Indiana University Athletics
IU Opens Four-Match Road Swing in Great Lake State
11/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 8, 2005
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana volleyball team begins a four-match road trip this weekend as the Hoosiers head to the Great Lake State to tangle with Michigan in Ann Arbor on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. Indiana then travels to East Lansing to play Michigan State on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.
ON THE GRAND STAGE
IU will face Michigan on Nov. 11 in a match to be televised on tape delay on Comcast Sports Net.
MANDY ON THE BLOCK
Mandy Eberle continues to be a force at the net. Her 1.31 blocks per game is sixth in the Big Ten.
EBERLE CLOSING IN ON CAREER TOP 10
Mandy Eberle is closing in on IU's top 10 in block assists. Her 229 career block assists rank behind Melissa Rooney's 230 (1995-98) for 10th place.
ENTERING THE RECORD BOOKS
Several Hoosiers entered the record books this season. Mandy Eberle currently ranks 12th in total career blocks with 255. She is behind Karen Dunham, who recorded 263 total blocks from 1984-87. Meanwhile, Eberle's 113 block assists this season are sixth on the single-season list. The next in line is Julie Goedde with 116 in 1987. Additionally, Eberle's 126 total blocks this season moved her into a seventh-place tie with Melissa Brewer (2000) and Julie Goedde (1989). The next on the list is Anne Eastman with 134 in 1994.
Meanwhile, Rachel Gerling moved into a seventh-place tie for services aces in a season with 50. Her next target is 51 held by Jen Magelssen (1996) and Jill Kerkhoff (1993).
Additionally, Laura Holm took third on IU's freshman single-season assists chart with 944. Sherri Stout owns the record with 1,236 assists in 1989, while Laurie Gardner is second with 1,183 assists in 1999. She also moved into 10th on the career assist chart, behind Stout's total set in 1989.
SHORT THREATENING FRESHMAN KILL RECORD
Erica Short is closing in on the single-season freshman kill mark held by Christina Archibald (364 in 2001). Short currently owns 327 kills. Jennifer Magelssen's 342 kills in 1995 is second, while Hillary Toivonen's 329 kills in 1999 is next on Short's list.
GREAT WALL OF ANNIE
Annie Moddrell continues to intimidate opposing hitters with her stout defense at the net. The Freeburg, Ill., native is tied for seventh in the league in blocks per game with 1.27.
GREAT WALL OF ANNIE II
Annie Moddrell became just the sixth member of the double-digit block assist club at Indiana with 10 against Furman on Sept. 10. The tally tied her for third-most in school history.
BOMBS AWAY
IU has had a tremendous serve game this season. Consequently, the Hoosiers lead the Big Ten with 136 service aces.
HOLDING SERVE
Rachel Gerling leads the Big Ten in service aces with 50.
ROCKING WITH THE ROCK
Rachel "Rock" Gerling leads the team in service aces (50). Additionally, she is second on the team in kills (306) and digs (277).
400 MATCHES
When Indiana took the court against Penn State on Nov. 4, head coach Katie Weismiller coached her 400th-match at the helm of the Hoosier program.
500 WINS
With two more victories this season, IU will own 500 total wins as a program. Indiana entered the season with 489 wins in the school's history.
DEALING ACES
During the IU Credit Union Invitational, IU dropped the hammer in the service department. Against Western Kentucky, the team recorded 15 aces, which tied for the fourth-most in school history and third in a five-game match.
DEALING ACES II
Lauren Ditteon's five aces against Western Kentucky tied her for eighth all-time on the single-match list. Additionally, Rachel Gerling amassed five aces against North Florida on Sept. 9.
BLOCK PARTY
IU turned up its block game against Arkansas State, as the Hoosiers posted a three-game school-record 27 block assists in a 3-0 whitewashing of the Lady Indians. Meanwhile, IU's 14.5 total team blocks is now the second-most in a three-game match in school history.
BLOCK PARTY II
Rachel Gerling's three solo blocks against Dayton on Sept. 17 set the University Gym record for a five-game match. Meanwhile, Mandy Eberle's nine block assists in back-to-back matches against Michigan and Evansville are facility records.
STREAK STOPPING
With Indiana's triumph over Michigan on Sept. 24, the Hoosiers snapped a four-match losing streak to the Wolverines that dated back to Nov. 9, 2002. Should IU knock off Michigan this weekend, it would mark the first season sweep of the Wolverines since 1999.
Additionally, IU's win over Illinois on Oct. 22 broke a five-match losing streak to the Illini that dated back to Oct. 18, 2002.
GERLING NAMED BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Rachel Gerling garnered the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award for the week ending Sept. 25. With the inception of the award this year, Gerling is the first Hoosier to earn the nod.
SUCCESSFUL SEASON OPENERS
13 up, 13 down. The Hoosiers improved to a perfect 13-0 in season openers in 2005 under head coach Katie Weismiller after defeating Indiana State in three games. In its 31st season, Indiana has compiled a 24-7 record in season-opening matches. IU's last loss in a season-opening match was a three-game sweep at Kentucky on Sept. 4, 1992.
BACK-TO-BACK ALL-TOURNEY
In a vote by the participating coaches, Annie Moddrell and Rachel Gerling earned spots on the IU Credit Union All-Tournament team. The duo then earned its second straight recognition as members of the Bama Bash All-Tournament team.
ALL-TOURNEY TROPHY HAUL
Rachel Gerling earned her third consecutive all-tournament team selection with a stellar effort at the Winthrop Invitational.
Meanwhile, Erica Short earned her first such accolade with recognition on the Winthrop Invite team as well.
TIS BOOKSTORE ALL-TOURNEY TEAM
Laura Holm and Erica Short earned spots on the TIS Bookstore All-Tournament Team. The honor was Short's second in a row and Holm's first as a Hoosier.
THEY GROW THEM BIG
With an incoming freshman class that features four players more than six feet tall (Carrie Deal; 6-0, Ashley Shaufler; 6-4, Erica Short; 6-2; and Emily Zulauf; 6-1), Indiana now has eight Hoosiers that eclipse the six-foot mark. Current Hoosiers Gabrielle Allison (6-1), Mandy Eberle (6-1), Rachel Gerling (6-0), and Annie Moddrell (6-1) all stand over six-feet tall. The last time IU had so many players measuring more than six-feet tall was in 2003 with eight as well.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
For the second consecutive season, IU has only two seniors on its roster. Mandy Eberle and Rachel Gerling will be looked to for leadership with such a young squad.
PORCH ARRIVES IN BLOOMINGTON
Dottie Porch, who spent the past three seasons as a co-coach with the Indianapolis Juniors squads and as a member of the WTHR-TV team in the Circle City, is in her first year as assistant volleyball coach at Indiana, head coach Katie Weismiller announced. Porch replaced former IU standout and assistant volleyball coach Cydryce Carter.
HITTING THE BOOKS
IU earned the prestigious Game Plan/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the 2004-05 season, as announced by the AVCA on Aug. 5.
"We take great pride in the fact that with the IU volleyball program our players are students first," Indiana head coach Katie Weismiller said. "This award is an honor and demonstrates how much effort the Hoosiers put into their classwork."
The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors college and high school teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year. Nominating head coaches must be AVCA members.
NEWCOMER INFUSION
Weismiller brought in a huge 2005 freshmen class. A total of 10 newcomers: Jessica Batliner (Floyds Knobs, Ind./Our Lady of Providence), Carrie Deal (Bloomington, Ind./North), Laura Katherine de Lambert Holm (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North), Jessica Langert (Downers Grove, Ill./Montini Catholic), Christine Nolen (Spokane, Wash./Saint George's), Kari Morgenstein (Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson), Hana Ros (Muncie, Ind./Burris), Ashley Shaufler (Bristol, Wis./Westosha Central), Erica Short (Orrville, Ohio/Orrville) and Emily Zulauf (Findlay, Ohio/Findlay) joined IU for the 2005-06 campaign.
