OMAHA, Neb. - Four Bruins recorded double figure kill totals as the 14th-ranked Bellevue University volleyball team defeated College of St. Mary 3-1 (23-25, 25-16, 25-14, 25-17) Tuesday night in Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference action at the Lied Fitness Center.

With the win, the Bruins improved to 17-6 overall and 6-0 in the MCAC. College of St. Mary fell to 9-13 and 2-2 in league play.

Senior outside hitter Rachel Muller recorded her 15th double-double of the season with 14 kills and a team-leading 15 digs.

Junior Jaclyn Thorson led the Bruins with 15 kills on .419 hitting while adding five blocks.

Sophomore Maureen Wardian hit .458 with 13 kills and four blocks.

Sophomore Kali Schnacker was the fourth Bruin in double figures with 10 kills while adding eight digs and two blocks.

Freshman Jordan Broady directed the Bellevue offense to a .247 hitting percentaqe while collecting 47 assists and nine digs.

The Flames hit .270 in the first set, pulling out the 25-23 victory. However, Bellevue held the Flames to negative hitting over the final two frames.

The Bruins will have their longest break of the season, returning to action in six days when they host Briar Cliff at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 12 at the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center.

Midland Lutheran defeated the College of St. Mary 25-22, 25-18, 25-17 on Saturday.

Cara Fleischmann led the Flames (6-10) with eight kills. The Warriors (4-8) snapped a five-match skid.

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The Hastings College volleyball team (10-0) won all 4 of their matches at the College of St Mary tournament over the weekend. The Broncos defeated College of St Mary 25-22, 25-18, 21-25, 25-10, then beat Johnson and Wales College 25-13, 25-9, 25-10.

Three Broncos hit for double-digit kills against College of St Mary - Kendra Schwein had 13 kills, Leah Dostal and Katie Moeller had 10 kills apiece. Haley Beardsley and Lindsey Sitorius set for 18 and 27 assists respectively. Liz Van Kirk, Tracia Norblade, and Melynne Kessler each had 2 ace serves. Kessler added 23 digs. Allie Mohrman, Kelsey Wells, and Moeller combined for 16 blocks.

BLAIR - The Dana College volleyball team opened its season with a five set victory over the College of St. Mary on Tuesday night. The Vikings won by the individual game scores of 21-25, 27-25, 25-16, 19-25, 15-11.
The Vikings were led by Megan Higgins (JR, Council Bluffs, IA) with nine kills. Two freshman opened up their college careers in dominate fashion. Katie Dettmer (Avoca, NE) had eight kills in her first college match. Amanda Kisker (FR, Lincoln, Nebraska) added seven kills. Senior Kali Brayfield (Elkhorn, Nebraska) had eight aces and six blocks in the win. Steph Connell (JR, Harlan, IA) and Wendy Boller (FR, Dorchester, NE) combined for 38 assists.

The Viking victory is the program’s first win over the Flames since the 1994 season. Dana College is 1-0 overall. The Vikings travel to Orange City, Iowa this weekend to take part in the Red Raider Classic. Dana will play four games this weekend against Black Hills State, Jamestown, Valley City State, and Mayville State.

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OMAHA - The College of Saint Mary (CSM) volleyball team has once again been recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as one of its AVCA Team Academic Award winners for the 2008/09 season.

The award, which was initiated in the 1992/93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.

With 15-consecutive awards, the CSM volleyball team holds the record for longest overall streak among all National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) teams. In addition, CSM’s streak of 15-straight awards is the most earned overall by any team.

The CSM Flames volleyball team, under head coach Jenny Madrid, kicks off its 200910 season on August 25 with a match at Dana College.

For more information about the AVCA Team Academic Awards, visit www.avca.org or call 866-544-2822.

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OMAHA - College of Saint Mary head volleyball coach Samantha Harvey announced that seven athletes have signed to join the Flames in 2010.

"This year we will have a lot of new faces to add to the few returning players,” said Harvey. “I am excited to get to work with all of the players. We look forward to starting practice and working toward our goals. We are fortunate to be returning a great player in Erin Dostal, her experience and leadership should allow our new comers and younger players to develop into great players. Many of our recruits are going to need to step into some roles because CSM lost some good players due to graduation."

The new signees will be joining a Flames volleyball program that is coming off a 17-19 season. College of Saint Mary finished 9-5 (3rd Place) in the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2009.

Samantha Harvey was announced as the head Volleyball coach at College of Saint Mary on March 10, 2010. The new Flames' coach comes to CSM after serving for the past two seasons as the head volleyball coach at Lexington High School in Lexington, Neb. Prior to Lexington, Harvey served as an assistant coach at the University of Nebraska - Kearney (UNK).

She replaces Jenny Madrid, who had been at CSM since 2008.

While Harvey served as assistant coach for UNK, the Lopers had a 33-5 record, a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship and a trip to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Harvey also brings club volleyball experience having served as the director for the Nebraska Gold Volleyball Club from 2007-08 and coaching for the club for five years.

BELLEVUE, Neb. -- Outside hitters Rachel Muller and Kali Schnacker combined for 26 kills to lead the 14th-ranked Bellevue University volleyball team to a 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-11) sweep over visiting College of St. Mary Wednesday night (Nov. 4) at the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center.

With the win, the Bruins improved to 25-6 on the season and 12-0 in the MCAC. College of St. Mary fell to 14-18 overall and 6-5 in the league standings.

Bellevue has now won 11-straight matches and 27-consecutive regular season conference matches.

Muller collected her team-leading 20th double-double of the season with a match-high 16 kills and 10 digs, while adding four blocks.

Schnacker blasted 10 kills and hit .467 while registering seven digs.

Jordan Broady finished with a double-double recording 36 assists and 11 digs. She also tallied five kills in the match.

Defensively, the Bruins were led by Katy Gregory who finished with a match-high 12 digs.

Schnacker and Muller paced the Bruins in the first set, combining for 12 kills on .364 hitting as the Bruins trailed just once at 1-0.

Muller totalled five kills on .625 hitting to lead the Bruin attack in the second stanza as Bellevue went on an 9-1 run midway through to break open a tight set.

Muller once again paced the BU attack in the third set with six kills on .417 hitting.

In a battle for the regular season conference title, the Bruins will host second-place College of the Ozarks at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6 at the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center. The Bobcats' lone MCAC loss this season was to Bellevue in five sets on Oct. 2.

Ozarks was the last team to defeat Bellevue in a regular season league match, back on Oct. 19, 2007.

Lincoln – The sixth-ranked Nebraska volleyball team used a career night from middle blocker Jordan Wilberger to subdue Creighton, 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-16) Tuesday night at the Nebraska Coliseum.

Wilberger, a junior from Scottsbluff, totaled a career-high 10 kills on .467 hitting and two blocks, as the Huskers established an NCAA record with their 88th consecutive home win. Wilberger, whose previous career high was seven kills set last year against Liberty, is hitting .522 in the last two matches, as the Huskers (2-1) rebounded from an opening-night loss to Michigan.

Tuesday’s win helped NU break the previous home win streak mark of 87 that Nebraska shared with Penn State between 1995 and 2000. The Huskers have not lost a home match dating back to 2004.

Concordia defeated the College of St. Mary 3-2 in volleyball at the Health, Human Performance and Athletic Center on Tuesday evening. Scores of the match were 23-25, 27-25, 25-23, 18-25 and 15-7. Dani Hoagland had 14 kills to lead the way for the Bulldogs. Sloan Brandon, Chelsea Vaudt and Lauryn Nyhoff all had eight kills, and Kaylie Mellema had 34 set assists for Concordia. Erin Dostal led the way for the College of St. Mary with a game-high 22 kills to go along with 14 digs. Jessie Clark added 11 kills and 17 digs for the Flames.