Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Hosts IU Credit Union Invitational
8/22/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Aug. 22, 2005
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MATCH INFORMATION
The Indiana volleyball team opens up the 2005 season with the IU Credit Union Invitational on Aug. 27 as it welcomes Indiana State and Western Kentucky into the University Gym in Bloomington, Ind. The day begins at 11 a.m., with a Hoosier state battle between IU and Indiana State. At 3:30 p.m., ISU and WKU go toe-to-toe, before giving way to the Western Kentucky/Indiana contest at 7 p.m.
SUCCESSFUL SEASON OPENERS
12 up, 12 down. The Hoosiers improved to a perfect 12-0 in season openers in 2004 under head coach Katie Weismiller after defeating IUPUI in four games (30-23, 28-30, 30-25, 30-20). In its 30th season, Indiana has compiled a 23-7 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.
PROMOTION
Saturday, August 27
• Indiana vs. Western Kentucky at 7 p.m. - Kids Free (ages 2-12)
• Tonight is Kids Free Night! Pack up the entire family and head on over to the University Gym to see an intense Indiana Volleyball match!
RETURN TO SENDER
Mandy Eberle led the Hoosiers in both block assists with 106 and total blocks with 118 last season. What will she do this season?
500 WINS
With 11 victories this season, IU will own 500 total wins as a program. Indiana entered the season with 489 wins in the school's history.
400 MATCHES
When the Hoosiers take the court against Penn State at home on Nov. 4, Weismiller will enter the 400-match club at IU. IU's head coach began the season with 375 matches under her belt at the helm of Indiana Volleyball.
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. With nearly half of the team towering over most of the competition, IU should have a healthy season at the net.
ON THE GRAND STAGE
IU will face Michigan on Nov. 11 in a match to be televised as a yet to be determined date and time on Comcast Sports Net.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
For the second consecutive season, IU will have only two seniors on its roster. Mandy Eberle and Rachel Gerling will be looked to for leadership with such a young squad.
BATTLING THE BIGS
According to the preseason CSTV/AVCA poll, Indiana will be battling four ranked opponents this season. Big Ten foes Penn State (No. 5), Minnesota (No. 6), Wisconsin (No. 10) and Ohio State (No. 12) all open the season in the top 15.
SUSSEX TIES
They had to come to a different state to renew their connection, but Mandy Eberle and Western Kentucky's Crystal Towler both hail from Sussex, Wis.
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, has been named assistant volleyball coach at Indiana, head coach Katie Weismiller announced. Porch replaced former IU standout and assistant volleyball coach Cydryce Carter.
HITTING THE BOOKS
Indiana Volleyball 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 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) will look for playing time for the Hoosiers in the 2005 campaign.
