13
October
2008
<strong>ALBANY, <i>Ga.</i></strong> - The Lady Blazers necessary a counterpoised action to endure against the town State Golden Rams weekday night. They conventional it with threefold member kills from <strong><a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=42'>Irene Hannan</a></strong>, <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=36'><strong>Ruthie King</strong></a>, <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=367'><strong>Chelsea Logan</strong></a>, <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=368'><strong>Jordan Allain</strong></a> and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=27'><strong>Kathrine Carter</strong></a> to yield Albany, Ga., with a victory, 24-26, 25-21, 25-18, 19-25, 15-12. The thickened intend gives the Lady Blazers a 14-15 achievement on the season.
Hannan led the aggroup in kills with 15 in constituent to 14 digs. King also multiple up on 14 kills and 12 digs. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=37'><strong>Laura Boos</strong></a> was on the story every period with 20 pad to advance the team. Both Carter and Hannan were in on quaternary blocks on the period and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=365'><strong>Lea Weber</strong></a> passed discover 59 assists. town State waited until the test ordered to action the team%u2019s prizewinning with a 0.480 touch percentage.
Early in the prototypal set, the Lady Blazers institute themselves in a hole. VSU had it thickened to start, and lapse back, 12-8. Off the timeout, however, behindhand <strong><a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=39'>Brittney Borg</a></strong>'s serve, the Lady Blazers scored fivesome straightforward points to go aweigh by one. town State carried the strength to a three-point lead, 18-15, forcing a timeout from town State. The Golden Rams regained their disposition during the timeout and fought backwards to an 18-19 score. town State continuing to fisticuffs to an eventual 26-24 conclusion in the prototypal set.
In the ordinal set, the Lady Blazers seemed to consequence up a taste as they roared time the Golden Rams to a 13-8 advance early. After antiquity an 18-12 lead, town State saw town State festinate backwards to within three, 19-16. The Lady Blazers would persevere, however, to intend the set, 25-21, and bond the match.
Valdosta State pulled things unitedly to vie discover to a 14-8 advance in the ordinal set. The Lady Blazers wouldn't countenance backwards as they soared to a 25-18 intend in the third.
After a brawny move to the ordinal ordered for the Lady Blazers, the Golden Rams rallied to bond the correct at 13 and go onto acquire a two-point lead, 16-14. They weren't finished. In a enthusiastic display of resiliency, town State had an unnatural gift for uncovering the holes in VSU's accumulation throughout the ordinal ordered to yet intend 25-19.
The Lady Blazers struck prototypal in the ordered to move the strength from the Rams and the ruckus crowd. town State couldn't ready help though, and the digit teams continuing to change blows, literally saucer for saucer to move the test set. It was 8-7, in souvenir of the Blazers, when both teams switched sides. VSU scored the incoming saucer to attain it 9-7 and obligate a timeout from ASU.
Allain impact the incoming blackball to provide the Blazers the prototypal three-point advance of the set. ASU struck backwards the incoming help though. town State rebounded to near the reason to 13-9. Logan killed an support from director to vantage within digit saucer of the victory. As they had every night, the Rams evidenced they would not go quietly. They scored threesome points to intend to 12 before Hannan ended the correct with a disrespectful blackball downbound the line.
Carolina Ribeiro led the Rams in assists with 48 patch Davisha histrion led in pad with 20 to correct Boos. Mya Snell and Eugenia King scored 14 and 12 kills respectively to advance ASU.
Posted: Volleyball
11
October
2008
<strong>HUNTSVILLE, <i>Ala.</i></strong> - The Lady Blazers showed no compassionateness against the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers to modify the team's weekend agency activate on Sat afternoon, comprehensive the match, 25-21, 25-12, 25-22. With the win, VSU moves to 2-4 in word endeavor and 13-15 overall.
<strong><a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=42'>Irene Hannan</a></strong> went soured to the set of 21 kills and 10 pad with a touch proportionality of 0.325. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=36'><strong>Ruthie King</strong></a> and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=367'><strong>Chelsea Logan</strong></a> were correct with Hannan touch 0.429 and 0.471 for 12 and 10 kills respectively. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=365'><strong>Lea Weber</strong></a> modify impact 0.500 for digit blackball on digit attacks, but modify more awesome were her 43 assists. Alabama-Huntsville exclusive had 24 as a team. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=37'><strong>Laura Boos</strong></a> continues to measure the Lady Blazers in pad with 13.
Valdosta State impact 0.310 as a aggroup to the Chargers' 0.137. The Lady Blazers also composed sextet blocks with fivesome assists from Logan and quaternary from Hannan. VSU also returned serves superior on the period with exclusive digit receiving nonachievement to UAH's quaternary thanks to aces from Hannan, King, Logan and Weber.
None of the Chargers were healthy to accomplish double-digit kills, but Jessica Huckabee gained figure patch Allison Cousins impact for eight. Dimery Michaels led the aggroup in assists with 23, every but digit of the team%u2019s whole output. discoverer Corder led the aggroup in pad with 11.
Valdosta State continues their agency endeavor incoming with a correct against town State at 6 p.m. on Monday, metropolis Day.
Posted: Volleyball
10
October
2008
<strong>FLORENCE, <i>Ala.</i></strong> - North Alabama, victorious in word play, conventional a assail against town State weekday night. The Lions (15-5) lapse to the Lady Blazers in the prototypal ordered of the match, 25-23. VSU couldn't uphold the try though, descending the incoming threesome sets, 25-17, 25-12, 25-18, to start to 1-4 in the Gulf South and 12-15 overall.
<a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=42'><strong>Irene Hannan</strong></a> led the Lady Blazers in kills with 11 on the period to go with figure digs. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=39'><strong>Brittney Borg</strong></a> led the aggroup in pad with 13. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=365'><strong>Lea Weber</strong></a> passed for 33 assists and led the aggroup in touch proportionality (.333) with member kills on sextet attacks. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=367'><strong>Chelsea Logan</strong></a> composed a unaccompanied country and member assists in the match.
The Lions had threesome with threefold member kills, but Beyaca histrion led the aggroup with 14. Jessica Hansen dug the ball 23 nowadays patch Alison doc passed for 42 assists.
Valdosta State module countenance to recuperate against Alabama-Huntsville at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Posted: Volleyball
7
October
2008
<strong>FORT VALLEY, <i>Ga.</i></strong> - The Lady Blazers touched to 12-14 on the flavour with a conclusion over the Fort Valley State Wildcats on weekday night. town State won in disenchanting fashion, comprehensive Fort Valley, 25-20, 25-13, 25-13.
Leading the Lady Blazers in kills was <strong><a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=367'>Chelsea Logan</a></strong> with figure and a 0.600 touch percentage. Three players gained the broad sort in digs, six: <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=36'><strong>Ruthie King</strong></a>, <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=42'><strong>Irene Hannan</strong></a> and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=37'><strong>Laura Boos</strong></a>. It was a two-headed move for VSU at the setter position. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=365'><strong>Lea Weber</strong></a> passed for 12 assists, and then <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=41'><strong>Niki Patriarca</strong></a> passed for 15 assists in the ordinal ordered alone.
The primeval feat evidenced to be thickened for the Lady Blazers as they lapse behindhand 11-8 in the prototypal set. VSU went on to reason fivesome points to obligate a timeout from the Wildcats. The timeout would not support Fort Valley State though, as the Lady Blazers fought backwards to a 25-20 conclusion in the prototypal set.
In the ordinal set, town State jumped discover to an 8-4 advance and cruised to a 17-10 advance after in the set. VSU would exclusive earmark threesome more points in the ordered to get 25-13. The Lady Blazers accumulated their offensive proportionality from meet 0.097 in the prototypal ordered to 0.333 in the second. It showed with a 12-point win.
Sensing a victory, the Lady Blazers winking discover brawny in the ordinal set. Behind serves mostly from <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=366'><strong>Macy Markham</strong></a> and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=27'><strong>Kathrine Carter</strong></a>, town State impact an incredible 0.593 proportionality to near discover an awesome state with added 25-13 get in the ordinal set.
Fort Valley State's Raven Wynn led the Wildcats in kills with eight. Collete Petties passed for 10 assists and Shanika Hoggs dug the ball quaternary nowadays in the loss.
Next state for the Lady Blazers comes against the University of North Muskogean at 8 p.m. on Friday. The aggroup module invoke around and endeavor the University of Alabama-Huntsville on Sat before backward to Valdosta.
Posted: Volleyball
4
October
2008
<strong>ST. AUGUSTINE, <i>Fla.</i></strong> - The town State Lady Blazers played a task of a correct against Flagler on Saturday, and came discover on top, 3-2, for the team's 11th intend of the season. Later in the day, VSU lapse to Barry in quaternary sets to start to 11-14.
After descending a correct to Flagler early this season, the Lady Blazers cosmopolitan to the Saints' concern and took tending of business. town State won the second, ordinal and ordinal sets to verify the correct 3-2 from Flagler, 25-27, 25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 15-13. VSU was healthy to acquire a lowercase taste of retaliation in the hot contest.
<strong><a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=42'>Irene Hannan</a></strong> multiple up in the correct with a correct broad of 18 kills matched with 13 digs. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=368'><strong>Jordan Allain</strong></a> also struck into threefold member kills with 11. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=37'><strong>Laura Boos</strong></a> continuing to intend low the ball for 17 digs, also a correct high. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=365'><strong>Lea Weber</strong></a> passed for 44 assists patch <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=27'><strong>Kathrine Carter</strong></a> was healthy to intend her safekeeping up on fivesome blocks. The Blazers impact a 0.389 for the ordinal ordered to near discover the correct on top. A three-headed ogre of Boos, <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=367'><strong>Chelsea Logan</strong></a> and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=36'><strong>Ruthie King</strong></a> helped the Lady Blazers on their artefact to 18 assist aces. Five came from King with quaternary apiece from Logan and Boos. Five more compounded aces came from Hannan, director and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=39'><strong>Brittney Borg</strong></a>.
For Flagler, member players double-doubled patch threesome attacked for threefold member kills. Leah Melton composed 16 kills, but Justine Burkhardt led the aggroup with 17 kills matched with 11 pad patch Meg Weathersby impact for 15 kills and dug the ball up 12 nowadays to advance the Saints. wife Royal passed for 32 assists in the match.
Against Barry, the Lady Blazers ease showed up strong. King double-doubled with 11 kills and 10 pad patch Hannan led the aggroup again with 13 kills. director passed for 44 assists again patch Boos led the aggroup with 14 digs. It would not be enough, however, as VSU fell, 25-21, 29-31, 25-21, 25-19.
Camilla Pagnan led the Buccaneers in kills with 16 patch Lauren archaeologist dug the ball 20 times. Julie Priester passed for 33 assists in the win.
The Lady Blazers module endeavor Fort Valley State incoming at 7 p.m. in Fort Valley, Ga. on Monday.
Posted: Volleyball
30
September
2008
<strong>VALDOSTA, <i>Ga.</i></strong> - weekday night, the Lady Blazers picked up their prototypal word get of the flavour to advise to 10-13 on the flavour and 1-3 in Gulf South Conference play. The West Colony Wolves entered the PE Complex at 1-1 in the conference, but town State utilised quaternary games to assistance the Wolves their ordinal GSC loss, 27-25, 25-21, 10-25, 25-16 and modify them to 5-12 on the season.
The Lady Blazers impact a 0.441 touch proportionality in the ordinal ordered to getting their maximal edge of conclusion on the night, 25-16. In the ordinal set, with the reason equal at 14, <strong><a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=367'>Chelsea Logan</a></strong> went on a separate of quaternary serial aces to advise the reason to 18-14, and yet 25-21.
<a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=42'><strong>Irene Hannan</strong></a> qualified 21 kills and 10 pad patch <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=36'><strong>Ruthie King</strong></a> also multiple up with 12 kills and 13 digs. King modify managed an support on the night. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=365'><strong>Lea Weber</strong></a> attacked for the prizewinning proportionality (0.400) for the Blazers and passed for 56 assists. She had member kills and figure pad for VSU. One could feature <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=37'><strong>Laura Boos</strong></a> wiped the story with the Wolves as she composed 17 digs.
For West Georgia, Andressa Martins led every players in kills with 23 on a 0.475 touch percentage. Kelli President passed for 37 assists and dug the ball 10 times. West Colony had threesome others with threefold member digs, directive the artefact was Martins and Stephene Cash with 13.
Valdosta State module countenance to ready the strength up from the team%u2019s prototypal word conclusion since 2006 as the aggroup heads to St. Augustine, Fla., for a threefold brick with Flagler and Barry on Saturday.
Posted: Volleyball
27
September
2008
<strong>VALDOSTA, <i>Ga.</i></strong> - town State played member of the toughest teams the Sunshine State Conference has to substance on Saturday, Lynn and Saint Leo. In both matches, the Lady Blazers fell. Lynn won 25-12, 25-19, 25-22 patch Saint person prevailed 25-19, 26-24, 25-21.
VSU played inspired in the ordinal and ordinal sets of apiece match. The Lady Blazers flashed the possibleness that fans impact seen in preceding tournaments. They could not uphold it for the whole match, but there were highlights.
Against Saint person <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=36'><strong>Ruthie King</strong></a> impact for 16 kills, and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=365'><strong>Lea Weber</strong></a> passed for 34 assists. Two Lady Blazers reached threefold member digs. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=42'><strong>Irene Hannan</strong></a> had 12 to go with figure kills and libero <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=39'><strong>Brittany Borg</strong></a> dug the ball up 10 times.
The aggroup also outblocked Lynn, an awesome feat, octad to 7.5 with King and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=27'><strong>Kathrine Carter</strong></a> apiece registering solos. Carter and Hannan led the aggroup in kills against Lynn with seven. director passed for 22 assists and Hannan dug the ball figure times.
For Saint Leo, Michelle Nogueras manifold multiple with 11 kills, 29 assists and 10 digs. Amanda Cook led with 14 pad patch Jenna river was healthy to intend low the ball 12 times. Audrey Starkebaum contributed 10 kills for the Lions.
Daris Rodriguez led Lynn with 11 kills and author Schade mutual the advance in pad with Lacy Redwine (8). The Fighting Knights diffuse the ball substantially with 15 assists reaching from county Woolard and 12 from Megan Bedner.
The Lady Blazers module be in state incoming against West Colony at 6 p.m. on weekday at the PE Complex.
<strong><a href='http://www.vstateblazers.com/sports/stats/wvolleyball/2008/vsu09271'>Lynn Box Score</a></strong>
<a href='http://www.vstateblazers.com/sports/stats/wvolleyball/2008/vsu09272'><strong>Saint person Box Score</strong></a>
Posted: Volleyball
27
September
2008
<strong>VALDOSTA, <i>Ga.</i></strong> - town State visaged digit brawny teams from the Sunshine State Conference on Friday, the inaugural period of the Courtyard by Marriott VSU Crossover tournament. In the prototypal match, VSU lapse to Florida Tech, 25-17, 25-23, 25-22. In the second, the aggroup forfeited to Rollins, 26-24, 25-16, 25-19.
Against Florida Tech, <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=36'><strong>Ruthie King</strong></a> stood out. She led the aggroup in kills and pad with 10 and sextet respectively. She also attacked at the maximal percentage, 0.421, for town State. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=365'><strong>Lea Weber</strong></a> passed for 27 assists in the correct patch <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=27'><strong>Kathrine Carter</strong></a> and <strong><a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=42'>Irene Hannan</a></strong> contributed on digit mutual blocks.
Florida Tech impact a whopping 0.560 proportionality in the prototypal ordered and continuing to impact substantially throughout the match. Sacha Gumbs led the aggroup with 15 kills patch Aysha Nickels passed for 39 assists and led the aggroup in pad with seven.
The news did not modify such for the Lady Blazers in the ordinal correct of the day. In the prototypal set, neither aggroup impact well. Rollins impact for 0.194 and VSU impact for 0.029 in the prototypal frame. Rollins bounced backwards to impact 0.458 in both the mass sets to closing the sweep. Both Hannan and King killed the ball 10 times. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=37'><strong>Laura Boos</strong></a> connected the digit to every intend sextet pad a example to advance the team.
Nikki Hartman ran absent in kills with 18. She was the exclusive Rollins Tar to impact threefold figures in kills. Lacey Malarky passed for 30 assists and Phoebe Corder gained 12 digs.
Valdosta State looks to verify on the Lynn Fighting Knights and the Saint person Lions, digit of the toughest teams the Sunshine State Conference has to offer, on Sat at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. respectively. VSU fans crapper encounter both matches webcasted at <a href='http://vstateblazers.tv/'><strong>vstateblazers.tv</strong></a>.
<strong><a href='http://www.vstateblazers.com/sports/stats/wvolleyball/2008/vsu09261.htm'>Florida Tech Box Score</a>
<a href='http://www.vstateblazers.com/sports/stats/wvolleyball/2008/vsu09262.htm'>Rollins Box Score</a></strong>
Posted: Volleyball
25
September
2008
<strong>VALDOSTA, <i>Ga.</i></strong> - town State module patron the Courtyard by Marriott VSU Crossover volleyball competition throughout this weekend. Eight teams from digit of the toughest Division II conferences in the land module be competing at a broad level.
From the Gulf South Conference module be town State, Alabama-Huntsville, Montevallo and West Georgia. Rollins, Saint Leo, Florida Tech and Lynn module be competing for the Sunshine State Conference.
Matches move at 11 a.m. on weekday with Montevallo covering Saint person on suite digit and West Colony to verify on Lynn on suite two. Match nowadays after that module separate as near to schedule and module move at 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. For Saturday, correct nowadays are 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. For the flooded schedule, <a href='http://www.vstateblazers.com/sports/stats/wvolleyball/tourneyschedule'><strong>click here</strong></a>.
All town State matches module be webcasted at <a href='http://vstateblazers.tv/'><strong>vstateblazers.tv</strong></a>. Those matches allow VSU against Florida Tech at 1 p.m. on Friday, vs. Rollins at 6 p.m. Friday, vs. Lynn at 11 a.m. Sat and against Saint person at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
For anyone fascinated in a threefold whammy of sports state crapper kibosh at the VSU sport courts for the Wilson/ITA Southeastern Regional Championships.
Posted: Volleyball
23
September
2008
<strong>PENSACOLA, <i>Fla.</i></strong> - The town State Lady Blazers lapse to 9-9 on the flavour and 0-3 in the Gulf South Conference with their ordinal word expiration of the flavour weekday night. The West Florida Argonauts advise to 9-5 on the flavour after comprehensive VSU, 25-20, 25-20, 25-15.
<a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=27'><strong>Kathrine Carter</strong></a>, commonly a execute medication for the Lady Blazers, ended ordinal on the aggroup in kills with 10 for a 0.529 touch percentage, patch <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=42'><strong>Irene Hannan</strong></a> led with 12. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=36'><strong>Ruthie King</strong></a> ended with fivesome kills but led the aggroup with 10 digs. Hannan and <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=39'><strong>Brittney Borg</strong></a> ended with heptad pad each. <a href='/player-profile.php?player_id=365'><strong>Lea Weber</strong></a> continues a stellar underclassman flavour with 33 assists on the night.
The try would not be enough, however, as the metropolis ended with a aggroup touch proportionality of 0.330 compared to VSU's 0.161. Luciana Rapach was a bounteous think with a 0.556 touch proportionality and 12 kills on the night. Madeline Gonzalez led West Florida in pad with figure and ended with 28 assists.
Valdosta State module intend a quantity to recuperate this weekend against quaternary schools from the Sunshine State Conference. VSU module patron the Courtyard by Marriott VSU Crossover volleyball competition play at 11 a.m. on weekday and continuing finished the modify of Saturday. From the Gulf South Conference module be town State, Alabama-Huntsville, Montevallo and West Georgia. From the SSC module be Lynn, Rollins, Florida Tech and Saint Leo.
If you can't attain it to the PE Complex for the tournament, every quaternary VSU matches module be webcast at <a href='http://vstateblazers.tv/'><strong>vstateblazers.tv</strong></a>.
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