, which currently maintains a total of 19 varsity sports, offers students and student-athletes some of the best Division III athletic facilities in Pennsylvania and the nation, including a 5,470-square-foot strength and fitness center. Studentathletes on College Hill face off against as competitive a Division III schedule as you will find anywhere in the country.

Juniata believes that a student’s college education and athletic experience should be a four-year commitment between the studentathlete, coach and institution. Our coaches, faculty and administrators take a personal interest in the lives and futures of Juniata studentathletes and treat the playing surface as an extension of the classroom.

Juniata is proud of its campus community in which people naturally want to work together, to participate and succeed.

Athletic facilities include Knox Stadium, Langdon-Goodale Baseball Field, the Kennedy Sports and Recreation Center (including Memorial Gymnasium and Binder Natatorium), eight outdoor tennis courts, a softball field and new fields for the soccer and field hockey teams at Juniata.

This guide has been prepared by the Juniata College Sports Information Office and we hope that members of the media will find it helpful and informative in their coverage of Juniata women’s volleyball during the 2013 season. Any information not covered in this publication, as well as feature material or photo needs, are available by contacting Jennifer Jones, Juniata College Director of Sports Information.

All interview requests with Juniata College stafff, coaches and student-athletes must be directed to David Heberger. There will be no interviews with players or coaches on game day until post-game.

Kennedy Sports + Recreation: Work space in Kennedy S+RC is limited. Priority is given to working press, but please reserve a space as early as possible. Please contact the Juniata College Sports Information Office for more information on reserving space. Phone lines are available, but calls must be made collect or with a calling card. There is a wireless network connection available through Juniata College. Must contact Sports Information Office for details.

Photographers: Only working media photographers will be granted court privileges, and are restricted to outside the pins extended to the wall, and no closer than six feet from the end of the bench. Please check-in at the Sports Information office for a credential prior to proceeding to the court.

Services: Box scores are distributed at the end of each set. Complete box scores will be distributed postgame. Play-by-play is available upon request.

For post-game interviews, please direct your requests to David Heberger. Head coach Heather Pavlik and players will be available after a 10 minute cooling off period.

Juniata College Sports Information Office Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center Office FAX: 814.641.3508 SPORTS INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION David Heberger, Sports Information Director Office- 814-641-3134, hebergd@juniata.edu Kristin Karam, Assistant Sports Information Director Office- 814-641-3513, karamk@juniata.edu

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