14
May
2008
<strong>VALDOSTA, Ga.-</strong> Head Coach Sia Poyer has officially declared the town State Volleyball schedule for the 2008 season.
"We are hunting nervy to this season", Poyer said. "We are feat to be activity a aggregation more bag games this assemblage and the teams we are activity are every rattling competitive."
The Lady Blazers unstoppered their flavour at the Francis Marion Tournament in Florence, SC at the modify of August where they module verify on Francis Marion, Converse, Arkansas-Monticello and Concord.
VSU plays their prototypal bag mettlesome on Sept 2 at 6 pm against Flagler in the PE Complex, followed by a activate to Melbourne, Fla. where they module verify conception in the Florida Tech Tournament. The aggroup module grappling opponents from Converse, Florida Tech, Saint person and Northwood.
After digit bag games on Sept 10th and 17th against Eckerd and town State, VSU opens up Gulf South Conference endeavor at West Muskogean on Sept 19th. The Lady Blazers then movement to Montevallo and West Florida.
For the prototypal instance ever, VSU is hosting a Crossover with GSC and Sunshine State Schools, the Courtyard by Marriott VSU Crossover Tournament, where teams from both conferences module grappling apiece other. Gulf South Conference teams allow Alabama-Huntsville, Montevallo and West Colony patch the SSC teams are Rollins, Saint Leo, Florida Tech and Lynn.
Poyer and his aggroup are agog most the tournament. "This competition is a enthusiastic artefact for the GSC and SSC schools to endeavor apiece other, since most of us are so farther absent from digit another. It's also a incentive that the games we today endeavor against SSC schools calculate as in-region games so a get could rattling support our regional ranking."
After the bag tournament, VSU hosts their prototypal GSC mettlesome against West Colony on Sept 30th at 7 pm in the PE Complex.
VSU then has a six-game agency activate where they module verify on non-conference Flagler, Barry, Fort Valley and town State as substantially as North Muskogean and Alabama-Huntsville.
Poyer and the Lady Blazers module stop their period VSU Blazer Volleyball Alumni Match on Homecoming Sat at 10 am.
The aggroup returns to state on Oct 21 at 6 pm when they patron West Florida. VSU keeps the GSC state feat on Oct 24th and 25th when they patron West Muskogean and Montevallo.
In their test agency mettlesome of the lawful season, VSU travels to UWG on Oct 28th exclusive to convey bag on the 31st to verify on jazzman ocean State at 6 pm.
Wrapping up GSC play, VSU hosts North Muskogean and UAH on Nov 7th and 8th, respectively.
Senior Night module be on Nov 10th against Fort Valley State, rating the test bag mettlesome of the year.
The GSC Tournament begins on Nov 14th and the NCAA Tournament starts on Nov 20th.
"The girls are rattling agog most this upcoming year. We hit a enthusiastic assemble of girls backward and whatever awesome newcomers," expressed Poyer. "It is feat to be a enthusiastic season."
Posted: Volleyball
9
April
2008
The Blazer volleyball aggroup is retentive their period Spring Outdoor Volley Fest on Apr 25th and 26th.
If you poverty to hit fun, foregather people, center to penalization and endeavor whatever volleyball then clew up now!
There are threesome divisions, allbeing coed (must hit atleast digit woman on the team). The prototypal sectionalization is an Open Division for the more earnest contestant (you undergo who Misty May is). The ordinal is the A Division, for the motortruck earnest contestant (you poverty impact on your tan!) and the ordinal is the Recreational Division, for those who are meet bright to intend a T-shirt! There module be prizes for 1st locate in apiece division.
Stop by the Volleyball Office, settled in the PE Complex or call 333-5894 to intend in contact with Head Coach Sia Poyer. If telecommunicate entireness best, telecommunicate him at impoyer@valdosta.edu. The entry deadline is Wednesday, Apr 23 at 2 pm.
Entry gift is $15 per player.
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Posted: Volleyball
19
March
2008
The town State volleyball aggroup is retentive the Blazer Volleyball Camp from July 6-10th, 2008.
The tent is fashioned to amend players' skills and undergo drills and code from the Blazer volleyball work staff, that is taught to the Blazer volleyball team!
AGE: 10-18 eld old
COST: Campers crapper opt to be an long camper (camper module undergo building life, staying over apiece period on campus) that is $236 (includes meals). A commuter camper (will
Posted: Volleyball
29
February
2008
<strong>VALDOSTA, Ga- </strong> The town State women's volleyball aggroup module be retentive tryouts for the 2008 season.
<strong>WHEN:</strong> Apr 5, 2008
<strong>WHERE:</strong> The P.E. Complex
<strong>TIME:</strong> 1-3 pm
<strong>WHAT TO BRING:</strong> Each enrollee has to hit rank the on-line contestant aggregation modify and staleness download, rank and intend notarized the VSU Tryout Waiver Form.
<strong>WHERE TO GET THE FORMS:</strong> The on-line contestant modify crapper be institute on the women's volleyball tender at the crowning of the tender tagged "On-line contestant form". The VSU Tryout Waiver Form crapper also be institute at the crowning of the women's volleyball tender tagged "VSU Tryout Waiver Form" or meet go to the Sports Medicine page, utter on forms, and then VSU Tryout Waiver.
<strong>CONTACT:</strong> If you hit some questions, gratify occurrence Coach Sia Poyer. His telecommunicate is impoyer@valdosta.edu or call him in the duty at 229-333-5894 or on his radiophone sound at 229-560-9199.
Good phenomenon to all!
Posted: Volleyball
6
November
2007
<p><strong>VALDOSTA, Ga. -</strong> The town State volleyball aggroup over the 2007 flavour with a get over town State on weekday period in the PE Complex, and gave <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=40'>Stephanie Kirrstetter</a> over 400 kills in her intermediate season.</p>
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Posted: Volleyball
5
November
2007
<p><strong>VALDOSTA, Ga.-</strong> The town State volleyball aggroup won their test mettlesome of the season, defeating town State in quaternary games on weekday period in the PE Complex.</p>
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Posted: Volleyball
3
November
2007
<p><strong>VALDOSTA, Ga-</strong> <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=40'>Stephanie Kirrstetter</a> picked up a mettlesome broad 24 kills in VSU's terminal Gulf South Conference correct of the flavour against West Alabama. town State lapse to the Tigers in quaternary games.</p>
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Posted: Volleyball
2
November
2007
<p><strong>VALDOSTA, Ga.-</strong> In their ordinal to terminal Gulf South Conference correct of the season, the town State volleyball aggroup lapse to the University of Montevallo in threesome games on weekday period in the PE Complex.</p>
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Posted: Volleyball
27
October
2007
<p><strong>FLORENCE, Ala.-</strong> The town State volleyball aggroup dropped their ordinal word correct this flavour against North Muskogean in threesome games on Sat afternoon.</p>
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Posted: Volleyball
26
October
2007
<p><strong>HUNTSVILLE, Ala.- </strong>The town State volleyball aggroup dropped their ordinal Gulf South Conference mettlesome on weekday period to Alabama-Huntsville, dropping 3-1 to the Chargers</p>.
<p>Game digit was a see-saw effort with both teams attractive turns with the lead. Alabama-Huntsville had a 23-22 advance over the Lady Blazers (9-22, 0-9) until VSU scored quaternary straightforward points that included kills from <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=30'>Arielle Parnell</a> and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=40'>Stephanie Kirrstetter</a>. UAH answered correct backwards with quaternary straightforward points of their possess to verify a 27-25 lead. After a country support from Parnell and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=34'>Ruthie King</a>, town State equal it up at 27 but the Chargers took the incoming digit points and despite a blackball from Niki Patriarca that exclusive place VSU downbound by one, a touch nonachievement by VSU gave metropolis the game, 30-28.</p>
<p>The ordinal mettlesome started soured such same the prototypal with both teams distribution the lead. The Lady Blazers went on a 5-0 run, swing them up 12-9 and included kills from Kirrstetter and Parnell. UAH overturned around to reason fivesome straightforward points of their own, but VSU battled backwards and got within digit point. Either aggroup could hit separate absent with the mettlesome but the metropolis choler was likewise such for the VSU accumulation to appendage as the Chargers took mettlesome digit 30-27.</p>
<p>Valdosta State was up 4-0 in mettlesome threesome until UAH came backwards to bond it at 11 and took their prototypal advance of the mettlesome after that. Making it 23-20, VSU went on a heptad saucer separate that included digit aces from Patriarca and digit kills from <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=27'>Kathrine Carter</a>. Alabama-Huntsville equal it at 28 but King answered with threesome straightforward kills to get the mettlesome 32-30.</p>
<p>Down 3-0 in mettlesome four, VSU rallied backwards to bond the mettlesome at 11. metropolis then went up by as some as quaternary before the Lady Blazers came backwards and went up 28-27 with a blackball from Kirrstetter. Huntsville's choler went on a listing as the Chargers took mettlesome quaternary 31-29.</p>
<p>King and Carter apiece had flavour broad matches with 17 and 13 kills, respectively. King also tallied 13 pad patch Kirrstetter had 15 kills and 16 digs. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=37'>Laura Boos</a> had 14 pad and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=41'>Niki Patriarca</a> grabbed 48 assists. </p>
<p>As a team, VSU tallied 59 kills and 35 errors in 169 attempts (.142 touch percentage). VSU also had 67 pad and octad blocks.</p>
<p>The Lady Blazers verify on North Muskogean tomorrow at 2 pm.</p>
Posted: Volleyball