Women’s Volleyball Goes On The Road To Face Iowa and Minnesota – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/16/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 16, 1999
LOOKING AT THE BUCKEYES
Ohio State, offensively, is led by Rosie Snow who averages 3.80 kills (312) per game. Jen Flynn ranks second with a 3.12 average on 265 kills. Sue Calligaris is the team’s top percentage hitter at .333 with Dana Stearns second at .321. On the serve, Flynn has a team-high 24 aces with Snow at 20 aces. Setter Katie Virtue is averaging 12.96 assists per game on 1,037 assists. Defensively, Snow has a team-high 221 digs (2.70) with Flynn second with a 2.47 average (210). Suzie Stiling (10-64, .85) has a team-high 74 blocks and Stearns is second (3-50, .76) with 53 total blocks.
As a team, Ohio State is hitting .243 and averaging 16.63 kills per game. OSU averages 2.18 blocks, 13.58 digs and 1.42 aces per game. Buckeye opponents are hitting .206 and average 13.99 kills per game. Opponents average 2.53 blocks, 11.76 digs and .99 aces per game.
BIG TEN WEEKEND SWEEP
With wins over Michigan State and Michigan, Ohio State completed its first weekend sweep of Big Ten opponents this season. OSU had split the six previous weeks after losing to Michigan and Michigan State in the opening weekend of the Big Ten season.
2-0 GAME STARTS EQUALS WINS
Ohio State is perfect when it wins the first two games of a match. The Buckeyes are 11-0 with wins in games one and two.
IMPROVED BLOCKING
Ohio State had a season-high 28 assist blocks against Michigan State. Those along with two solo blocks produced a team-high 16 blocks, the best performance for OSU this season.
FLYNN MOVES IN CAREER NUMBERS
With a weekend total of 14 digs and 10 assist blocks, Jen Flynn has moved up in both categories on the Ohio State career list. Her 14 digs gives her 1,088 career digs and moves her into seventh place, passing Carrie Leonard (1991-94) who has 1,077. Flynn’s 10 assist blocks gives her 231 career assist blocks and moves her to eighth on the OSU career list. She passed Kristi Neuman (1983-86) with 222 and Sara Daniel (1991-94) with 230. Flynn collected six of her 10 assist blocks against Michigan State, setting season highs for assist and total blocks. SNOW 16TH IN CAREER DIGS
With a combined 24 digs last weekend, Rosie Snow now has 880 digs for her career. She now ranks 16th on the OSU career list, passing Audrey DiPronio (1988-90) with 850.
STEARNS NOW 8TH IN CAREER BLOCKS
Dana Stearns tied her career-high for assist blocks with nine against Michigan State last weekend giving her 279 for her career. She passed Gabriele Jobst (1991-94) to move into eighth place on the OSU career list. Jobst had 277 total blocks.
STEARNS ADVANCES IN CAREER KILLS
With 22 kills last weekend, Dana Stearns has collected 904 for her career. She moved into 13th on the OSU career list passing Vicki Wright (1983-86) with 895 and Carrie Leonard (1991-94) with 902.
BOTICA IMPACTS BOTH MATCHES
Coming off the bench in both matches last weekend, Anne Botica had an impact in the wins against Michigan State and Michigan. She had 12 kills, three digs and a solo blocks against the Spartans and had five kills, an ace serve and a season-high 11 digs against Michigan.
CISCO CONTRIBUTES AGAINST MSU
With a season-high 13 digs, defensive specialist Nikki Cisco contributed to the 3-2 win over the Spartans. Cisco also had an ace serve in that match.
VIRTUE TOPS 1,000 KILLS
With her fifth kill in the Michigan match, Katie Virtue reached 1,000 kills this season. She now has 1,037. Virtue becomes the 13th OSU player to reach 1,000 kills in a season and only the sixth to reach that mark in a career.
DRAEGER PROVIDES KILLS
With 11 kills against Michigan State and Michigan, Shelly Draeger provided solid offense in both wins. With her 10 kills the previous week at Indiana, Draeger has a three-match double-figure kill streak.
OSU 1-4 AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS
The upset win at Wisconsin marked OSU’s first win this season over a nationally-ranked squad. The Badgers were ranked 24th and OSU was unranked. Ohio State is now 1-4 against ranked opponents, losing to No. 20 @Michigan (2-3), to No. 1 @Penn State (0-3), to No. 23 Minnesota (2-3) and No. 1 Penn State (1-3).
OSU vs. Ranked Opponents 18t OSU at 20 @Michigan L 2-3 NR OSU at 1 @Penn State L 0-3 NR OSU at 24 @Wisconsin W 3-2 NR OSU vs 23 Minnesota L 2-3 NR OSU vs 1 @Penn State L 1-3 HEAD COACH JIM STONE
Jim Stone is in his 18th year at Ohio State. He has a 395-178 (.689) record with the Buckeyes and is 226-97 (.700) in Big Ten play. His squads have won Big Ten championships in 1989, 1991 and 1994 and in the last 10 years has only finished below third once. In the championship years, he was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year and in 1991 was the Volleyball Monthly Coach of the Year. For the last 10 years, OSU has participated in the NCAA Championships, advancing to the national semifinals in 1991 and 1994. Stone’s coaching career record includes three years at Wyoming (1979-1981). His 21-year career record is 445-220 (.669).
THE DEAN OF THE BIG TEN COACHES
Head coach Jim Stone begins his 18th-year in the Big Ten at Ohio State. Closest to Stone is Mike Hebert of Minnesota who is entering his 17th season. He spent 14 years at Illinois and the last three at Minnesota.
TELEVISION COVERAGE
The Buckeyes are scheduled for eight televised matches this season. OSU’s Nov. 5 match at Illinois will be carried by ESPN2. Broadcast of the match will be Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Ohio State also will take part in the Fox Sports Chicago Big Ten package. OSU’s match against Michigan Nov. 14 will be broadcast at 1:30 a.m. Eastern on Monday.
Ohio State also will have six matches produced by Central Ohio SPORT! Television. The following matches will be broadcasted by tape delay: Temple match Sept. 21 and 22, Illinois Oct. 5 and 6, Iowa Oct. 24 and 26, Penn State Oct. 28 and 29, Michigan State Nov. 13 and 14, Wisconsin Nov. 28 and 29. The matches will be replayed at 7 p.m. on Insight Communications (Ch. 36) and Time Warner (Ch. 24).
NEXT UP FOR THE BUCKEYES
Ohio State returns home for the final weekend of the regular season. OSU hosts Purdue Friday and Wisconsin Saturday.
#10 ANGELEE ABBRING
(’99, .125, 0.50 kpg) ’99 Played in 7 matches. ’98 Academic All-Big Ten…OSU Scholar-Athlete…18 matches with double-figure kills…4 matches with 20 or more kills…career-high 23 kills twice (Minnesota, Purdue)…mid-season back injury slowed her.
#4 ERIN BAKER
(’98, -.073, .59 kpg, .45 bpg) ’99 Played in one match. ’98 Career-highs of 5 kills, 4 aces and 5 digs (Minnesota)…career-high 6 assist blocks (Purdue).
#8 ANNE BOTICA
(’99, .276, 1.81 kpg, 1.28 dpg) ’99 Played in 21 matches…career-high 21 kills against Minnesota…career-high .700 against Iowa. ’98 Career-highs of 14 kills and digs vs. Texas Tech, double-figure digs in 3 of last 5 matches, ending the season with a streak of 3-consecutive double-figure kill matches.
#12 SUE CALLIGARIS
(’99 .333, 1.76 kpg, 1.36 dpg, .81 bpg) ’99 Played in 21 matches, starting 11, including the last three…career-high 14 kills at Penn State…career-high 15 digs at Wisconsin…career-high 6 assist blocks three times…hit .857 of 6 of 7 kills against Temple.
#13 NIKKI CISCO
(’99, 1.26 dpg) ’99 Played in 22 matches…season-high 10 digs against Penn State. ’98 A third-generation OSU student-athlete…career-high 18 digs (Florida).
#15 SHELLY DRAEGER
(’99, .188, 2.59 kpg, 1.55 dpg, .39 bpg) ’99 Started all 23 matches…career-high .500 (10-2-16) at Indiana…career-high of 18 kills at Michigan…career-high 11 digs against Loyola Marymount and Wisconsin. ’98 (HS) Wisconsin Player of the Year…first team all-state (’97-’98).
#11 JEN FLYNN
(’99, .241, 3.12 kpg, 2.47 dpg, .52 bpg, .28 acepg) ’99 Started all 23 matches…named to All-Tournament team at LMU Furama Volleyball Classic…started both matches at outside hitter…season-high four aces against Iowa…career-high 23 kills against Penn State…season-high 18 digs against Penn State…11th OSU player to reach 1,000-plus digs…starting setter for first 2 matches, set half the Michigan match and the entire Michigan State match…preseason All-Big Ten selection at setter. ’98 Academic All-Big Ten, OSU Scholar-Athlete…starting setter but played at outside hitter in several matches…played with the USA World University Games squad during the past summer.
#6 SABRINA MEYERS
(first season) ’99 Has not played…an Honors Program student-athlete. ’98 Has played all positions…all-state selection…squad was 3-time district champion and won regional as a sophomore…club was Maple City.
#1 SHELLYE SILLS
(’99, .250, .17 kpg, .33 bpg) ’99 Played in 6 matches…had a kill and a block assist against Temple. ’98 OSU career leader in blocks per game at 1.26…ranked 5th in Big Ten with 1.28 blocks per game…career-high 10 blocks (1-9) equaled against Northwestern.
#2 ROSIE SNOW
(’99, .234, 3.80 kpg, 2.70 dpg, .39 bpg, .24 acepg) ’99 Started all 23 matches…season-high 32 kills at Michigan…season-high 19 digs against Illinois…double-figure kill streak of 36 matches ended against Minnesota…hit .632 at Dayton…has 1,139 career kills. ’98 All-Big Ten selection…Big Ten Player of the Week for wins over Florida and UCLA…ranked 13th nationally with a 5.09 kills per game average.
#5 BRIANNE SPIERS
(’99, 1.25 dpg) ’99 Played in 8 matches…knee injury against Michigan ended her season…season-high 8 digs at Michigan. ’98 Played in 14 matches including first 6 then missed 14 with a stress fracture of her cervix…career-high 15 kills against Florida in Hawaii…hitting a career-high .650 in that match…was limited to back row play after missed matches until the last 3…fifth-year senior after missing ’97 because of two operations.
#14 LAURA STALLING
(’98, .287, 1.03 kpg, 1.24 bpg) ’99 Played in three matches…high-ankle sprain in practice has caused her to miss the first 9 matches of the season. ’98 Academic All-Big Ten…OSU Scholar-Athlete…career-highs of 7 kills (Indiana) and 7 assist blocks (Michigan).
#7 DANA STEARNS
(’99, .321, 2.76 kpg, 1.26 dpg, .76 bpg) ’99 Played in every match, starting 18…season-high of 18 kills against Houston…season-high 10 digs against Houston and Michigan…season-high .588 (13-3-17) at Pittsburgh. ’98 Academic All-Big Ten…OSU Scholar-Athlete…Big Ten Player of the Week against Indiana and Northwestern …career-high 24 kills (Purdue, Texas Tech).
#9 SUZIE STILING
(’99, .217, 2.49 kpg, 1.30 dpg, .90 bpg) ’99 Played in all 23 matches, starting 16…career-high of 16 kills at Purdue while hitting a career-high .483 (16-2-29)…career-high 19 digs against Penn State…career-high 8 assist blocks at Wisconsin. ’98 (HS) honorable mention all-state…conference and team MVP…club was Sports Performance.
#3 KATIE VIRTUE
(’99, .191, .59 kpg, 12.96 astpg, 1.84 dpg, .51 bpg) ’99 Played in all 23 matches, starting 20…career-high 74 assists against Penn State…career-high of 12 digs at Wisconsin and against Minnesota…career-high six assist blocks against Penn State. ’98 (HS) state champions…’97 conference player of the year…Chicago Tribune first team all-state…club was Sports Performance…member of ’98 USA Junior National Team that won gold medal at NORCECA Championships in Mexico.
BIG TEN STANDINGS (Nov. 15) Conf. All 1 Penn State 16-0 26-1 2 Minnesota 13-3 23-6 3 Wisconsin 11-5 18-8 4 Illinois 10-6 14-8 5 Michigan State 8-8 18-10 Ohio State 8-8 14-9 7 Indiana 7-9 16-9 Purdue 7-9 15-10 9 Michigan 4-12 12-13 10 Iowa 3-13 4-19 11 Northwestern 1-15 3-23
Matches This Week 17 Purdue at Wisconsin 19 Illinois at Michigan Indiana at Michigan State Ohio State at Iowa Penn State at Minnesota Northwestern at Wisconsin 20 Illinois at Michigan State Indiana at Michigan Penn State at Iowa Ohio State at Minnesota Northwestern at Purdue
COMPARING THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS (all matches) IOW OSU MIN Record 4-19 14-9 23-6 Games 78 86 98 Hitting % .123 .243 .276 Kills pg 11.71 16.63 16.35 Assist pg 10.32 15.22 14.84 Aces pg 1.24 1.42 1.87 Digs pg 10.95 13.58 13.40 Blocks pg 1.91 2.18 3.34
A LOOK AT IOWA
The Hawkeye offense comes from Julie Williams with 327 kills (4.48 kills per game). Williams is the team leader in ace serves with 32 (.44) and in digs with 161 (2.21). Sara Meyermann is second in kills with 207 (3.09). Jill Schmidt and Larissa Lopes have split the setting duties with Schmidt averaging 4.59 kills (289) and Lopes 5.82 kills (349) per game. Jamie Lansing is the top blocker on the squad with 53 blocks (.94).
The Hawkeyes are hitting .123 and average 11.71 kills per game. Iowa averages 1.91 blocks, 10.95 digs and 1.24 aces per game. Hawkeye opponents are hitting .261 and average 14.24 kills per game. They average 2.65 blocks, 12.74 digs and 1.56 aces per game.
THE IOWA SERIES
Ohio State has a 34-4 lead in the series with Iowa. The Buckeyes have won the last 23 meetings going back to 1988. OSU is 13-2 in Iowa City and has won the last 11 meetings at Iowa.
Ohio State-Iowa since 1991 91 W H 3-0 15-4, 15-3, 15-13 91 W A 3-0 15-0, 15-9, 15-8 92 W A 3-1 7-15, 15-3, 15-7, 15-8 92 W H 3-0 15-5, 15-9, 15-3 93 W H 3-0 15-3, 15-8, 15-2 93 W A 3-0 15-12, 15-2, 15-8 94 W A 3-1 13-15, 15-9, 15-2, 15-10 94 W H 3-1 15-11, 15-4, 16-18, 15-9 95 W* H 66-35 24-5, 25-21 (OT), 17-9 95 W A 4-0 15-11, 15-11, 15-10 96 W H 3-0 15-4, 16-14, 17-15 96 W A 3-1 12-15, 15-12, 15-13, 15-10 97 W A 3-0 15-2, 15-11, 15-13 97 W H 3-1 15-4, 15-7, 10-15, 15-12 98 W H 3-0 15-7, 15-2, 15-5 98 W A 3-0 15-8, 15-9, 15-8 99 W H 3-0 15-5, 15-1, 15-4 * Big Ten experimental TV format
A LOOK AT MINNESOTA
The Minnesota attack is paced by Nicole Branagh with 536 kills (5.47 kills per game) and is the team leader in digs with 284 (2.90). Stephanie Hagen is the team’s top percentage hitter at .353 with Linda Shudlick at .329. Lindsey Berg directs the offense and has 1200 assists (13.19) and has a team-high 64 ace serves. Charnette Fair has a team-high 132 blocks (1.47) with Shudlick second with 107 (1.16).
Minnesota is hitting .276 with a 16.35 kills per game average. The Gophers average 3.34 blocks, 13.40 digs and 1.87 aces per game. Opponents are hitting .141 and average 12.46 kills per game. They average 2.24 blocks, 11.44 digs and 1.34 aces per game.
THE MINNESOTA SERIES
Ohio State leads the series 24-18. The Buckeye are 9-7 in matches played in Minneapolis and have lost the last three in the Sports Pavilion.
Ohio State-Minnesota since 1991 91 W H 3-0 15-5, 15-3, 15-7 91 W A 3-0 15-7, 15-7, 15-12 92 L A 0-3 9-15, 11-15, 12-15 92 W H 3-2 15-5, 15-6, 9-15, 12-15, 15-10 93 W H 3-0 15-5, 15-8, 15-3 93 L A 1-3 11-15, 15-11, 10-15, 5-15 94 W A 3-0 15-9, 15-12, 15-11 94 W H 3-0 17-15, 15-2, 15-6 95 W H 3-0 15-9, 15-6, 15-10 95 W A 3-1 15-4, 15-7, 9-15, 15-9 96 L A 0-3 12-15, 13-15, 11-15 96 L H 1-3 12-15, 15-8, 4-15, 1-15 97 L A 0-3 4-15, 10-15, 12-15 97 W H 3-0 15-13, 15-4, 15-6 98 L A 1-3 3-15, 15-11, 11-15, 11-15 98 W H 3-0 15-11, 15-11, 15-8 99 L H 2-3 5-15, 10-15, 15-11, 15-13, 9-15
BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS (Conference Matches) as of Nov. 15
Hitting 1 Lauren Cacciamani, Penn State .421 2 Angela Morley, Michigan State .360 3 Stephanie Hagen, Minnesota .350 11 Dana Stearns, Ohio State .291 19 Suzie Stiling, Ohio State .256
Kills 1 Nicole Branagh, Minnesota 6.20 2 Aneska Arosarena, Purdue 4.98 3 Julie Williams, Iowa 4.81 4 Lauren Cacciamani, Penn State 4.64 5 Sarah Gustin, Michigan State 4.55
Assists 1 Lindsey Berg, Minnesota 15.31 2 Taryn Catlin, Purdue 13.70 3 Vicki Basil, Michigan State 13.18 4 Bonnie Bremner, Penn State 13.11 5 Katie Virtue, Ohio State 12.68
Blocks 1 Charnette Fair, Minnesota 1.82 2 Angela Morley, Michigan State 1.82 3 Lauren Cacciamani, Penn State 1.72 4 Stephanie Hagen, Minnesota 1.63 5 Sherisa Livingston, Wisconsin 1.51
Aces 1 Lindsey Berg, Minnesota .78 2 Julie Williams, Iowa .46 3 Erin Hartley, Michigan State .41 4 Erin Heimann, Indiana .40 5 Jenny Maastricht, Wisconsin .36
Digs 1 Nicole Kacor, Michigan 3.80 2 Erin Byrd, Wisconsin 3.51 3 Nicole Branagh, Minnesota 3.49 4 Amanda Rome, Penn State 3.30 5 Alija Pittenger, Michigan 3.09
BIG TEN TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS
Team Hitting 1 Penn State .341 2 Minnesota .269 5 Ohio State .227
Team Kills 1 Purdue 16.96 2 Purdue 16.92 6 Ohio State 16.16
Team Assists 1 Minnesota 15.81 2 Purdue 15.51 4 Ohio State 14.81
Team Blocks 1 Minnesota 3.86 2 Penn State 3.66 7 Ohio State 2.28
Team Aces 1 Minnesota 1.69 2 Indiana 1.67 5 Ohio State 1.29
Team Digs 1 Wisconsin 15.98 2 Penn State 15.26 8 Ohio State 13.66
USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Poll
Nov. 15, 1999 – Poll #11 Rank School Record (First-Place Votes) 1 Penn State (53) 26-1 2 Stanford (7) 23-2 3 Hawai’i 22-1 4 Florida 25-2 5 Pacific 25-2 6 UCLA 24-2 7 Long Beach State 22-3 8 Pepperdine 21-2 9 UC Santa Barbara 22-5 10 Brigham Young 22-3 11 Colorado State 24-1 12 Nebraska 21-5 13 Clemson 29-1 14 Texas A&M 21-5 15 Southern California 18-6 16 Texas 18-6 17 Northern Iowa 26-0 18 Kansas State 18-6 19 Arizona 16-9 20 Minnesota 23-6 21 Colorado 16-9 22 Baylor 22-7 23 Arkansas 25-5 24 San Diego 20-5 25 North Carolina 25-5
Volleyball Magazine Top 20 Poll
Nov. 15, 1999, Week 12 Rank School Record 1 Penn State 26-1 2 Stanford 23-2 3 Florida 25-2 4 Hawai’i 22-1 5 Pacific 25-2 6 UCLA 24-2 7 Long Beach State 22-3 8 Colorado State 24-1 9 Nebraska 21-5 10 Brigham Young 22-3 11 UC Santa Barbara 22-5 12 Pepperdine 21-2 13 Clemson 29-1 14 Southern California 18-6 15 Texas A&M 21-5 16 Kansas State 18-6 17 Texas 18-6 18 Northern Iowa 26-0 19 Baylor 22-7 20 Arizona 16-9
