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2008 Volleyball |
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VOLLEYBALL HOSTING GOLF SCRAMBLE TO RAISE
MONEY
The Shawnee State volleyball team will be hosting a golf
scramble on Saturday, July 18th at the Elks Country
Club. The scramble is open to four-man teams and costs $60.
per person, which includes green fees, golf cart, and
refreshments. Prizes will be handed out also. Those
interested can contact Head Coach Kristy Kamer at 351-3633
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BEARS RAISE
MONEY FOR SUSAN G. KOMEN FOUNDATION
During the
Shawnee State Classic, the Bears raised over $2,400.00 for
the Susan G. Komen for a Cure Foundation. Shawnee
State was one of 228 volleyball programs that took part this
fall and raised $236,890.42 for the foundation. The
Shawnee State Volleyball Team would like to thank all the
teams that took part and everyone that help make this a
success. |
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DAY EARNS
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICAN
Becca Day has added another honor to her resume as she was
named honorable mention All-American. Day, a senior
from Beaver, Ohio, was already named to 1st Team in the
American Mideast Conference and to the AVCA All-Region Team,
but has become the first ever Shawnee State Volleyball
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FOUR BEARS EARN ALL-AMERICAN MIDEAST CONFERENCE
RECOGNITION
Four members of the Shawnee State University Volleyball
Team earned All-American Mideast Conference recognition for
the 2008 season.
Becca
Day earned 1st Team All-AMC honors.
Day, a 5-10 senior middle-hitter from Beaver, Ohio led the
team in kills with 430 on the season and in service aces
with 62 and was second with 86 blocks. She also has
tallied 415 digs and 10 assists on the season. Becca
is Shawnee State's all-time career kill leader with 1,467
kills and all-time career digs leader with 1,228 digs.
She currently ranks 12th in NAIA in hitting percentage at
38.3%.
Haley Halcomb was
named to 2nd Team All-AMC. Halcomb, a 5-7 sophomore
setter from Frankfort, Ohio tallied 1183 assists on the
year which breaks Shawnee State record for assists in a
season. She has also tallied 67 kills, 35 aces, 374
digs, and 40 blocks on the season. Haley also became
Shawnee State's all-time assist leader with 2,329 assists in
her career. She currently ranks 15 in the NAIA in
assists with 10.2 assists per game.
Tiffany Dailey and
Jami
Turrill each was earned 3rd Team All-AMC
recognition. Dailey, a 5-5 sophomore defensive
specialist from Chillicothe, Ohio leads the team with 923
digs on the season and holds Shawnee State's record for digs
in a season. She also broke SSU's record for digs in a
game as she posted 50 digs in the Bears 1-3 lose to Walsh on
October 4. She also has recorded 38 service aces, 17
kills, and 7 assists on the season. Tiffany currently
ranks 2nd in the NAIA in digs with 6.7 digs per game.
Turrill, a 5-10 middle-hitter from Albany, Ohio leads the
team with 94 blocks and is second in kills with 339 on the
season. She has also accumulated 406 digs, 32 service
aces, and 7 assists on the season. She currently ranks
15th in the NAIA in hitting percentage at 35.8%.
Shawnee State holds a 38-2 record going into the NAIA
National Tournament. Shawnee State won the American
Mideast Conference Tournament Championship and received its
first ever bid to the NAIA National Tournament.
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BEARS PLAY LEWIS-CLARK STATE IN FIRST ROUND
The Shawnee State Volleyball Team will travel to
Lewiston, Idaho to play host Lewis-Clark on November 22 in
the first round of the NAIA National Championship
Tournament. Game time for November 22 has not been
set.
This is the Bears first appearance in school history to the
NAIA National Championship Tournament. Lewis-Clark
State earned a bid to the National Tournament after winning
the Frontier Conference. This is their 9th trip to the
NAIA National Championship and hold a 171-8 record in the
tournament.
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SHAWNEE STATE TO HOST CONFERENCE
VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
The Shawnee State University will host the American Mideast
Conference Volleyball Tournament on Friday, November 14 and
Saturday, November 15. Shawnee State finished the
regular season conference runner-up and will get the #1 seed
in the tournament. SSU will host the six team
tournament and the tournament winner will earn the AMC's
second automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship.
The tournament will begin Friday, November 14. Game 1
will feature #4 Cedarville against #5 Northwestern Ohio at
1:00 p.m. Game 2 on Friday will feature #3 Mount Vernon and
#6 Malone.
Saturday's game schedule is semifinal at 9:00 a.m.
featuring winner of Cedarville/Northwestern Ohio playing #1
Shawnee State. In the second semifinal game the winner
of the Mount Vernon/Malone winner playing #2 Ohio Dominican.
The semifinal winner will meet in the championship match at
6:30.
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TURRILL NAMED AMC PLAYER OF WEEK |
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 Jami
Turrill is the AMC Player of the Week in women's volleyball
after sparking the undefeated Bears to six more wins during
September 8-14.
Turrill, a 5-10 sophomore from Albany, Ohio,
averaged 2.61 kills and 3.72 digs as SSU swept all six
matches in three sets. In 18 sets played, she buried
47 kills with only five errors in 86 attempts for a .488
attack percentage. Turrill registered 67 digs, 10
blocks, and nine service aces.
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