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Nov 2nd, 2007

WICHITA, Kan. – A school record crowd of 6,122 saw the Shockers fight back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Missouri State, 3-2, Friday night inside Charles Koch Arena. The Shockers won by scores of 30-19, 26-30, 24-30, 30-25 and 15-10, in a thrilling five-game match.

With the win the Shockers move into sole possession of first place in the conference standings, moving to 22-4 on the season, 13-1 in Valley play. Missouri State drops to 12-2 in conference action with the loss, and 23-4 overall with two weekends left of the regular-season.

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Nov 2nd, 2007

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Junior Nikki Palazzo led the Paladins with 24 kills in a 3-1 victory over Chattanooga.

In game one, the two teams kept the score close, until Furman pulled away in the second half to take the game 30-22, finishing on three kills from Palazzo and one service ace each from Courtney Stewardson and Chibuzo Aguocha.

The second game saw Chattanooga take an early 11-6 lead, but the Paladins fought back to tie the score at 15 and keep the lead for the rest of the game, finishing with a score of 30-24.

Chattanooga controlled much of game three, including scoring their biggest lead of the match, at 15-10. The Paladins responded to take a 2-point lead, but were unable to hold on as Chattanooga scored four straight points to take the third game 31-29.

The Paladins recovered in game four, and finished the match with a final score of 30-26.

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Nov. 3, 2007

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 3, 2007 -- The top-ranked Penn State women¹s volleyball team pounded Indiana in three games (30-14, 30-16, 30-23) Saturday night at Rec Hall in front of a season-high crowd of 5,011. The Nittany Lions improve to 22-2 and 14-0 in the Big Ten while the Hoosiers fall to 14-12 and 5-9 in league action.

"What a great crowd and a fun night," said head coach Russ Rose. "We played well and there was a great energy in the building. Purdue played well last night and then we got our serving game going. Tonight we just overwhelmed Indiana. How (Indiana) played tonight isn¹t a reflection of the season they are having. I thought Nicole (Fawcett) had a great serving weekend and it¹s good for our team to have a good defensive match like they did tonight."

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Nov 3rd, 2007

Manhattan, Kan. – Behind a season-high 31 kills from Sarah Pavan, No. 2 Nebraska overcame a 2-0 deficit to rally for a 3-2 victory against No. 12 Kansas State, 24-30, 27-30, 30-25, 30-19, 15-8 Saturday night at Ahearn Field House.

Pavan blistered the Wildcats for a Big 12-high 31 kills on .375 hitting – the second-highest performance of her career - and added 10 digs, as the Huskers improved to 21-1 on the season and moved into a tie with Texas for the Big 12 lead with an 11-1 conference mark.

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Nov 3rd, 2007

MADISON, Wis.

The seventh-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team (20-3 overall, 12-2 Big Ten) got back on the winning track with five-game win over Northwestern Saturday night in the UW Field House. The Badgers downed the Wildcats 30-23, 27-30, 35-37, 30-26 and 17-15 in front of 5,299 fans. The win gave the UW its 12th straight 20-plus win season.

“I’m really happy (about tonight’s win) as we came out with the win after going to five (games) and going to extra points,” said Coach Pete Waite. “It seemed like it was a bit of a struggle tonight; just getting our team to play at our best. We seemed to shoot ourselves in the foot there and give points with net errors and service errors. We’ve got to clean that up and get things back on track, but bottom line is we got the win".

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Nov 3rd, 2007

Moscow, Idaho-The No.13 New Mexico State volleyball team swept Idaho (30-27, 30-24, 30-17) at Memorial Gym in Moscow, Idaho, Saturday, Nov. 3 for their consecutive sweep of the week.

Led by senior Kim Oguh (El Paso, Hanks HS) who had 16 kills and hit .344 on the night, head coach Mike Jordan was very pleased to get another sweep. Three other Aggies had double-digit kills as juniors Amber Simpson (Quincy, Ill.), Lindsey Yon (San Antonio, Texas) and sophomore Krista Altermatt (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) all had 10 kills.

“Kim (Oguh) and Amber (Simpson) were able to do as well as they did because our setters fed them the ball well,” Jordan said. “It’s great to come on the road and pick up a sweep, especially against a good team like Idaho.”

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Nov 3rd, 2007

DURHAM, N.C. – Carrie DeMange knocked down 22 kills and Ali Hausfeld served up 59 assists to lead the 14th-ranked Duke volleyball team to a narrow 3-2 (30-24, 25-30, 30-27, 28-30, 16-14) victory over Florida State Saturday evening in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The senior duo of Hausfeld and DeMange came through when it mattered, combining for nine points in Duke’s match-clinching game five victory. DeMange hammered six kills in the final frame, while Hausfeld contributed two blocks, including one solo stop, nine assists and a kill. Hausfeld finished with a team-high eight blocks and picked up 12 digs for a double-double. The senior setter also contributed seven kills on 15 errorless attacks for a match-high .467 hitting percentage.

Rachael Moss joined DeMange and Hausfeld with a double-double, totaling 16 kills and 156 digs. Junior Jourdan Norman also reached double figures and posted a .429 hitting percentage. Senior libero Jenny Shull led the squad with 19 digs and 43 service receptions, while Sue Carls contributed eight kills and a career-high six digs.

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Nov. 3, 2007

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Libero Caroline Walters shattered the Santa Clara and West Coast Conference all-time digs record Saturday afternoon as she helped SCU to a 3-1 (30-28, 22-30, 30-23, 34-32) upset of No. 15 San Diego. The senior collected a team-best 18 digs to improve her career total to 1,869 and break the current career record of 1,860. With the win, the Broncos pushed their winning streak to seven matches and improved to 10-1 in WCC play and 18-9 on the season. Meanwhile, the Toreros dropped to 7-3 in league play and 17-7 overall.

"What Caroline has accomplished this afternoon is an amazing feat," said head coach Jon Wallace. "She beat out some amazing players for that record including Lia Young who held the record since 1993. We are all extremely proud of her."

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Nov. 3, 2007

OXFORD, Ohio - With first place in the Mid-American Conference East Division on the line Saturday evening, senior middle blocker Melissa Griffin (Whitehall, Mich.) and the No. 16 Ohio volleyball team delivered, defeating Miami 3-1 (26-30, 30-28, 30-25, 30-24) at Millett Hall.

Griffin totaled 18 kills in the match, breaking the career kills record at Ohio formerly held by Lori Dyer (1993-96). Griffin surpassed Dyer's 1,539 career kills during the middle of the third game, when she slammed her 12th kill of the match to give Ohio a 13-12 lead. Griffin now has 1,546 kills in her Ohio career.

With the victory Ohio (20-4, 12-1 MAC) takes a two-match lead over Miami (14-9, 11-3 MAC) in the East Division.

The win avenges Ohio's loss to Miami on Sept. 28, the Bobcats' only loss to a MAC school in its last 75 matches against conference opponents.

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Nov. 3, 2007

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - No. 17 Dayton rolled to a 3-0 (30-18, 30-20, 30-28) sweep of Youngstown State on Saturday in non-conference volleyball action. With the win, the visitors improved to 25-1 overall this season entering Sunday's meeting with Cleveland State at 1 p.m. ET. Fans can follow the match live at Flyer Basketball Ticket Information.

Senior Jamie-Lee Richards celebrated her 22nd birthday with 10 kills and a season-high seven service aces as UD tallied a season-high 16 service aces.

Redshirt freshman Lindsay Fletemier paced the Flyers by hitting .647 with 13 kills and five blocks for the Flyers, which held a 6.0 to 5.0 blocking advantage at the net

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