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2021 SCHEDULE TOURNAMENT WEBSITE (AUDIO, VIDEO, STAT LINKS): HTTP://BIT.LY/2021AOI 0-0 / 0-0 Big Ten AUGUST Fri. 27 WESTERN MICHIGAN + ...... 7 pm Sat. 28 CANISIUS + ...... 12 pm WRIGHT STATE +...... 7 pm

SEPTEMBER Fri. 3 v. Dixie State # ...... 12 pm ET/10 MT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SPARTAN THIS WEEKEND v. Weber State # ...... 6 pm ET/4 MT Sat. 4 at Brigham Young # .9 pm ET/7 MT • MSU hosts the Auto-Owners Spartan Invitational • is one of four Big Ten head coaches Fri. 10 NORTH CAROLINA ...... 7 pm this weekend, welcoming Canisius, Wright State, to enter the 2021 season with 600+ career wins Sat. 11 DUKE...... TBD and Western Michigan to Jenison Field House. (656), along with Penn State’s Russ Rose (1,309), Fri. 17 OAKLAND ...... 7 pm Each team will play three games - the intra-state Nebraska’s (765), and Michigan’s Mark Sat. 18 IUPUI ...... 11 am rivalry between MSU and WMU will be played on Rosen (642). She ranks 13th among active coaches CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...... 7 pm Friday evening, and the Spartans will play Canisius in coaching victories with a 656-439 overall record. Fri. 24 at Indiana * ...... 7 pm (noon) and Wright State (7 pm) on Saturday. She also ranks 45th all-time in head coaching vic- Sun. 26 at Michigan * ...... 1 pm tories. • In line with indoor mask mandates campus- OCTOBER wide, all fans, media, and individuals working at • MSU returns a trio of middle blockers which in- Fri. 1 at Iowa * ...... 8 pm ET/7 CT Michigan State volleyball matches will be required cludes two three-year starters in Gros and Rebecka Sun. 3 at Nebraska * ...... 4 pm ET/3 CT to correctly wear a mask. Poljan, as well as junior Emma Monks and new- Fri. 8 OHIO STATE * ...... 7 pm comer Aubrey O'Gorman. • The AOI Spartan Invitational Tournament website Sat. 9 MINNESOTA * ...... 7 pm has links to all live statistics, webstreams, and audio • Redshirt freshman Sarah Franklin returns to Fri. 15 WISCONSIN * ...... 8 pm links: http://bit.ly/2021AOI the active roster after an injury derailed her 2020- Sat. 16 MARYLAND * ...... 7 pm 21 season. She and Cecilee Max-Brown could both Wed. 20 at Purdue * ...... 8 pm • Western Michigan is coached by Colleen Mun- play six rotations for MSU, while outsides Molly Sat. 23 at Maryland * ...... TBA son, who played for George at Texas-Arlington and Johnson and Biamba Kabengele will see time• Fri. 29 IOWA * ...... 7 pm served as her assistant coach in Kalamazoo be- Sophomore Lia Moore and freshman Eleanor Sto- Sun. 31 at Ohio State * ...... TBA fore raising to the top spot when MSU head coach thoff add depth and talent MSU's net presence. Cathy George departed for Michigan State in 2005. Freshman Abby Olin will miss the season with NOVEMBER Munson guided her team to an 18-5 record in 2020- injury. Fri. 5 at Rutgers * ...... TBA 21, advancing to the championship game in the Sat. 6 at Penn State * ...... TBA MAC Tournament. • MSU's most youthful position is at setter, but Fri. 13 RUTGERS * ...... 7 pm both sophomore incumbent Celia Cullen and Sat. 14 PENN STATE * ...... TBA • Canisius is led by Shannon Thompson, who is in freshman Julia Bishop exude in talent what they Fri. 19 at Wisconsin * ...... TBA her second year as the mentor of the Golden Griffi ns. lack in collegiate experience. Sun. 21 MICHIGAN *...... 2 pm Her squad went 9-4 in a Covid-shortened 2020-21 Fri. 26 ILLINOIS * ...... 7 pm season, reaching the MAAC Championship match. • Redshirt junior and captain Talia Edmonds and Sat. 27 NORTHWESTERN * ...... TBA senior Lauryn Gibbs lend experience to the defen- • Wright State, receiving votes in the 2021 pre- sive side of the ball. Grace Danziger is a January DECEMBER season AVCA poll, is coming off an NCAA Tourna- 2021 enrollee at MSU, and will look for her fi rst col- Fri.. 2 NCAA First Round (Campus sites) ment appearance and regular-season and confer- legiate playing time this fall. Sat. 3 NCAA Second Round (Campus sites) ence titles in the Horizon League in 2020-21. Allie Fri. 10 NCAA Regional Semifi nal (Campus sites) Matters is in her fourth season at the helm of the Sat. 11 NCAA Regional Final (Campus sites) Thurs. 16 NCAA National Semifi nals % program. Sat. 18 NCAA National Championship %

• MSU has gone 141-27 (.844) in non-conference ac- * - Game tion in Cathy George's tenure (2005-21), and has + - Auto Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational never lost more than four games prior to the be- # - BYU Invitational @ - Green & White Classic ginning of the Big Ten season. % - NCAA Tournament (Columbus, Ohio.) 1 CANISIUS GOLDEN GRIFFINS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School 0 Joli Ruby L/DS 5-8 Sr. Ventura, Calif./Ventura 1 Hayley Montoya L 5-7 So. Waxhaw, N.C./Cuthbertson 2 Ella Loussia OH 6-1 Jr. West Bloomfi eld, Mich./Mercy 3 Ella Shult MH 6-3 Jr. Oconomowoc, Wis./Western Illinois Univ. 4 Bree Long L 5-5 Jr. Temperance, Mich./Bedford 5 Giulia La Longa RS 6-0 Sr. Rome, /Monroe Community College 6 Ashley Kekeisen S 5-10 Sr. St. Louis, MO./Nerinx Hall 7 Danielle Marler OH 6-0 So. Bradenton, Fla./Southeast 8 Camila Vazquez MH 6-2 Sr. Tampa, Fla./Newsome 9 Rachel Kinney OH 5-11 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind./Murray State University 10 Callie Chamulak S/DS 5-5 Sr. Grand Blanc, Mich./Powers Catholic 11 Kara Zaucha OH 5-10 Fr. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban 12 Avery Dole S 6-1 Fr. Summerfi eld, N.C./Northwest Guilford 14 Hannah Nelson OH 6-0 Sr. Cary, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons 15 Camille Vanleer MH 6-0 Jr. Atlanta, GA./Chamblee Charter 18 Emma Mans MH 6-4 Fr. Fort Atkinson, Wis./Fort Atkinson

Head Coach: Shannon Thomson (UMass-Boston ‘13) Second Season Assistant Coach: Sofi a Lopez Acosta

MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School 1 Talia Edmonds DS / L 5-7 R-Jr Kalamazoo, Mich. / Kalamazoo Central 2 Celia Cullen S 6-1 So. Southfi eld, Mich. / Brighton 3 Grace Danziger DS / L 5-7 Fr. East Lansing, Mich. / East Lansing 5 Lia Moore OH 6-0 So. , Ill./ Chicago Christian 6 Biamba Kabengele OH 6-0 Jr. Burlington, Ontario / Corpus Christi Catholic 8 Aubrey O’Gorman MB 6-3 Fr. Lake Odessa, Mich. / Lakewood 9 Emma Monks MB 6-4 Jr. Louisville, Ky. / Assumption 10 Lauryn Gibbs DS/L 5-4 Sr. Mt. Morris, Mich. / EA Johnson 13 Sarah Franklin OH 6-4 R-Fr. Lake Worth, Fla. / Lake Worth Christian 15 Abby Olin MB 6-3 Fr. Coopersville, Mich./Coopersville 17 Naya Gros MB 6-3 Sr. New Orleans, La. / Louise S. McGehee 18 Molly Johnson OH 6-4 Sr. Ann Arbor, Mich. / Community 20 Cecilee Max-Brown OH 6-1 Jr. Surrey, British Columbia / Oregon State 21 Rebecka Poljan MB 6-2 Sr. Bath, Mich. / Lansing Catholic Central 24 Eleanor Stothoff OH 6-2 Fr. Pittstown, NJ/North Hunterdon 25 Julia Bishop S 5-11 Fr. Dearborn, Mich./Mercy

Head Coach: Cathy George (Illinois State ‘85) 17th Season Associate Head Coach: Paul Koncir Assistant Coach: Dominique Tomlin Athletic Performance: Casey Akenberger Athletic Trainer: Kelly Moriarty 2 WESTERN MICHIGAN BRONCOS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School 1 Madison Merz MB 6-1 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Mercy McAuley 2 Mairead Boyle L/DS 5-7 So. Palos Heights, Ill. / Marist 3 Andelyn Simkins OH 5-10 So. Schoolcraft, Mich. / Schoolcraft 4 Rose Duffy S 5-10 Jr. Fishers, Ind. / Fishers 7 Barakat Adekola OH 5-10 So. Aurora, Ill. / East Aurora 8 Maddie Arundel OH/DS 5-9 R-Fr. Marist, Ill. / Marist 11 Meredith Phillips OH 5-11 Sr. Fishers, Ind. / Hamilton Southeastern 12 Logan Case S 5-8 So. Maineville, Ohio / Ursuline Academy 13 Kennedy Hogan MB 6-2 Fr. Holly, Mich. / Holly 15 Abi Wilcoxson OH 5-11 So. Spring Arbor, Mich. / Parma Western 16 Julia Marr OH 6-2 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Seton 18 Sammi LaBolle MB 6-3 R-Jr. Sandwich, Ill. / Sandwich 19 Maggie King OH 5-10 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Mason

Head Coach: Colleen Munson (Texas-Arlington '93) 17th Season Senior Associate Head Coach: Ryan Manning Associate Head Coach: Kyle Stahl

WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School 1 Jenna Story DS/L 5-7 Sr. Louisville, Ky./Presentation Academy 2 Lainey Stephenson S 5-11 Sr. Park Hills, Ky./Notre Dame Academy 3 Sam Ott OH 5-7 So. Parma, Ohio/ Padua Franciscan 4 Ellee Ruskaup DS/L 5-9 Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Carroll 5 Taylor Bransfi eld MB 6-0 So. Fort Wayne, Ind./ Bishop Luers 6 Jenny Morey DS/L 5-7 Fr. Yorktown, Ind./Yorktown 7 Nyssa Baker MH 6-0 Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind./IU Kokomo 8 Camryn Hausler OH 6-0 So. Lakewood, IL/Crystal Lake 9 Katie Meyer S 5-7 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy 10 Grace Hauck MB 6-0 Sr. Springfi eld Township, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame 11 Celia Powers RS 6-1 Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio/McAuley 13 Callie Martin RS 6-1 Jr. Louisville, Ky./Assumption 14 Teddie Sauer MB/RS 6-0 Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran 15 Megan Alders OH 5-10 Jr. Sagamore Hills, Ohio/Nordonia 16 Aleigha Johnson MB 6-0 Fr. Fort Smith, Ark./Southside

Head Coach: Allie Matters (Seton Hall '10) Fourth Season Assistant Coach: Sofi a Lopez Acosta

3 TALIA CELIA GRACE LIA BIAMBA AUBREY 1 EDMONDS 2 CULLEN 3 DANZIGER 5 MOORE 6 KABENGELE 8 O’GORMAN (bee-AHM-ba (tah-LEE-ah) (SEEL-yah KULL-en) (DAN-zih-grr) (LEE-ah) kab-en-GELL-ee) (AW-bree) R-Jr. • DS/L • 5-7 So. • S • 6-1 Fr. • DS/L • 5-7 So. • OH • 6-0 Jr. • OH • 6-0 Fr. • MB • 6-3 Kalamazoo, Mich. Brighton, Mich. East Lansing, Mich. Chicago, Ill. Burlington, Ont. Lake Odessa, Mich.

EMMA LAURYN SARAH ABBY NAYA MOLLY 9 MONKS 10 GIBBS 13 FRANKLIN 15 OLIN 17 GROS 18 JOHNSON (lauren) Jr. • MB • 6-4 R-Fr. • OH • 6-4 Fr. • MB • 6-3 (Like ‘cry’, like ‘cross’) Sr. • OH • 6-4 Louisville, Ky. Sr. • DS/L • 5-5 Lake Worth, Fla. Sr. • MB • 6-3 Ann Arbor, Mich. Mt. Morris, Mich. Coopersville, Mich. New Orleans, La.

CECILEE REBECKA ELEANOR JULIA 20 MAX-BROWN 21 POLJAN 24STOTHOFF 25 BISHOP

(SESS-ah-lee) (POLL-jan) Fr. • OH/RS • 6-2 Fr. • S • 5-11 Jr. • OH • 6-1 Sr. • MB • 6-2 Pittstown, NJ. Dearborn, Mich. Surrey, BC Bath, Mich.

CATHY PAUL DOMINIQUE GEORGE KONCIR TOMLIN CON-sir 17th season at MSU Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach 35th season overall Second Season RADIO/TV ROSTER Second Season 4