Illinois State VolleybalL 2021 spring Match notes MVC Tournament at Redbird Arena Normal, Illinois 2021 Illinois State Spring Schedule SCOUTING THE BRACKET (13-5 Overall, 11-3 MVC) No. 8 Indiana State No. 4 Bradley No. 5 Valparaiso January 22 at No. 20 Marquette L, 0-3 23 at No. 20 Marquette W, 3-2 25 Bradley * W, 3-0 29 (RV) Cincinnati L, 1-3 30 (RV) Cincinnati W, 3-0 2021 Record: 7-12, 7-11 MVC 2021 Record: 12-6, 12-6 MVC 2021 Record: 11-9, 10-8 MVC 2019 Overall Record: 7-21 2019 Overall Record: 15-15 2019 Overall Record: 14-20 February 2019 NCAA Postseason: n/a 2019 NCAA Postseason: n/a 2019 NCAA Postseason: n/a 1 at Bradley * L, 0-3 Head Coach: Lindsay Allman Head Coach: Carol Price-Torok Head Coach: Carin Avery 7 at Indiana State * W, 3-2 Career Record: 35-74 Career Record: 68-74 Career DI Record: 423-207 8 at Indiana State * L, 1-3 Record at INS: same Record at BU: same Record at VU: same Series: Illinois State leads 66-9 Series: Illinois State leads 59-12 Series: Illinois State leads 10-3 14 Drake * W, 3-0 Last Meeting: 2/8/21 (INS won 1-3) Last Meeting: 2/1/21 (BU won 3-0) Last Meeting: 2/22/21 (VU won 3-2) 15 Drake * W, 3-1 2021 Illinois State Spring Roster 21 Valparaiso * W, 3-1 No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown / Last School(s) 22 Valparaiso * L, 2-3 1 Jessica D’Ambrose L Fr. 5-6 Addison, Ill. / Addison Trail HS 28 at Loyola Chicago * canceled 3 Kaity Weimerskirch L Fr. 5-6 Brooklyn Park, Minn. / Champlin Park HS March 4 Kaylee Martin OH Sr. 5-9 Sterling, Ill. / Sterling HS / Northern Illinois 1 at Loyola Chicago * canceled 5 Sarah Jacobsen OH So. 5-10 Orion, Ill. / Orion HS 6 Carley Nicholson S/L Jr. 5-6 Festus, Mo. / St. Pius X HS 7 at UNI * canceled 7 Kendal Meier L Sr. 5-6 Cedar Rapids, Iowa / John F. Kennedy HS 8 at UNI * canceled 8 Tamara Otene OH Fr. 6-0 Auckland, New Zealand / Westlake HS 10 at Iowa State canceled 9 Stef Jankiewicz S Sr. 5-10 Farmington Hills, Mich. / Harrison HS 14 Missouri State * W, 3-0 10 Kendee Hilliard OH/RS So. 5-11 West, Texas / Vanguard College Prep 15 Missouri State * W, 3-1 11 Paige Hilliard OH R-So. 5-10 Ka’a’awa, Hawai’i / Punahou HS / LSU 21 Evansville * W, 3-0 12 Alyssa Kronberg L Sr. 5-4 Palatine, Ill. / Palatine HS / Memphis 13 Cassie Jordan MB Fr. 6-2 Painesville Township, Ohio / Riverside HS 22 Evansville * W, 3-0 14 Sarah Kushner OH So. 5-10 Naperville, Ill. / Naperville North HS 27 at Southern Illinois * W, 3-0 15 Kaitlyn Prondzinski OH Fr. 6-0 Rochester, Minn. / Stewartville HS 28 at Southern Illinois * W, 3-0 16 Nicole Lund MB So. 6-1 Rochester, Minn. / Century HS April 17 Sydney Holt MB/RS Sr. 6-1 Wildwood, Mo. / Eureka HS 1 No. 8 Indiana State ! 11 a.m. 18 Nora Janka S Fr. 5-8 Innsbruck, Austria / BORG Innsbruck 2 No. 4 Bradley or No. 5 Valpo 2 p.m. 19 Leigha Malecha MB Jr. 6-3 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. / MiraCosta College 3 Championship Match 5 p.m. Coaching and Support Staff * Missouri Valley Conference match Head Coach: Leah Johnson (Missouri State, 2004) ! Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Associate Head Coach: Eric Plunkett (California Baptist, 2008) Home matches in bold red Assistant Coach: Mike Becker (Springfield College (Mass.), 2013) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Tiffane’ Jackson (SC State, 2013) 2020-21 MVC Standings All times (CST) and dates are subject to change Director of Volleyball Operations: Emily Siefken (Monmouth College, 2016) Team MVC Pct. Overall Pct. Illinois State 11-3 .786 13-5 .722 submit questions & interview Pronunciations Drake 11-5 .688 13-6 .684 requests to: #3 Kaity Weimerskirch WHY-mer-SKIRCH Missouri State 11-5 .688 15-6 .714 Shelby Hild #8 Tamara Otene tam-ARE-uh OH-teh-NAY Bradley 12-6 .667 12-6 .667 Assistant Director of Athletics Communications #9 Stef Jankiewicz JANK-uh-witz Valparaiso 10-8 .556 11-9 .550 Volleyball Contact Loyola Chicago 8-8 .500 9-8 .529 Email: [email protected] #15 Kaitlyn Prondzinski prond-ZIN-skee UNI 8-8 .500 8-12 .400 Office: (309) 438-3249 | Cell: (309) 241-9801 #18 Nora Janka JANK-uh Indiana State 7-11 .389 7-12 .368 #19 Leigha Malecha MAUL-ee-kuh Evansville 5-13 .278 6-14 .300 Tiffane’ Jackson TIFF-uh-NAY Southern Illinois 1-17 .056 2-18 .100 Emily Siefken SEEF-kin 1 2021 Spring TV & Radio Roster #1 Jessica D’Ambrose #3 Kaity Weimerskirch #4 Kaylee Martin #5 Sarah Jacobsen #6 Carley Nicholson Fr. | L So. | L Sr. | OH Fr. | OH Jr. | S/L Addison, Ill. Brooklyn Park, Minn. Sterling, Ill. Orion, Ill. Festus, Mo. #7 Kendal Meier #8 Tamara Otene #9 Stef Jankiewicz #10 Kendee Hilliard #11 Paige Hilliard Sr. | L Fr. | OH Sr. | S So. | OH/RS R-So. | OH Cedar Rapids, Iowa Auckland, New Zealand Farmington Hills, Mich. West, Texas Ka’a’awa, Hawai’i #12 Alyssa Kronberg #13 Cassie Jordan #14 Sarah Kushner #15 Kaitlyn Prondzinski #16 Nicole Lund Sr. | L Fr. | MB So. | OH Fr. | OH R-Fr. | MB Palatine, Ill. Painesville Township, Ohio Naperville, Ill. Rochester, Minn. Rochester, Minn. #17 Sydney Holt #18 Nora Janka #19 Leigha Malecha Leah Johnson Reggie Redbird Sr. | MB Fr. | S Jr. | MB Head Coach Redbird Volleyball’s Wildwood, Mo. Innsbruck, Austria Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. No. 1 Fan! 2 QUICK FACTS REDBIRDS IN THE NCAA DIVISION I RANKS (2020-21 SEASON) Institution ................................................................... Illinois State University Team attacks per set ....................................................................13th (39.72) Location ........................................................................................ Normal, Ill. Digs per set ..................................................................................19th (18.32) Founded ................................................................................................ 1857 Assists per set ..............................................................................23rd (12.91) Enrollment (Fall 2020) ........................................................................ 20,720 Team service aces ...........................................................................23rd (112) Nickname .........................................................................................Redbirds Kills per set ...................................................................................29th (13.83) Colors ......................................................................Red (PMS 186) & White Assists per set (indiv.) ........................................28th (Stef Jankiewicz -10.73) Mascot .................................................................................. Reggie Redbird Attacks per set (indiv.) .........................................33rd (Kaylee Martin - 11.58) Affiliation ...............................................................................NCAA Division I Total digs (indiv.) ......................................................36th (Kendal Meier - 330) Conference ............................................................................ Missouri Valley Division I RPI ............................................................................................... 45 Facility .................................................................................... Redbird Arena * 2020-21 All-MVC and Specialty Award Winners will be announced University President ................................................................ Dr. Larry Dietz Wednesday, March 31, at 12 p.m. CT * Director of Athletics ...................................................................Kyle Brennan 2019 MVC FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE Kaylissa Arndorfer ..................................................................................... UNI TEAM INFORMATION Addie Barnes ...........................................................................Loyola Chicago 2020-21 Overall Record ......................................................................... 13-5 Kate Busswitz ............................................................................................ UNI Home ............................................................................................... 9-2 Rylee Cookerly ................................................................................Valparaiso Away ................................................................................................ 4-3 Sydney Holt ............................................................................... Illinois State Neutral ............................................................................................. 0-0 Stef Jankiewicz ......................................................................... Illinois State 2020-21 Conference Record .................................................................. 12-3 Rachel Koop .............................................................................................. UNI Home ............................................................................................... 8-1 Kaylee Martin ............................................................................ Illinois State Away ................................................................................................ 3-2 Peyton McCarthy .............................................................................Valparaiso Letterwinners Returning / Lost .............................................................. 12 / 3 Emily Plock .............................................................................................Drake Karlie Taylor ............................................................................................... UNI PROGRAM INFORMATION Hannah Thompson .............................................................................