2016 WINONA STATE VOLLEYBALL 1 Director of Athletic Communications| Stephen Batcher E-mail | [email protected] WINONA STATE phone | 507-457-5576 fax | 507-457-5479 2016 VOLLEYBALL NOTES IWC 172 | PO BOX 5838 | 175 W. MARK STREET | WINONA, MN FIRST ROUND OPPONENT SCHEDULE and RESULTS Number 4 seed - Minnesota Duluth (25-4) - Thursday at 5 p.m. 26-5 OVERALL, 16-4 NSIC WINONA STATE vs Minnesota Duluth FIRST LOOK 9-1 HOME, 11-4 AWAY, 6-0 Neutral Overall Series: Bulldogs lead 65-4-1 Date Opponent Time/Result First meeting: Oct. 27, 1973 | WSU won 3-1 9/1 at Wisconsin-Parkside W, 3-0 9/2 Lake Superior State W, 3-0 Last WSU win in Series: Oct. 5, 1990 (15-11, 15-13, 15-10) 9/2 West Virginia State W, 3-0 Last UMD win in Series: Nov. 12, 2016 (25-14, 25-13, 25-21) 9/3 Grand Valley State W, 3-1 Last 10 Meetings: Bulldogs lead 10-0 9/3 at #8 Ferris State W, 3-1 9/9 Southern Indiana W, 3-0 9/9 Chadron State W, 3-0 AGAINST THE REST OF THE FIELD 9/10 Southern Indiana W, 3-0 9/10 #22 Augustana (SD) W, 3-0 Number 1 seed - Concordia St. Paul (29-2) 9/15 *(RV) Minnesota State W, 3-0 9/17 *at #1 Concordia-St. Paul L, 3-0 WINONA STATE vs Concordia St. Paul FIRST LOOK 9/20 *at Upper Iowa W. 3-1 Overall Series: Golden Bears lead 27-7 9/23 *at St. Cloud State W, 3-0 First meeting: Oct. 31, 1975 | WSU won 15-11, 15-12 9/24 *at #2 Minnesota Duluth L, 3-1 9/30 *Bemidji State W, 3-0 Last WSU win in Series: Sept. 19, 2015 | 25-13, 17-25, 25-23,26-24) 10/1 *Minnesota Crookston W, 3-0 Last CSP win in Series: Nov. 17, 2016 (25-17, 25-23, 25-20) 10/7 *at Sioux Falls (S.D.) W, 3-1 Last 10 Meetings: Golden Bears lead 9-1 10/8 *at #4 Southwest Minn. St. L, 3-2 10/14 *#9 Wayne State (Neb.) W, 3-1 Number 2 seed - Southwest Minnesota State (26-5) 10/15 *#6 Augustana (SD) W, 3-2 10/18 *Upper Iowa W, 3-0 WINONA STATE vs Southwest Minn. State FIRST LOOK 10/21 *at #13 Northern State W, 3-0 10/22 *at MSU Moorhead W, 3-0 Overall Series: Mustangs lead 60-21-1 10/28 *U-Mary W, 3-0 First meeting: Sept. 25, 1976 | WSU won 15-10, 15-1 10/29 *Minot State W, 3-0 Last WSU win in Series Nov. 6, 2015 (25-22, 25-20, 18-25, 18-25, 15-10) 11/4 *at Bemidji State W, 3-0 Last SMSU win in Series: Oct. 8, 2016 (25-20, 17-25, 16-25, 25-22, 20-18) 11/5 *at Minnesota Crookston W, 3-1 Last 10 Meetings: Mustangs lead 9-1 11/11 *St. Cloud State W, 3-2 11/12 *#2 Minnesota Duluth L, 3-0 11/16 at #7 Augustana (NSIC 1st Rd) W, 3-1 Number 3 seed - Nebraska-Kearney (35-1) 11/17 at #1 Concordia-St. Paul L, 3-0 12/1 vs. Minnesota Duluth 5 p.m. WINONA STATE vs Nebraska-Kearney FIRST LOOK 12/2 NCAA Regional Semifinals 7:30 p.m. Overall Series: Lopers lead 4-0 12/3 Central Region Championship 7 p.m. First meeting: Sept. 1, 1995 | UNK won (15-5, 15-0, 16-14) 12/8-10 NCAA Elite Eight (Sioux Falls, S.D) TBD Last WSU win in Series: None Last UNK win in Series: Sept. 2, 2011 (25-23, 25-22, 25-14) Last 10 Meetings: Lopers lead 4-0 FOLLOW THE ACTION WEB: www.winonastatewarriors.com Number 6 seed | Augustana (26-5) FACEBOOK: Winona State Athletics TWITTER: @WinonaStateATH WINONA STATE vs Augustana FIRST LOOK YOUTUBE: winonastatewarriors Overall Series: Augustana leads 20-9 | 30th Meeting SNAPCHAT: winonastateath First meeting: Sept. 29, 1979 | WSU won 15-10, 15-7 INSTAGRAM: winonastateath Last WSU win in Series: Nov. 16, 2016 (20-25, 34-32, 25-19, 25-23) LIVE STATS: http://winonastatewarriors.com/ Last AUGIE win in Series: Sept. 26, 2015 | (33-31, 25-20, 25-18) vbstats Last 10 Meetings: WSU leads 7-3 MEDIA STATS: http://www.sidearmstats.com/win- ona/vb/media Number 7 seed - Wayne State (24-7) VIDEO: www.winonastatewarriors.com/watch TV: HBC TV 25/525/1025 HD (select home games) WINONA STATE vs Wayne State FIRST LOOK Overall Series: Wildcats lead 27-8 First meeting: Oct. 25, 1991 | WSC won 15-9, 13-15, 15-7) Last WSU win in Series: Oct. 14, 2016 (25-18, 19-25, 25-20, 25-23) Last WSC win in Series: Oct. 30, 2015 (25-17, 25-22, 25-16) Last 10 Meetings: Tied 5-5 Number 8 seed - Southern Nazarene (20-10) WINONA STATE vs Southern Nazarene FIRST LOOK Overall Series: Never played First meeting: Last WSU win in Series: Last MSU win in Series: Last 10 Meetings: 2016 WINONA STATE VOLLEYBALL 2 THE HEADLINE HISTORIC SEASON GOES ON For the first time in Winona State volleyball history the Warriors will play in the NCAA National Tournament. The Warriors are the #5 seed in the very tough Central Region. Their first round match will be Thursday at 5 p.m. against #4 seed Minnesota Duluth. Concordia St. Paul will be host of the eight team tournament after clinching the number one seed. STORYLINES MAKING THEIR MARK: Winona State qualified for the national tournament Warriors set a new program best for most conference wins. The 26 wins overall for the first time in school history, receiving the #5 seed in the NCAA Central is the tied for third most in WSU history. The school record 28 wins was set in Region. 1990, when the Warriors went 28-10. ROUGH REGIONAL: The 2016 NCAA Central Region Tournament features Currently the .839 winning percentage by this year’s team is the best in pro- seven teams ranked in the top-10 in the latest AVCA National Poll. The top four gram history; .102 better than the record setting .737 winning percentage by teams in the AVCA ranking are ranked in the top-four seeds in the in the central the 1990 squad. region tournament. CAREER MILESTONES: Taylor Goar recorded her 1,000th career kill against CENTRAL REGION TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE: Minnesota Duluth. Jamie Cairncross recorded her 1,000th career dig against Mi- First Round Match-ups not State. McKenna Larsen reached 100 career aces against Concordia-St. Paul. 12 p.m. No. 3 Nebraska-Kearney (35-1) vs No. 6 Augustana (26-5) 2:30 p.m. No. 2 Southwest Minnesota State (26-5) vs No. 7 Wayne State (24-7) MS. 3,000: McKenna Larsen recorded her 3,000 assist of her career during the 5 p.m. No. 4 Minnesota Duluth (25-4) vs No. 5 Winona State (26-5) season. She is the fifth person in program history to reach the 3,000 assist mark 7:30 p.m. No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul (29-2) vs No. 8 Southern Nazarene (20-10) in a career. Central Region Semifinals APPROACHING ACHIEVEMENTS: The Warriors have a few players close to 5 p.m. QF1 winner vs QF2 winner achieving career milestones. 7:30 p.m. QF3 winner vs QF3 winner Taylor Goar: 49 digs to 1,000 - 12 aces to 100. Danielle Rampart: 64 kills to 1,000 - 64 digs to 1,000, 8 block assists to 100. Central Region Championship McKenna Larson: 8 block assists shy of 100. 7 p.m. Semifinal Winers STAYING STEADY: The Warriors continue to rank 6th in the AVCA Coaches’ Poll. POSTSEASON HONORS: Winona State has five All-Conference players and Winona State is one of six NSIC teams ranked in the top-eight in the AVCA poll. one AVCA All-Region player on the season. McKenna Larsen was named AVCA Honorable Mention and NSIC First Team. Taylor Goar, Danielle Rampart, Jamie SETTING UP FOR SUCCESS: McKenna Larsen currently ranks 12th in the NCAA Cairncross and Lauren Kudronowicz were all named All-NSIC. Goar and Ram- in assists per set with an average of 11.56. Larsen has been a complete player part joined Larsen on the first team. for Winona, averaging .38 service aces per set, 1.43 kills per set and 2.68 digs per set. ITS BEEN A RECORD YEAR: With 16 wins in the Northern Sun this season the (Continued on page two) 2016 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship Regionals Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Semifinals Quarterfinals Regionals Dec. 1-3/2-4 Dec. 8 Dec. 9 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Dec. 8 Dec. 1-3/2-4 On Campus On Campus 1 *Wheeling Jesuit (38-2) *Palm Beach Atl. (28-3) 1 8 Shaw (22-7) Kentucky St. (22-17) 8 4 Pitt.-Johnstown (24-9) West Florida (25-9) 4 5 California (PA) (22-9) North Ala. (29-5) 5 2 Gannon (30-3) Atlantic South Saint Leo (20-11) 2 7 Fairmont St. (21-13) Fla. Southern (20-10) 7 3 Edinboro (23-8) Tampa (22-8) 3 6 Shippensburg (26-7) Lynn (20-10) 6 1 *Concordia-St. Paul (29-2) *S.C. Aiken (28-4) 1 8 Southern Nazarene (20-10) Barton (22-8) 8 Sanford Pentagon 4 Minn. Duluth (25-4) 1 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2 Armstrong St. (25-7) 4 Dec.