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OWENS EXPRESS
13-TIME OCCAC CHAMPIONS
VOLLEYBALL
1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
19 NJCAA All-Americans --- 8 NJCAA National Tournament Appearances --- 2012 NJCAA Final Four
TODAY’S MATCHUP
#8 OWENS
COLUMBUS VS STATE
THE BASICS Head Coach: Sonny Lewis
Head Coach: Jill Yocum
Career Record: 515-180
Career Record: 6-4
Career OCCAC Record: 166-14
Career OCCAC Record: 1-1
STATISTICAL LEADERS Kills: Reigelsperger 145 Digs: Gyori 199 Aces: Gyori 19 Assists: D. Smith 246 S. Blocks: Reigelsperger 14 A. Blocks: Reigelsperger 33 Blocks: Reigelsperger 47
Kills: Wynn 101 Digs: Vorst 136 Aces: Platfoot 13 Assists: Bey 270 S. Blocks: Wallace 30 A. Blocks: Bey 34 Blocks: Wallace 63
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NOTES
- Owens is 42-11 all-time vs Columbus State - Columbus State is led by first year head coach Jill Yocum. The twotime defending OCCAC champion lost previous head coach Jaclynn Yocum (Jill’s daughter) to NCAA Division I University of Tennessee Martin in the offseason. - Owens is coming off a tough four set win over Cincinnati State at home Friday night. - Owens entered play this weekend ranked nationally in the following categories as a team - kills (7th), aces (4th), assists (8th), total blocks (10th) and digs (22nd) - The next home match for Owens will be Sept. 30 against Sinclair. - Check out our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/awinningtradition) for game recaps, photo albums, post match interviews, etc. - Follow Twitter (@owensexpress) for live match updates
- Today’s match will be streamed live on our YouTube Live channel - www.youtube. com/owensexpress/live, where you can also find the archived version of matches throughout the year
2015 Columbus State Cougars Volleyball Roster
No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School 1 Julia Littell OH / MB Fr 5’8” Springfield, OH/Kenton Ridge 2 Kelli Vorst DS Fr 5’2” Columbus, OH/Columbus Grove 3 Haley Gerten DS / OH So 5’7” Leipsic, OH/Leipsic 8 Abigail McCormick OH/RS Fr 5’8” Columbus, OH/Westland 10 Hannah Wallace MB Fr 5’8” Orient/Westfall 11 Madeline Platfoot MB Fr 5’5” Hilliard, OH/Hilliard Darby 13 Kelsey Rammel DS / OH So 5’7” Celina, OH/Coldwater 14 Rafaella Gioffre DS Fr 5’5” Huron, OH/Huron 21 Julia Wynn M So 6’0 Columbus, OH/Columbus Grove 23 Brett Bey M / S So 5’11” Versailles, OH/Versailles Head Coach: Jill Yocum (1st Year) Scout: Elizabeth Miller
2015 RECORD IN DEPTH OVERALL RECORD: 11-3 OCCAC Region XII Home Away Neutral
4-0 7-0 6-2 3-0 2-1
2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE 8/22 8/22 8/23 8/23 8/28 8/28 8/29 8/29 8/30 8/30 9/4 9/5 9/9 9/11 9/12 9/16 9/18 9/18 9/19 9/19 9/23 9/26 9/26 9/27 9/27 9/30 10/2 10/7 10/9 10/9 10/10 10/10 10/14 10/16 10/21 10/23 10/24 10/24 10/28 10/30
OPPONENT Waubonsee Highland - Illinois Indian Hills Carl Sandburg WALLACE STATE LANSING VINCENNES HAGERSTOWN PARKLAND JACKSON @ Sinclair EDISON @ Cuyahoga CINCINNATI STATE COLUMBUS STATE @ Lakeland DMACC Kirkwood Johnson County Iowa Central @ Lorain County GRCC Invite GRCC Invite GRCC Invite GRCC Invite SINCLAIR @ Clark State CUYAHOGA Pasco-Hernando @ Catawba Valley Spartansburg Meth. Monroe College LAKELAND LORAIN COUNTY @ Edison @ Columbus State KVCC ST. CLAIR COUNTY CLARK STATE @ Cincinnati State
RESULT W 3-0 W 3-0 L 3-0 W 3-0 L 3-2 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 L 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-1 12 PM 5 PM 11:45 AM 4:15 PM 10 AM 11:45 AM 6 PM TBA TBA TBA TBA 6 PM 6 PM 5 PM 3:30 PM 6:30 PM 12 PM 1:30 PM 5 PM 6 PM 6 PM 6 PM 12 PM 1:30 PM 6 PM 6 PM
2015 Owens Express Volleyball Roster DS/OH
#1 SAMANTHA REER 5-7 Fr. St. Paul/Norwalk, OH
DS
#2 MIRANDA JOHNSON 5-6 Fr. Whiteford/Ottawa Lake, MI
DS
#3 BROOKE GYORI 5-4 Fr. Clay/Oregon, OH
S/RS
#5 CHRISTINE TYLUTKI 5-10 Fr. Monroe/Monroe, MI
OH
#6 ANNIE LINDEMAN 6-1 Fr. Ottoville/Ottoville, OH
MB
#7 ALLY MIKESELL 5-9 So. St. Henry/St. Henry, OH
OH
#8 ERIKA HARTINGS 5-10 So. Coldwater/Coldwater, OH
MB
#9 TYANNA SMITH 5-10 Fr. BGHS/Bowling Green, OH
MB
#10 MACY REIGELSPERGER 5-10 So. Coldwater/Coldwater, OH
OH
#13 DEANNA SMITH 5-9 So. Riverview/Riverview, MI
RS
- Season-high 5 digs vs Lansing Aug. 28 - Averaging 1 dig per set so far - Returned to play last night after a 3-game absence - Double figure digs in all but two matches so far - Leads team with 4.33 digs/set this season - Has at least 1 kill in six matches - Second on team with 225 assists this year - Has 6 or more digs in six straight matches - Has 4 straight matches with 2 blocks - Season-high four digs vs Cuyahoga Sept. 9 - Has at least 1 block in all but 2 matches - Has hit at least .400 in 3 of past 6 matches - Season-high 4 aces vs Cuyahoga Sept. 9 - 10 or more digs in 7 of past 8 matches - Has at least 3 kills in all but 2 matches - Has at least 12 kills in 3 of past 4 matches - 3 or more digs in past 5 matches - Has hit .412 or better in each of the past 3 matches - Season-high 5 kills vs Wallace State Aug. 28 - Returned to action last night after missing 4 matches - Second in team in blocks with 25 - Two-time reigning OCCAC Player of the Week - Hit season-high .625 vs Edison Sept. 5 - Had season-high 16 kills vs Cincy State last night
#12 ABBY HESSELSCHWARDT - Has at least 2 kills in all but 3 matches this year 5-10 Fr. Otsego/Grand Rapids, OH
S
- Has played in all but one match this season. - Season-high 8 digs Sept. 4 vs Sinclair - Recorded at least one dig in 11 matches
#14 TAYLOR PURCELL 6-0 So. Bedford/Temperance, MI
- Hit season-high .643 vs Lansing Aug. 28 - Hit .333 or better in 2 of past 4 matches
- 20 or more digs in five matches this year - Had season-high 6 digs vs Cincy State last night - Season-high 27 assists Sept. 4 vs Sinclair - Team-high .349 hitting percentage - Tied season-high 12 kills vs Cuyahoga Sept. 9 - Hit .400 or more six times this year