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NAIA Top 25
(10/27/2009)
- Fresno Pacific Univ. (CA)
- California Baptist Univ. (CA)
- Northwestern (IA)
- Concordia (CA)
- Azusa Pacific (CA)
- Georgetown College (KY)
- Columbia College (MO)
- College of Idaho
- Univ. of Texas at Brownsville
- Vanguard Univ.
Mid-South Standings
- Georgetown College
- Campbellsville Univ.
- Univ. of the Cumberlands
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Rio Grande
- Pikeville College
- West Virginia Tech
- St. Catharine College
2009-2010 Volleyball Team
Volleyball News
Tigers Take MSC Title for 14th Year in a Row (11-11-2009)
Frankfort, Ky. - Georgetown College continued its dominance of Mid-South Conference Volleyball Tournament titles, defeating Campbellsville 3-0 in the championship match and earning the trophy for the 14th year in a row. No other team has won the MSC Tournament Championship.
The
Tigers won the sets 25-17, 25-11, 25-16 to cap off a perfect 2009
record against conference foes, going 14-0 in regular season and 3-0
in the tournament.
Georgetown was paced by the MSC Player of the Year, Erica Janszen, who tallied ten kills on the night.
Earlier in the Tigers' semi-final matchup with Lindsey Wilson, senior libero Amy Barmore moved into first place in the school's record for career digs and has 2,680 digs to date. The Louisville native needed 14 kills to tie the milestone and earned 22 in each of the day's matches. Georgetown defeated the Blue Raiders 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-16).
The Tigers will advance to the NAIA Volleyball National Championship in Sioux City, Iowa to be held Dec. 1-5. Tournament brackets will be released on Nov. 21.
Tiger Volleyball Racks Up Conference Awards (11-9-2009)
Frankfort, Ky. – The Georgetown College Tiger Volleyball team racked up lots of hardware at the annual Mid-South Conference Awards Banquet on Monday night.
Senior All-American Erica Janszen was named the conference's Player of the Year. Janszen led all MSC schools in kills and kills per game, with 446 and 3.9, respectively. She was honored as the MSC Hitter of the Week three times and Player of the Week twice and the NAIA National Player of the Week once.
J
oining Janszen as All-Conference
selections were freshman setter Amanda Philpot, senior libero Amy
Barmore, senior outside hitter Allie Bertke and junior middle
blocker Kyla Welch.
Head Coach Nick Griffin was named MSC Coach of the Year by his peers. In his first season as head coach, Griffin has led his team to a perfect record in conference play and an overall record of 37-2.
Georgetown's Cathy Frank and University of the Cumberlands' Courtney Fout were named the MSC Volleyball Champions of Character recipients. The pair earned the award -- as voted on by the conference athletics director -- for their civic and servant leadership within the campus and community.
Academically, eight Tigers earned Academic All-Conference, including Bertke, Elizabeth Goodin, Kelsey Luckett, Kristen Meister, Cassie Moore, Welch and Whitney Wulf.
The Tigers face West Virginia Tech in the opening round of the MSC Conference Championship on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. They would then advance to the semi-finals to be held on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. followed by the finals at 6:00. All matches are being played at the Frankfort Convention Center.
Volleyball Celebrates Seniors (11-5-2009)
Tiger
Volleyball celebrated Senior Night 2009 for six special
student-athletes on Nov. 4, as Amy Barmore, Allie Bertke, Kristy
Hock, Erica Janszen, Kristen Meister and Cassie Moore played for the
last time on their home court.
Each of them has made a mark in the Georgetown College Volleyball
record books and with the conference and national tournaments ahead,
odds are that several career categories will be held by several
member of the class.
The Tigers beat Lindsey Wilson 3-0 (25-13, 25-12, 25-13). Next
up is the opening round of the Mid-South Conference Tournament.
The Tigers will face West Virginia Tech on Tues. at 7:00 p.m.
Should they advance, they will then play in the semi-finals on Wed.
at 3:00 p.m. The finals will follow at 6:00 p.m. All
matches will be held at the Frankfort Convention Center.
Janszen and Philpot Honored as Conference Players of the Week (11-4-2009)
Louisville, Ky. -- Georgetown College's Erica Janszen and Amanda Philpot are the Mid-South Conference Volleyball Players of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.
The
weekly conference award is Philpot's sixth of the season and Janszen's
third.
Janszen averaged 3.9 kills and recorded a .240 attacking percentage to earn both the MSC Player and Hitter of the Week. The Cincinnati senior outside hitter recorded double digit kills in each of the Tigers' four wins last week.
Janszen amassed 20 kills in Georgetown's 3-2 win over University of Mobile (Ala.). She followed with 12 kills in a three-game sweep of No. 23-ranked Lindenwood (Mo.) University en route to earning the Most Valuable Player at the Boneyard Brawl Classic hosted by Georgetown.
Philpot averaged 11.2 assists per game to earn MSC Setter of the Week. The Cincinnati freshman recorded a week-high 51 assists in the win over Mobile and 36 assists each in wins over Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) University and Union (Tenn.) University.
Philpot averaged 3.4 digs and recorded six service aces en route to her conference-best sixth weekly award of the season.
No. 6-ranked Georgetown is 36-2 on the season following the four wins. They have won 12 straight matches and have already claimed the MSC regular season title.
Tigers Host 5th Annual Boneyard Brawl (10-30-2009)
Tiger Volleyball hosts the 5th Annual Boneyard Brawl on Oct. 30 and 31 in both Alumni Gymnasium and the George H.W. Bush Fitness Center on the Georgetown College campus.
Friday, Oct. 30
No. 13
Olivet Nazarene def. No. 38 Campbellsville 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-22)
No. 16
Indiana Tech def. Union Univ. 3-1 (25-27, 25-22, 25-19, 25-20)
No. 6
Georgetown def. No. 40 Mobile 3-2 (23-25, 25-16, 25-23, 22-25, 16-24)
No. 44
Freed-Hardeman def. No. 23 Lindenwood 3-2 (25-19, 22-25, 19-25, 25-22,
15-13)
No. 13
Olivet Nazarene def. No. 16 Indiana Tech 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 24-26, 10-25,
15-10)
Union Univ. def. No. 38 Campbellsville 3-1 (25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20)
No. 6
Georgetown def. No. 23 Lindenwood 3-0 (25-11, 25-13, 25-20)
No. 40
Mobile def. No. 44 Freed-Hardeman 3-1 (15-25, 25-21, 25-21, 28-26)
Saturday, Oct. 31
No. 13
Olivet Nazarene def. Union Univ. 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-15)
No. 16
Indiana Tech def. No. 38 Campbellsville 3-0 (26-24, 25-22, 25-22)
No. 6
Georgetown def. No. 44 Freed-Hardeman 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-16)
No. 23
Lindenwood def. No. 40 Mobile 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-23)
No. 13 Olivet Nazarene def. No. 44 Freed-Hardeman 3-2 (21-25, 25-22,
25-14, 23-25, 15-11)
No. 40 Mobile def. No. 38 Campbellsville 3-1 (25-23, 25-17, 17-25,
25-23)
No. 6 Georgetown def. Union Univ. 3-0 (25-21, 25-9, 25-23)
No. 16 Indiana Tech def. No. 23 Lindenwood 3-1 (25-20, 25-18, 25-13,
25-20)
All Tournament Team
Boneyard Brawl MVP - Erica Janszen (Georgetown)
Allie Bertke (Georgetown)
Ellen Fandry (Lindenwood)
Ashley Hamilton (Indiana Tech)
Marcela Madeira (Union)
Erin Sikora (Olivet Nazarene)
Diana Silva (Freed-Hardeman)
Stephanie Smith (Olivet Nazarene)
Paula Stilkey (Mobile)
Eric Stouder (Indiana Tech)
Barmore, Philpot Honored by Mid-South Conference (10-20-2009)
Louisville, Ky. -- Georgetown College's Amy Barmore and Amanda Philpot are the Mid-South Conference Volleyball Players of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.
Barmore has been conference libero of the week five times and Philpot is the conference's setter of the week, also for the fifth time this season.
Philpot averaged 12.7 assists per game to earn the MSC Player of the Week along with her setter of the week honors. The Cincinnati freshman recorded double digit assists in each of her three matches, including 56 assists in a win over Cumberland University.
Her award winning week included 10 kills and a .308 hitting percentage. Philpot added three service aces and four blocks on the week.
Barmore totaled 52 digs on the week for a 6.2 digs per game average. The Louisville senior recorded double digit digs in each of the Tigers' three wins, including 27 digs in the Cumberland match. Barmore added three service aces and a .904 receiving percentage to her week.
No. 6-ranked Georgetown is 30-2 on the season, including 10-0 in the MSC.
Barmore Repeats as MSC Libero of the Week (10-7-2009)
Louisville, Ky. -- Georgetown College's Amy Barmore has
been selected as the Mid-South Conference Libero of the Week, the
conference
announced on Monday.
The weekly conference award is Barmore's fourth of the season.
Barmore averaged 5.4 digs per game to earn the weekly honor. The Louisville senior recorded double digit digs in each of the Tigers' four matches, including 23 in a win over No. 13-ranked Olivet Nazarene University. Barmore added 13 service aces to help the Tigers to a 3-1 week.
Barmore is third in the Mid-South averaging 4.7 digs per game.
Volleyball's Barmore, Philpot Honored by Conference (9-30-2009)
Louisville, Ky. -- Georgetown College's Amy Barm
ore
and Amanda Philpot
have
been honored as Mid-South Conference Volleyball Players of the Week,
the conference announced on Monday.
Barmore averaged 5.3 digs per games to earn MSC Libero of the Week. The Louisville senior recorded double digit digs in each of the Tiger's five matches. Barmore added eight service aces and had just one receiving error in 80 chances en route to being named to the Bruin Classic All-Tournament Team.
Barmore is third in the Mid-South averaging 4.6 digs per game.
Philpot averaged 10.5 assists per game to earn MSC Setter of the Week. The Cincinnati freshman recorded double digits assists, including 43 in a win over No. 23-ranked Dordt College. She added 22 kills and five service aces while joining Barmore on the Bruin Classic All-Tournament Team.
Philpot leads the conference with a 10.9 assist per game average.
The No. 5-ranked Tigers completed the week 4-1 week to improve to 22-1 on the season.
Janszen Named NAIA National Player of the Week (9-22-2009)
Kansas City, Mo. -
Erica Janszen
of Georgetown (Ky.) has been named the NAIA Volleyball
National Player of the Week, the national office announced
Tuesday. Janszen was selected based on her performances from
Sept. 14 - 20. She was chosen out of a pool of conference
player of the week selections among 24 conferences. |
Tigers Move to No. 5 in NAIA Coaches' Poll (9-22-2009)
Kansas
City, Mo. -- Georgetown College Volleyball has moved to its
highest ranking in school history, as the Tigers moved up one spot
to No. 5 in this week's NAIA Coaches' Poll, released Tuesday
afternoon.
The ranking comes just days after then No. 6 Georgetown upset then No 5 Northwestern in an exciting five set match during the Holiday Inn Express Classic hosted by Olivet Nazarene. The Tigers also beat then ranked No. 16 Dordt and No. 22 Lindenwood and Indiana Wesleyan in route to the championship matchup.
The Tigers improved to 18-0 on the year and face Pikeville on the road tonight. For first-year head coach Nick Griffin, this week brings a new level of excitement in his 2009 squad. "It is nice to be able to measure ourselves against tough competition after last weekend and we are looking forward to more tough opponents this weekend."
Georgetown travels to Bellevue, Neb. to play in the Bruin Classic on Friday and Saturday. Ironically, the Tigers will face both Dordt and Northwestern for the second weekend in a row during the tournament. In addition, the tournament pits the Tigers in matchups versus Bethany and the host school, Bellevue, ranked No. 15 this week.
The top four in the poll remained unchanged for the third week in a row (Fresno Pacific, Concordia, California Baptist and Columbia).
Tigers Sweep Weekly Awards (9-22-2009)
Louisville, Ky. -- The Georgetown College trio of Amy Barmore, Erica Janszen and Amanda Philpot (shown above l to r) have been selected the Mid-South Conference Volleyball Players of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.
The Tiger sweep marks the second time this season the trio earned the award in the same week. Philpot earns her third player of the week honor of the season and second straight.
Janszen averaged 4.33 kills per game to earn to earn the MSC Hitter of the Week. The Cincinnati, Ohio, senior outside hitter also earns the MSC Player of the Week award. She amassed a .270 hitting percentage while helping the Tigers to wins over three nationally ranked opponents and another receiving votes.
Janszen added 69 digs and five service aces on the week. She leads the MSC with a 4.4 kills per game average and is fourth in the league in hitting percentage (.307).
Barmore, a Louisville senior, averaged 4.95 digs per games to earn MSC Libero of the Week. She added eight service aces and a .969 reception percentage in the Tigers' wins. Barmore ranks fourth in the MSC in digs (4.2).
Philpot averaged 11.86 assists per game to earn MSC Setter of the Week. The Cincinnati freshman added 28 kills and averaged 2.4 digs and a .305 hitting percentage. Philpot leads the conference with a 10.6 assist per game average.
The No. 6-ranked Tigers completed the week 6-0 week to improve to 18-0 on the season, including 6-0 in the MSC.
No.6 Georgetown Knocks Off No. 5 Northwestern (9-19-2009)
Bourbonnaise, Ill-- No. 6 Georgetown College improved to 18-0 on the year after winning the Holiday Inn Classic hosted by Olivet Nazarene University on Sept. 18 and 19.
The
Tigers look to move up in this week's NAIA Coaches' Poll after quality
wins over three ranked teams in No. 16 Dordt (25-15, 25-19, 25-19), No.
22 Lindenwood (19-25, 27-25, 25-23, 26-24) and in the championship match
against No. 5 Northwestern (25-19, 20-25, 27-25, 19-25, 16-14).
Georgetown also tallied a 3-0 win over Indiana Wesleyan in the classic
with individual game scores of 25-16, 25-19, 25-16.
Head coach Nick Griffin said his squad stuck to the game plan and executed it well despite being drained from a week in which the Tigers played six matches in five days.
"Northwestern is a huge, physical team," said Griffin. "Our passing was on and we had a game plan and the girls executed and stayed in the games. It was just a great win."
Senior outside hitter Erica Janszen and freshman setter Amanda Philpot were named to the all tournament team.
Griffin said the whole team is to be credited with steady play throughout the tournament. "It was a complete, total effort. While Amanda (Philpot) was amazing and Erica (Janszen) showed her strength, it really was a mesh of all of our players. Our middle blockers are to be credited with slowing down their hitters."
Georgetown has little time to celebrate, as the Tigers will be on the road next week at Pikeville and then in Bellevue, Neb. for the Bruin Classic. Ironically, Georgetown will face Northwestern in a quick re-match on Saturday during the tournament.
The new rankings will be released on Tuesday afternoon.
Philpot Named MSC Player of the Week (9-15-2009)
Louisville,
Ky. --
Georgetown College's Amanda
Philpot has been honored by the Mid-South Conference for the week ending
Sept. 12.
The weekly award is the second of the season for Philpot, a freshman setter.
Philpot averaged 10.6 assists per game to earn MSC Setter of the Week. In addition to her setter award, Philpot has been named the MSC Volleyball Player of the Week.
The Cincinnati native added 16 kills in her 17 games and averaged 2.4 digs and 0.53 services aces while helping the Tigers to a perfect 7-0 week. The No. 6-ranked Tigers are 12-0 on the season.
Philpot recorded double-digit assists in five of her seven matches, including 43 assists in a sweep of Mount Vernon Nazarene University. Philpot leads the MSC and ranks 16th in the NAIA with a 10 assists per game average.
Tigers 'Moving on Up' in Polls (9-11-2009)
Georgetown College Volleyball will try to keep a perfect season in tact
this weekend when the school hosts the Tiger Invitational at Alumni
Gymnasium.
The Tigers, who moved up one to No. 6, in this week's coaches' poll, will
face Calumet College of St. Joseph during Friday's second match, beginning
at 5:00 p.m.
The invitational schedule follows and match statistics will be available following each match.
2009 Tiger Invitational
Friday, Sept. 11
3:00 p.m. Trevecca Nazarene def. Calumet College of
St. Joseph 3-0 (25-7, 25-11, 25-19)
boxscore
stat file
5:00 p.m. Georgetown def. Calumet College of St. Joseph
3-0 (25-12, 25-10, 25-13)
boxscore
stat file
7:00 p.m. Mount Vernon Nazarene def. Trevecca
Nazarene 3-2 (25-19, 23-25, 25-15, 15-25, 15-8)
boxscore
stat file
Saturday, Sept. 12
10:00 a.m. Georgetown def. Mount Vernon
Nazarene 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-23)
boxscore
stat file
12:00 p.m. Mount Vernon Nazarene def. Calumet College
of St. Joseph 3-0 (25-4, 25-11, 25-16)
boxscore
stat file
2:00 p.m. Trevecca Nazarene def. Calumet
College of St. Joseph 3-0 (25-6, 25-19, 25-12)
boxscore
stat file
4:00 p.m. Georgetown def. Trevecca Nazarene
3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-22)
boxscore stat file
Tiger Invitational All Tournament Team
Kelsey McFarlane, Calumet College of St. Joseph
Allie Bertke, Georgetown
Cassie Moore, Georgetown
Amanda Philpot, Georgetown
Jackie Albrecht, Mt. Vernon Nazarene
Gina Porto, Mt. Vernon Nazarene
Jessica Hood, Trevecca Nazarene
Teegan Hunziker, Trevecca Nazarene
Shown above right: Tigers selected to the Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team included (l to r) Allie Bertke, Amanda Philpot and Cassie Moore.
Tigers Perfect on the Day (thus far - more to follow) (8-29-2009)
Football
Big River Bowl
Dyersburg, Tenn.
Georgetown 22
William Penn 14
(Quarterback Alex Matthews named MVP of Big River Bowl)
Volleyball
SCAD Invitational
Savannah, Ga.
Georgetown 3 (25-14,
25-19, 25-20)
Mobile
0
(Outside hitter Erica Janzsen led team with 13 kills)
Men's Soccer
Georgetown, Ky.
Georgetown 3
Brescia
1
(GC goals by Wes Jones, Austin Moman and Matt Simpson)
Women's Soccer
Georgetown, Ky.
Georgetown 1
(match still in play - first half)
Brescia
1
Tiger Volleyball Begin Season 2-0 (8-28-2009)
Savannah, Ga. — No. 7 Georgetown College started the year on a high note, winning two matches in the Savannah College of Art & Design Invitational Tournament on Friday.
The
Tigers won 3-0 over Ursuline (Ohio) in the first match of the day by scores of
25-11, 25-15, 25-18. Seniors outside hitters Erica Janszen and Cassie
Moore led in kills, with 13 each, while libero Amy Barmore, also a senior,
topped the defensive effort, tallying 16 digs in the match. Kristin Meister
added four aces.
First year head coach Nick Griffin's squad earned a second win after beating the University of Texas-Brownsville 3-1. The Tigers lost the first game 25-21 and went on to win the next three 25-16, 25-19, 25-23, including a come from behind finish in the last game. Moore's hitting again led the team, this time with 12 kills. Freshman setter Amanda Philpot showed poise with her new team, dishing out 34 assists on the night.
Next up for the Tigers is the University of Mobile at 1:00 p.m. followed by a date with the home school, SCAD at 5:00 p.m.
Senior outside hitter Cassie Moore (shown above left) tallied 25 kills in the first two matches of the season.
No. 7 Tigers to Open Season Friday in Savannah, Ga. (8-24-2009)
Georgetown, Ky. — Ranked seventh in the NAIA Volleyball
Pre-season Coaches' Poll, Georgetown College will take to the court Friday,
Aug. 28 as the Tigers open play at the SCAD Invitational in Savannah, Ga.
First year head coach Nick Griffin's squad features a lineup of talent with 11 returners from last year's team that finished 36-8 and an appearance in the Elite Eight round of the NAIA National Championship. In addition, seven newcomers look to add depth to the ranked team.
First up for the Tigers is Ursuline and Brownsville on Friday followed by Saturday's matches versus Mobile and the host school, SCAD. Georgetown's home opener will be on Sept. 1 when the Tigers host Union College. The match is set for 7:00 p.m.
Griffin Named New Volleyball Coach (7-7-2009)
Georgetown
College Director of Athletics Eric Ward announced the hiring of Nick Griffin
as the school’s new head volleyball coach on Tuesday.
Griffin joins the storied Tiger program from another NAIA school strong in volleyball tradition, Olivet Nazarene University, where he served as assistant coach for a total of seven seasons in two stints. He replaces Jeff Hulsmeyer, who after two seasons with the Tigers, accepted a position at Kansas State late last month.
“Everyone at Georgetown has made me feel very welcomed and the expectations of success at one of the premier volleyball programs in the NAIA is not unfamiliar,” said Griffin.
Ward sees in Griffin a young, yet prepared, coach who is ready to hit the campus running.
“While it was a disappointing loss when Coach Hulsmeyer decided to leave, we know Nick will pick up where Jeff left off because of his experience,” said Ward. “He comes to us from a very successful program at a school that has many institutional and athletic similarities, so he knows what it takes.”
Griffin inherits a team that finished No. 5 in the final NAIA Coaches’ Poll last season and put together a strong Elite Eight finish in the national tournament. The Tigers return seven seniors, including All-American outside hitter Erica Janszen.
“This is the ideal situation to be coming into,” said Griffin. “I know that after meeting and talking with the seniors that their expectations and commitment level will make this transition very easy. Having a roster full of talent and experience, as well as a strong class of newcomers will make for an exciting season.”
“I love pressure, I love competition and I love tradition and those are exactly the things that Georgetown has and what I look to continue and enhance as we go forward,” said Griffin.
Looking ahead, Griffin has already studied the schedule to size up the competition his team will face and admits, there is a tough schedule ahead. “We will be tested early and often and it will be an exciting year. Everything is in place and it is my job to pull it all together.”
The Tigers report back to campus for preseason training on Aug. 9 in preparation for their first match on Aug. 28 at the Savannah College of Art & Design Invitational in Savannah, Ga.
