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OWENS EXPRESS
14-TIME OCCAC CHAMPIONS
VOLLEYBALL
1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
21 NJCAA All-Americans --- 9 NJCAA National Tournament Appearances --- 2015 NJCAA Sweet 16
TODAY’S MATCHUP
#2 OWENS
COLUMBUS STATE VS
THE BASICS Head Coach: Sonny Lewis (16th Yr.)
Head Coach: Jill Yocum (2nd Year)
Career Record: 571-188
Career Record: 33-22
Career OCCAC Record: 184-14
Career OCCAC Record: 15-9
STATISTICAL LEADERS Kills: Angstmann 240 Digs: Gyori 463 Aces: Gyori 48 Assists: Tylutki 535 S. Blocks: Smith 19 A. Blocks: Smith 115 Blocks: Smith 134
Kills: Ahrns 172 Digs: Litman 290 Aces: Litman 18 Assists: Rutter 272 S. Blocks: Wallace 43 A. Blocks: Wallace 52 Blocks: Wallace 95
NOTES
- Welcome to this evening’s Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) match. Owens has spent the past two weeks as the nation’s No. 2 team, while Columbus State enters tonight on a sixmatch winning streak, including the past four in straight sets. Owens is currently alone in first in the conference standings, while Columbus State is third. - Owens is 46-11 all-time against Columbus State. - Owens is now 7-1 against current NJCAA top 20 teams after last week’s win over No. 4 Catawba Valley. The only loss came to No. 1 Parkland. - In the Catawba Valley Invitational last week, Brooke Gyori and Christine Tylutki both earned all-tournament team recognition. - Tonight’s match will feature one New Bremen graduate on each side - Devon Heitkamp for Owens and Katlyn Ray for Columbus State. - Nationally, Owens is 12th in kills, 3rd in hitting percentage, 11th in assists and 5th in blocks. - The next home action for Owens will be tomorrow at 12 p.m. Tomorrow morning, the college will honor its first six inductees into the Owens Athletics Hall of Fame in the AVCC building. - Today’s match, as well as all home matches and select away matches, will be streamed live and archived for free. For a full schedule, visit www. owensexpress.com/sports/wvball/2016-17/schedule. Then select the “video” link to the right of each event. We’ve recently added video links for several matches from earlier this season. - Check out our YouTube page for our latest video, “The Locker Room,” featuring the Owens volleyball team, as well as many great videos from throughout the season!
2016 Columbus State Cougars Volleyball Roster No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. High School/Hometown 1 Katlyn Ray 5-3 FR S/DS London/London, OH 2 Haley Litman 5-4 FR LIB Grove City/Grove City, OH 3 Rafaella Gioffre 5-6 SO DS/LIB Huron/Huron, OH 4 Kaitlyn Ahrns 5-9 FR OH New Bremen/New Bremen, OH 5 Vicki Osborne 5-6 FR S York/Nelsonville, OH 6 Rachel Ralston 5-9 FR OPP Hamilton Twn./Columbus, OH 8 Emilee Hall 5-2 FR S/DS Jerome/Dublin, OH 10 Hannah Wallace 5-9 SO MB Westfall/Orient, OH 12 Leah Conway 5-7 FR OH Madison Chr./Groveport, OH 14 Allyse Rutter 5-10 FR S/MB St. Wendelin/Fostoria, OH 20 Na’Shay Thurman 5-8 FR OH/MB Eastmoor/Columbus, OH 21 Jada Fain 5-0 FR OH Licking Heights/Blacklick, OH 22 Morgan Danec 5-10 FR OH C.W./Canal Winchester, OH 23 Dana Catley 5-5 FR S/DS Olentangy Liberty/Powell, OH
HEAD COACH: Jill Yocum (2nd Year as Head Coach, 8th overall with program) ASSISTANT COACHES: Kelsey Profio, Elizabeth Johnson
2016 RECORD IN DEPTH OVERALL RECORD: 27-4 OCCAC Region XII Home Away Neutral
8-0 13-0 10-1 5-1 12-1
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE
8/27 8/27 8/28 8/28 8/31 9/2 9/2 9/3 9/3 9/4 9/4 9/7 9/14 9/16 9/17 9/21 9/24 9/24 9/25 9/25 9/28 10/1 10/1 10/2 10/2 10/5 10/7 10/7 10/7 10/8 10/8 10/14 10/15 10/19 10/21 10/22 10/22 10/26 10/28
OPPONENT
Rochester^ Sauk Valley^ Lake Michigan^ Indian Hills^ @ Columbus State# VINCENNES < MCHENRY < MUSKEGON < SCHOOLCRAFT < MONROE COLLEGE < MACOMB < @ Cuyahoga # LORAIN COUNTY# SINCLAIR# CINCINNATI STATE# LAKELAND# Des Moines* Kirkwood* Parkland* Rend Lake* @ Edison# St. Clair County ! Waubonsee ! Kalamazoo Valley ! Grand Rapids ! CUYAHOGA# Catawba Valley $ Wallace State $ Northern Virginia $ Monroe College $ Spartanburg Meth. $ COLUMBUS STATE # ST. CLAIR COUNTY @ Lakeland # @ Sinclair # @ Cincinnati State # Henry Ford + @ Lorain County # EDISON #
ALL CAPS - HOME MATCHES # - CONFERENCE MATCHES $ - Catawba Valley Invitational ! - GRCC Invitational ^ - Dells Invitational * - Parkland Invitational < - Owens Invitational
RESULT
W 3-0 W 3-1 W 3-0 L 3-1 W 3-0 L 3-2 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-1 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 L 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-2 L 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 6 PM 12 PM 6 PM 6 PM 11 AM 1 PM 6 PM 6 PM
2016 Owens Express Volleyball Roster
HEAD COACH: SONNY LEWIS ASSISTANT COACHES: DENNY CALDWELL, BILL BONHAM
DS
#1 NIKI POLCE
- Averaged nearly 7 digs per match last week - Now has 11 double digit dig matches this year - Closing in on 300 digs this year, is 41 away
DS
#3 BROOKE GYORI
- Moved into 4th place in career digs (1,405) - Season-high 32 digs vs Catawba Valley last weeks - Averaged 18 digs per match last week
S/RS
#5 CHRISTINE TYLUTKI
- Took over team-high in assists after last week - Needs seven digs for 600 in her career - Approaching 1,400 career assists, is 51 away
OH
#6 ANNIE LINDEMAN
- Averaged nearly four kills per match last week - Eclipsed 100 kills this year last week - Now has 50 blocks this year, 15 more than last year
OH
#7 LEAH BALLENGER
- Has missed last 20 matches due to injury - Has seen action in 6 of 31 matches - Had season-high four digs vs Macomb on Sept. 4
OH
#8 MADISON LAMMERS
MB
#9 TYANNA SMITH
- Eclipsed 300 career kills last week - Hit over .333 in four of six matches last week - Leads team in hitting (.386) and blocks (134)
MB
#10 DEVON HEITKAMP
- 14 kills away from 200 on the season - Hit over .636 in three of team’s six matches last week - Second on team with 21 blocks last week (Smith 25)
S
#13 CARRIGAN GRAY
- Eclipsed 500 assists on the season last week - 28 digs away from 200 this year - Has at least one dig in 20 straight matches
OH
#14 ERIKA ANGSTMANN
- Has 23 kills and a .426 hitting % over past two matches - Has 10 matches with at least 10 kills - Has 8 matches with at least 10 digs, 4 in last week alone
MB/OH
#15 ASHLEY PLEIMAN
RS
#16 OLIVIA HERMILLER
5-4 Fr. Huron/New Boston, MI
5-4 So. Clay/Oregon, OH
5-10 So. Monroe/Monroe, MI
6-1 So. Ottoville/Ottoville, OH
5-7 Fr. Fremont Ross/Fremont, OH
- Has not played in a match yet this year due to an injury 5-9 Fr. New Knoxville/N. Knoxville, OH - Broke her high school’s single season blocks record w/118 - 700 plus kills in her high school career
5-10 So. BGHS/Bowling Green, OH
6-1 Fr. New Bremen/New Bremen, OH
5-7 Fr. Liberty-Benton/Findlay, OH
6-1 Fr. SM Memorial/St. Mary’s, OH
- Has quadrupled her kill total from last year (220 to 54) 6-2 So. Fort Loramie/Fort Loramie, OH - Career-high 16 kills in win over No. 4 CVCC last week - Third on team with .345 hitting percentage 5-11 Fr. Ottawa-Glandorf/Ottawa, OH
- Tied season-high w/4 kills vs Spartanburg Methodist - Has six blocks over past three matches - Hit .364 over 11 attempts vs Spartanburg Methodist