Indiana University Athletics
IU Volleyball Ventures to Tuscaloosa for Bama Bash.
8/30/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Aug. 30, 2005
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana volleyball team ventures on the road for the first time in the young 2005 season with a tournament hosted by Alabama Sept. 2-3. The Hoosiers will battle Oklahoma at 10 a.m. on Sept. 2 and return later that evening to go head-to-head with Alabama at 7 p.m. Indiana then closes out the weekend against Loyola-Chicago at 11 a.m. on Sept. 3.
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 30th 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.
ROAD OPENERS
Indiana is 10-2 in road openers under head coach Katie Weismiller. The Hoosiers have won three straight contests to open the road season. IU's last loss was against Loyola Marymount on Sept. 7, 2001.
RETURN TO SENDER
Annie Moddrell came out of nowhere to provide Indiana with an incredible presence at the net as she posted 16 total blocks at the IU Credit Union Inviational.
The sophomore also moved into IU's record books for her performance at the net. Her eight block assists and total blocks against Indiana State moved her into second on the three-game block assist chart and to third on the three-game total block list. Additionally, her eight block assists against ISU also tied for second on the three-game University Gym block assists chart.
RETURN TO SENDER II
IU, as a team, also dominated the net during the first day of competition in the 2005 season. The Hoosiers' 14 total blocks against Indiana State now stands second on the three-game chart in IU's chronicles. Meanwhile, Indiana's 24 block assists in that match is tied for third on the three-game list for that category.
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.
DIEHLING ACES
Sarah Diehl leads the team in service aces with seven over two matches. With a 0.88 service aces per game average, she is good for nearly one per game.
NOT SO SHORT
Erica Short leads the Hoosiers with 28 kills after posting 3.5 kills per game in the IU Credit Union Classic. Additionally, Short connected at a .317 clip in her first two matches of play.
STERLING GERLING
With 19 kills and 14 digs against Western Kentucky, Rachel Gerling notched IU's first double-double of the season. Additionally, Gerling is second on the team in kills with 27 putaways. She also leads Indiana with 23 total digs.
500 WINS
With 10 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.
IU CREDIT UNION ALL-TOURNEY TEAM
In a vote by the participating coaches, Annie Moddrell and Rachel Gerling earned spots on the IU Credit Union All-Tournament team.
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.
The last time IU had so many players measuring more than six-feet tall was in 2003 with eight as well.
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.
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.
