2010-11 Volleyball News
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July 21, 2011
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Four Atlantic Sun Volleyball squads earned the Amercian Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for acheiving a 3.3 cumulative team GPA during the academic year.
June 22, 2011
MACON, Ga. – In the last two seasons of Atlantic Sun Volleyball, Lipscomb has been the tale of the tape with a 30-0 record in conference play as well as four wins en route to its two A-Sun Championship titles.
December 16, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lipscomb seniors Alex Kelly and Stefine “Jake” Pease have been named AVCA (NCAA) Honorable Mention All-America for the second year in a row.
December 09, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Two Lipscomb Lady Bisons volleyball players, middle blocker Alex Kelly and setter Stefine “Jake” Pease have been named to the South Region team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
December 09, 2010
MACON, Ga. - ETSU volleyball senior Alysa Long and Kennesaw State senior Sabrita Gulley were named to COBRA Magazine's All-Southeast Region team and Honorable Mention, respectively.
December 03, 2010
DAYTON, Ohio - The Lipscomb Lady Bisons missed their best opportunity in three trips to advance past the first round of the NCAA Tournament by falling 3-1 in the first round to Ohio State.
December 03, 2010
DAYTON, Ohio - Friday at 5 p.m. CST the Lady Bisons, 24-6, will face Ohio State, 22-11, at the Frericks Center on the campus of host Dayton. Dayton, the No. 14 seed, will face Butler in the second match.
November 28, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - If its December and the NCAA Tournament then the Lady Bisons are heading to Ohio. Friday at Dayton, Ohio the Lady Bisons will face Ohio State in the first round.
November 24, 2010
NASHVILLE - Alex Kelly has been selected as the CVU.com National Player of the Week for Nov. 15 through Nov. 21 after the 6-foot-1 middle blocker helped Lipscomb to the Atlantic Sun tournament title.
November 20, 2010
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Battling back from two sets down, top-seeded Lipscomb won its second Atlantic Sun Volleyball Championship in as many years with a 3-2 victory against ETSU at FGCU’s Alico Arena.
November 19, 2010
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The ETSU Buccaneers claimed the rematch with Kennesaw State with a 3-1 thriller in the A-Sun Championship Semifinal behind the 17-kill performance from Lauren Baufield.
November 19, 2010
FORT MYERS, Fla. – In the similar fashion to last year’s semifinal, top-seeded Lipscomb defeated fourth-seeded Belmont, 3-0, in the first semifinal of the A-Sun Volleyball Championship.
November 18, 2010
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The ETSU Buccaneers utilized their height to total 15 blocks against the UNF Ospreys en route to a sweep in the A-Sun Championship First Round Game.
November 18, 2010
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Behind the double-digit kill efforts of Maggie Johnson, Kayla Albritton and Jen Myer, Belmont defeated the Mercer Bears, 3-1, in the opening match of the A-Sun Championship.
November 17, 2010
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The final Atlantic Sun Conference Championship of the fall season gets underway on Thursday with the A-Sun Volleyball Championship.
November 16, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Following a perfect run through the Atlantic Sun Conference volleyball season for the second-straight season, the Lipscomb Lady Bisons place two student-athletes on the A-Sun All-Conference First Team.
November 15, 2010
MACON, Ga. – In the final Atlantic Sun Volleyball Player of the Week award, UNF’s Paige Pridgeon took the honor for the first time this season after her 18-kill performance with a .500 hit percentage.
November 13, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – UNF defeated crosstown rival Jacksonville in straight sets, 3-0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-23), to clinch a spot in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament.
November 11, 2010
MACON, Ga. - The November 11 edition of The VolleyBlog spotlights Lipscomb, a winner-take-all River City Rumble showdown, national honors for Gulley and a Stetson landmark dig count
November 08, 2010
Senior Sabrita Gulley earned Player of the Week accolades after helping Kennesaw State clinch its best league finish in her final home matches. The Owls will be the No. 2 seed at the 2010 Championship.
November 06, 2010
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons earned their second Atlantic Sun Conference regular season championship in a row when they closed out their final road trip of the regular season with a 3-0 sweep of Stetson Saturday afternoon.
November 05, 2010
MACON, Ga. - This week the College Sports Information Directors of America announced their ESPN Academic All-District teams for soccer and volleyball. Seven Atlantic Sun student-athletes earned recognition
November 01, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Belmont senior Kayla Albritton earned the Atlantic Sun Conference Volleyball Player of the Week award after she led the Bruins to an undefeated week and into fourth place in the A-Sun standings.
October 28, 2010
MACON, Ga. - In Hear From the A-Sun Weekly Award Winners, we talk to FGCU's KC Correllus and Deion Jones, Campbell's Ryan Amons and Allyson Goldbach, Mercer's Sara Elliot and ETSU's Terri Miller.
October 26, 2010
MACON, Ga. - The October 26 edition of The VolleyBlog commends ETSU, two career honors, two outstanding individual performances and the weekends clinching scenarios for the A-Sun Championship.
October 25, 2010
MACON, Ga. – A career night for Campbell’s Allyson Goldbach against Coastal Carolina earned her the Atlantic Sun Conference Volleyball Player of the Week award, announced Monday by the league office.
October 22, 2010
BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Campbell volleyball offered a helping hand to a local middle school Wednesday, holding a special clinic for the Hope Mills Middle volleyball team.
October 22, 2010
MACON, Ga. - In Hear From the A-Sun Weekly Award Winners we talk to FGCU's Kathleen Hunter and Matt O'Shaughnessy, Mercer's Charlotte Harris, Lipscomb's Joey Chiappetta and Kennesaw State's Alma Gardarsdottir.
October 19, 2010
MACON, Ga. - As conference play hits the halfway mark in Atlantic Sun volleyball, this week's edition of the A-Sun VolleyBlog looks at streaking Bears, Rarefied Bisons and a River City Rumble
October 18, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Riding a four-game conference win streak, Mercer’s Charlotte Harris earned the Atlantic Sun Volleyball Player of the Week award for the first time in her career, announced Monday by the conference office.
October 14, 2010
MACON, Ga. - This edition of Hear From the A-Sun Weekly Award Winners we talk with USC Upstate's Rachel Collins, Mercer's Kacie Hudson, FGCU's Adam Glick and Kennesaw State's Alyssa Lang.
October 12, 2010
MACON, Ga. - This weekend serves as the halfway point of the A-Sun Volleyball slate, which means we are a little over a month away from the A-Sun Volleyball Championship in Fort Myers, Fla., hosted by FGCU.
October 11, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Kennesaw State’s Alyssa Lang tied the Atlantic Sun record for kills in the 25-point, three-set conference match era with 21 against UNF to earn the Player of the Week honors.
October 07, 2010
MACON, Ga. - This edition of Hear From the A-Sun Weekly Award Winners we talk with Campbell's Ryann Torrero, ETSU's Guilherme Reis, Stetson's Tessa Gavilsky and Jonathan Mendoza and Jacksonville's Aidan Yeager.
October 05, 2010
MACON, Ga. - The first VolleyBlog of October takes a look at a historic comeback by Kennesaw State, the hot Jacksonville Dolphins and previews and early-season showdown between ETSU and Lipscomb
October 04, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Jacksonville left the opening weekend with a 2-0 record and wins against Stetson and FGCU behind the play of Aidan Yeager, who scored 21 kills in a five-set victory against the Eagles.
September 30, 2010
MACON, Ga. - The A-Sun Office speaks Belmont's Lauren Paynter and Jessica Rix, USC Upstate's Jason McCabe, ETSU's Aaron Schoenfeld and Lipscomb's Meghan Hinemeyer.
September 28, 2010
KENNESAW, Ga. - Kennesaw State's Sabrita Gulley was honored for her spectacular performance over the weekend by Collegiate Volleyball Update naming her one of the Top Performers of the week.
September 28, 2010
MACON, Ga. - As conference play swings into full gear this week, this edition of VolleyBlog spotlights streaking ETSU and JU squads, a national honor for Sabrita Gulley and a Lipscomb win streak
September 27, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb’s Meghan Hinemeyer claimed the first Atlantic Sun Volleyball player of the week award of her career, announced by the league office Monday, for her performance in a 2-0 week for the Lady Bisons.
September 23, 2010
MACON, Ga. - The A-Sun Office speaks with the Players of the Week from Men's and Women's Soccer and Volleyball. This week we talk to Adam Glick, Khalil Johnson, Carolina Lencina, Alysa Long and Raschelle Riley.
September 21, 2010
MACON, Ga. - The fourth edition of The VolleyBlog spotlights the first conference match of the season an MVP performance from Campbell and ETSU riding a its best 10-game stretch in three years
September 20, 2010
MACON, Ga. – ETSU’s senior middle blocker, Alysa Long, picked up her first career A-Sun Player of the Week award, announced Monday by the league office, for her performance at the Georgia Southern Invitational.
September 18, 2010
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Allyson Goldbach torched North Carolina State for 19.5 points, leading fueling Campbell to a 3-1 win, its second straight in the UNC Wilmington Hilton Garden Inn Beach Bash inside Hanover Hall.
September 16, 2010
MACON, Ga. - Each week the A-Sun Office speaks with the Players of the Week from Men's and Women's Soccer and Volleyball. This week we talk with Brett Petricek, Brandon Tarr, Terri Miller, Alexa Rooney and Alex Kelly.
September 14, 2010
After calling for new names for our fall sports blogs, we got several good suggestions, but we here in Macon at the conference office have decided on renaming Digs & Kills to VolleyBlog.
September 13, 2010
MACON, Ga. – For the second time this season and eighth in her career, Lipscomb’s Alex Kelly earned the Atlantic Sun Volleyball Player of the Week award, announced Monday by the league office.
September 12, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Lipscomb swept South Carolina by scores of 25-18, 25-21 and 25-21 to win the Gamecock Invitational. It marked the first win for the Lady Bisons against a Southeastern Conference school
September 10, 2010
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.--The Bruins took a 3-0 win over the Huskies in the first match of the Active Ankle Challenge. Belmont won the first set, 25-22, took set two 25-18, and then won an extended set three, 27-25.
September 07, 2010
MACON, Ga. - Labor Day weekend featured the second weekend of non-conference tournaments in Atlantic Sun volleyball. ETSU won the Radford Invitational topping Canisius, Davidson and Norfolk State.
September 07, 2010
MACON, Ga. – After claiming the Radford Tournament MVP honors by leading ETSU to a 3-0 record and the tournament title, Buccaneers’ Jamie Stancliff earned the Atlantic Sun Conference Volleyball Player of the Week.
September 05, 2010
RENO, Nev. - - Belmont closed out the Nevada Invitational with a five-set win over Weber State to move to 3-4 on the season. The win also gave Head Coach Deane Webb his 300th career win.
August 30, 2010
MACON, Ga. – Playing in the Creighton Bluejay Invitational, the defending Atlantic Sun Champions Lipscomb Bisons recorded a 2-1 weekend picking up 3-1 victories against San Francisco and host school, Creighton.
August 27, 2010
MACON, Ga. - Each day from August 20th through the 27th, the Atlantic Sun Conference will preview the upcoming 2010 volleyball season with the A-Sun Two-A-Days.
August 26, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lipscomb middle blocker Alex Kelly has been named as a candidate for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. She is the second Lipscomb student-athlete to be a candidate for the award.
August 26, 2010
MACON, Ga. - Each day from August 20th through the 27th, the Atlantic Sun Conference will preview the upcoming 2010 volleyball season with the A-Sun Two-A-Days.
August 25, 2010
MACON, Ga. - Each day from August 20th through the 27th, the Atlantic Sun Conference will preview the upcoming 2010 volleyball season with the A-Sun Two-A-Days.
August 24, 2010
MACON, Ga. - Each day from August 20th through the 27th, the Atlantic Sun Conference will preview the upcoming 2010 volleyball season with the A-Sun Two-A-Days.
August 23, 2010
MACON, Ga. - Each day from August 20th through the 27th, the Atlantic Sun Conference will preview the upcoming 2010 volleyball season with the A-Sun Two-A-Days.
August 20, 2010
MACON, Ga. - Each day from August 20th through the 27th, the Atlantic Sun Conference will preview the upcoming 2010 volleyball season with the A-Sun Two-A-Days.
August 19, 2010
MACON, Ga. - Lipscomb, the defending Atlantic Sun Conference champions, will enter the fall as the overwhelming favorite to win its third conference crown in the past four seasons.
July 22, 2010
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Five A-Sun teams including undefeated champion Lipscomb received 2009-10 Team Academic Awards from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) after posting at least a 3.30 GPA.