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10-29-1996 Tiffin Dragons Visit Athletic Center in MOC Volleyball Cedarville College

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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Cedarville, a service of the Centennial Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volleyball News Releases by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Cedarville. For more information, please contact [email protected]. -' 'Tiffin Dragons Visit Athletic Center in MOC Volleyball pays a visit to Cedarville for an important Mid-Ohio Conference volleyball match tonight. Cedarville could position itself for LAST WEEK AT-A-GLANCE a possible third place finish in the MOC with a win over the Dragons. Tiffin will be looking to even the series with the Lady Jackets. Cedarville Oct. 28, at Rio Grande had just won the Cedarville Invitational when on Seprember JO, the Lady The Lady Jackets rallied from two games down to post a key Mid-Ohio Jackets blasted into Ttffin's home court and came from behind to steal a Conference victory at Rio Grande, 14-16, 9-15, 15-5, 15-13, 16-14. Sarah victory in a grueling 5-game match. After taking game one, 16-14, Jackson recorded 29 kills and 24 digs to help Cedarville overtake the Cedarville dropped the next two games by identical 15-9 scores. In game Redwomen for fourth place in the MOC. Suzanne Lehman aided the four, the Lady Jackets posted another 16-14 win and then took game fi've attack with 19 kills while Julie Opperman added 15. Julie Barkhaus had and the match by a 15-10 mark. 37 assists and Lisa Weirich pitched in 18 digs. The Jackets are 6-2 in five­ The Dragons bring an overall record of 15 wins and 15 losses includ­ game matches this season and twice have come back from 2-0 deficits. ing 6 and 9 in the Mid-Ohio Conference. Tiffin boasts a team average of Oct. 26, MALONE 22 digs per game and is the sixth best blocking squad in the MOC. Senior Cedarville avenged an earlier Joss at Malone by cruising past the middle blocker, JoAnne Kesel , will lead the Dragon offensive attack Pioneers 15-5, 15-12, 15-6 in a Mid-Ohio Conference match. Sarah while Angie Poth, a senior setter, is averaging just under JO assists per Jackson was credited with nine kills and Melissa Sprankle had 13 assists. game. Oct. 25, WALSH Cedarville enters today's match with an overall record of 26 wins and Walsh remained unbeaten in the Mid-Ohio Conference upon rallying for 9 losses including a 10-6 slate in the Mid-Ohio Conference. The Lady a 10-15, 15-5, 17-15, 15-8 victory. Sarah Jackson had 16 kills and 16 digs Jackets finish a difficult 4 matches in 5 days MOC schedule with for the Yellow Jackets while Melissa Sprankle added 21 assists. tonight's match. Cedarville dropped a 3-1 decision to league-leading Walsh University on Friday night but sent Malone College reeling with a 3-0 victory on Saturday morning. Last night, the Lady Jackets hit the NEXT WEEK AT-A-GLANCE pavement for a contest against Rio Grande and Cedarville came away with a 3-2 come from behind victory, their 10th MOC win of the year. After Cedarville returns from the NCCAA National Tournament, the Lady Jackets travel to Central State next Tuesday (or a 7:00 pm match LADY JACKETS HEADED FOR NCCAA NATIONALS and then host the Mt. Vernon Nazarene Cougars next Thursday at 7:00 pm in the last home game of the 1996 season. It will also be Senior Night. ABOUT TONIGHT'S OPPONENT Tiffin University was founded in 1888 and promotes a tradition of ,,. excellence in preparing students for the future. The school is located in the northwestern Ohio city ofTtffin and has an enrollment of 1,100.

l\lOC \Vomen's Volleyball Standings (Thru Sunday, October 27, 1996) MOC PCT. OVERALL PCT. I. Walsh University 13 0 1.000 29 4 .879 2. Mt. Vernon Nazarene College 14 I .933 31 7 .816 3. Ohio Dominican College 9 ~ .643 19 13 .594 Plroto by Scott Huck, Cedarville College Public Relations Office 4. 8 5 .615 13 17 .433 The Lady Jackets are anxiously awaiting their participation in the 5. Cedarville College 9 6 .600 25 9 .735 NCCAA National Volleyball Tournament at Lee College this weekend. 6. Tiffin University 6 9 .400 15 15 .500 Cedarville will play Christian Heritage (CA), Grace College (IN) and 7. Malone College 5 8 .385 14 14 .500 Western Baptist (OR) in pool play on Friday. All teams will then e1,1ter a 8. 6 JO .375 12 13 .480 single elimination tournament on Saturday to decide the NCCAA 9. Urbana University 2 13 .133 7 21 .250 Volleyball Champion. The team is scheduled to depart Wednesday at 6: 15 JO. Shawnee State University 0 15 .000 6 16 .273 pm from the Athletic Center. Everyone is invited to gather in front of the Stay up to date on the Lady Jacket volleyball .,quad and all Cedarville College sports, 24 AC as the team boards their chartered bus for the trip to Tennessee. hour. a day. .

I - - -~ - 'I. Cedarville College "Lady Jackets" Cedarville, Ohio Head Coach: Teresa Clark NO. PLAYER POS. HT. YR HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 1 Sarah Jackson AA 5-8 Sr Cincinnati, OH Sycamore 5 Julie Barkhaus S-H 5-7 So Ft. Wayne, IN Blackhawk Christian 6 Amanda Johns S 5-7 Fr Davison, MI Davison 8 Rachel Tilton S 5-5 Fr Concord, CA Berean Christian 9 Miranda Woller MB 5-11 Fr Westerville, OH Worthington Christian 10 Christine Scheffel BR 5-6 So Streetsboro, OH Streetsboro 12 Melissa Sprankle S 5-6 Sr Chesapeake, VA Greenbrier Christian 13 Julie Opperman MH 5-10 So Durand, IL Durand 14 Jody Thompson BR 5-4 Fr Grinnell, IA Grinnell 15 Casey Ruffin S 5-8 Fr Grand Lake, CO Col. Springs Christian 16 Suzanne Lehman OH 5-6 So Kidron, OH Dalton 18 Lisa Weirich AA 5-10 Jr Mt: Pleasant, MI Mt. Pleasant Baptist 21 Marcie Curry BR 5-4 Sr Pekin, IL Peoria Christian 22 Heather Scheffel OH 5-8 Jr Streetsboro, OH . Streetsboro '', 23 Bethany Comer OH 5-9 Jr Grand Rapids, MI Baptist Tiffin University "Dragons" Tiffin, Ohio Head Coach: Bonnie Tiell - . NO. PLAYER POS. HT. YR HOMETOWN 1·· .. I • I I 1 Angie Poth s 5-5 Sr Greenwich, OH . - , I I 2 Denise Ruggeri DS 5-4 Jr Concord Twp., OH r 3 Jaime Smith DS 5-4 Jr Logan, OH ,' 4 Kristi Hofka MB 5-11 Jr Pierpont, OH 6 J oAnne Kesel MB 5-9 Sr Dublin, OH I .J 7 Casey Irons OH 11 5-9 Jr Toledo, OH , _. I r 10 Jessica Stowers OH 5-9 So Cuyahoga Falls, OH !f ody Dillinger OH 5-7 So Bellevue, OH

12 Milvia Kendrick OH 5-9 Jr Columbus, OH I • I ', 14 Missy Woods MB 6-0 Sr Celina, OH 'I 15 Rebecca Goodsel MB 5-9 Fr St. Clair, MI 20 Andrea Testa s 5-7 So Copley, OH

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Legend: (AA) All Around, (BR) Back Row, (B) Blocker, (H) Hitter, (MB) Middle Blocker, (MH) Middle Hitter, (M) Middle, (OH) Outside Hitter, (S) Setter, (DS) Defensive Specialist

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