Midwest Conference Office 300 Seward St., Ripon, WI 54971; Phone: (920) 748-8157; Fax: (920) 748-8158 Chris Graham Matt Troha Commissioner www.midwestconference.org Sports Information Director
[email protected] [email protected] --Nov. 1, 2006-- Midwest Conference Volleyball Top-Seeded Beloit In Search Of First-Ever NCAA Appearance RIPON, WIS. -- While many of the teams descending on Beloit, Wis., for the 2006 Midwest Conference Volleyball Tournament on Friday and Sat- urday, November 3-4 can be considered “regulars” in the MWC title mix, this year’s tourney contains some drastic changes at the top. Beloit, whose lone conference loss this season came to Lake Forest in five games, won its second MWC Championship in school history en route to earning the top seed and hosting duties for the event. Beth Pier’s Lake Forest (14-14, 6-3) squad enters in search of its first The Bucs posted an 8-1 mark in league play this season under first- NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003 and is led by 6-0 junior year head coach Jami Strinz, sweeping five of those matches in three middle hitter Nicole Baich, who ranks in the top ten in the conference games. Carroll head coach Annie Glieber has pulled off one of the great in kills (378), blocks (130) and hitting percentage (.288). Senior middle turnarounds in conference history in her second season at the helm, lead- blocker Janelle Balcerzak (336 kills, 60 blocks) teams with Baich for a ing the Lady Pioneers to a 6-3 record and the No. 2 seed in the tourney.