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25-14, 25-14) Duke 3, Georgia Tech 2 (25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 20-25, 18-16) Florida State 3, Maryland 1 (25-20, 22-25, 25-21, 25-18) Virginia 3, North Carolina 2 (29-27, 17-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-12) Virginia Tech 3, NC State 2 (22-25, 25-13, 25-19, 25-27, 15-11) Clemson 3, Wake Forest 0 (25-19, 25-10, 25-22) |
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| Clemson 3, Duke 1 (16-25, 25-18, 25-15,
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| Florida State 3, Boston College 0
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Susan
Carlson - 6'1" Outside Hitter - Pasadena, CA (Mayfield/SCVC) - Plays
a very good beach game... Has big jump serve... Great passer with a
variety of shots at the net... 2007 Pasadena Star-News All-Area team... Member
of 2007 USA Volleyball 15 Open champion SCVC team... Member of USA
Beach junior volleyball under 19 training squad... 2008 CIF Area IV
Player of the Year... Ranked at #82 on the 2008 PrepVolleyball.com
"Senior Aces" list. Jordan Kissman - 5'10" Setter - Aurora, CO (Eaglecrest/Front Range) - Setter/outside hitter for two-time Colorado 5A state champion Eaglecrest in 2006 and 2007... Member of 2007 Colorado 5A All-Tournament Team... Member of 2007 Centennial All-League Team... Member of 2006 and 2007 Colorado 5A All-State Team... Finalist in 2006 for PrepVolleyball.com's Sophomore of the Year award... Member of the 2006 PrepVolleyball.com "Soph 79" list. Monique Mead - 5'9" Right Side - Fairburn, GA (Landmark Christian/A5) - A converted left-handed setter who jumps out of the gym, can pound it from the right side or the left, and has a big block. Member of the 2007 PrepVolleyball.com "Top 50 Recruits" list for the class of 2009... Outside hitter for the A5 Mizuno 18 Bob team that won the 18 National division at the 2008 Junior Olympic Championships... Right side for the A5 Mizuno 16 Erica team that won the 16 American division at the 2007 Junior Olympic Championships... Named MVP of the 2007 16 American division of the 2007 Junior Olympic Championships... Member of Georgia's 2007 All-State team... The only junior volleyball player in Georgia history to play on two national championship club teams... Ranked #38 on the 2008 PrepVolleyball.com "Senior Aces" list. Nikki Meyer - 5'6" Libero - Gainesville, FL (Buchholz/Gainesville Juniors) - Only returning senior from Buchholz' 2007 class 6A state championship team... Played for Gainesville Juniors' 17 Black team... Daughter of University of Florida head coach Urban Meyer. Jordanne Scott - 6'0" Middle - Indianapolis, IN (Lawrence North/Team Indiana) - A competitve gymnast until she got "too tall"... Relatively new to volleyball... Big-time jumper who can create the angles she needs... Member of the 2007 PrepVolleyball.com "Top 50 Recruits" list for the class of 2009... Plays for the 18-1 Torros team at Team Indiana... 2007 All-County Honorable Mention... One of the top blockers in Indiana in 2007, averaging 1.8 blocks per game... Ranked at #61 on the 2008 PrepVolleyball.com "Senior Aces" list. |
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Talisa Kellogg collected 15 kills, hitting .279, and Chrissy DeMichelis added 12 kills, hitting .308, as Tech swept Wake Forest 25-19, 26-24, 25-20 Saturday night (11 Oct) in Atlanta. Tech was down 18-23 in the second set and came roaring back behind the serving of Stephanie Robbins to win 26-24. See story.
Talisa Kellogg had 19 kills, hitting .217, while Callie Miller added 16 kills and a career-high 9 blocks, but it wasn't enough as Duke outscored Tech 11-4 down the stretch in the fifth set to beat the Jackets 25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 20-25, 18-16 Friday night (10 Oct) in Atlanta. Michelle Kandell notched a career-high with 36 digs and Jordan McCullers set a career-best with 18 digs. See story.
Grace had a kill and a couple blocks Friday night as Ole Miss swept MSU. A tough night for the Bulldogs who will bounce back Sunday.
Talisa Kellogg had 18 kills on 67 swings and Brittany Roderick added 14 ills, hitting .370, but it wasn't enough as Miami beat Tech 25-23, 21-25 25-19, 27-25 Saturday (4 Oct) night in Atlanta. The Jackets led late in both games one (21-17) and four (20-17) before Miami's late surges turned victories into defeats. See story.
Talisa Kellogg pounded out 11 kills, hitting .179, with 4 digs and 5 blocks to lead the Jackets past Florida State 25-21, 25-16, 25-17 Friday (3 Oct) night. Callie Miller and Brittany Roderick collected 7 kills each while Michelle Kandell led the defense with 14 digs. The team tallied 45 total digs on "Dig for the Cure" night. See story.
Grace picked up an impressive cross-court kill, two assists, and a dig in the one game she played the right side in State's three-set loss to South Carolina Friday night in Starkville.
Mississippi State beat Auburn in five Sunday. Grace played rightside briefly.
Talisa Kellogg had 18 kills, hitting .400, and the team hit .308, but it wasn't enough as Virginia Tech beat Georgia Tech 25-23, 25-22, 26-24 Saturday (27 Sep) night in Blacksburg. The Jackets end their three-week road trip with a 5-2 record, while the Hokies extend their conference-best winning streak to nine matches. See story.
Chrissy DeMichelis shook off the rust with 19 kills, hitting .267, to lead Tech to a 25-20, 25-27, 25-23, 25-21 win over Virginia in Charlottesville Friday (26 Sep) night. Callie Miller added 12 kills, hitting .400, and picked up 9 blocks, while Brittany Roderick and Talisa Kellogg had 11 kills each. Kellogg also had 15 digs for her first double-double since last season's loss at Michigan. Michelle Kandell led the defense with 28 digs and setter Mash Tippins collected yet another double-double with 60 assists and 14 digs. See story.
MSU lost to Kentucky in three today. Grace played the third set and, among other things, picked up her first SEC service ace.
Brittany Roderick and Asia Stawicka led the block party, combining for 17 block assists, to led Tech past Florida A&M 25-15, 25-20, 25-21 in Clemson Friday (19 Sep) afternoon. Talisa Kellogg led the team with 14 kills, hitting .414, and Bailey Hunter had 9 kills, hitting .615. Mash Tippins ran the offense again, dishing out 34 assists and leading the team with 9 digs. See story.
Grace got her first SEC assists Friday (19 Sep) night as she played about half of MSU's road loss to Tennessee. She even played right side a bit as State experimented with a 6-2 in the third set. The team is getting better and she's focusing on improving every day.
Talisa Kellogg had 28 kills and Callie Miller tied a career-high with 20 kills to lead Tech to a thrilling 25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 17-25, 15-13 win at Clemson Thursday night. Mary Ashley Tippins ran the offense, tying a career-high with 65 assists and leading the team with 17 digs for her third career double-double. See story.
Asia Stawicka is a Georgia Tech Student Athlete of the Week, joining football quarterback Josh Nesbitt for the honor. Asia hit .465 at the Magnolia Invitational, earning all-tournament honors. See story.
Grace's Bulldogs struggled over the weekend, finishing 1-2. Grace set all three matches and is so glad she's back on the court (yet another foot x-ray today). MSU played with five freshmen at times this weekend - they all had moments of promise and freshmanness. She looks to continue shaking off the rust and working with her team as SEC play starts at Tennessee Friday (19 Sep) in Knoxville.
Middles Asia Stawicka and Callie Miller combined for 20 kills and Mary Ashley Tippins got to run the offense as the Jackets finished the Magnolia Invitational with a 25-18, 25-13, 25-16 win over Easten Illinois Saturday (13 Sep) morning. Tech finished the weekend at 2-1. See story.
Alison Campbell notched her first career double-double (18 kills, 17 digs), and Talisa Kellogg added 14 kills, as Tech beat host Ole Miss 20-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-19, 15-11 in Oxford, MS Friday (12 Sep) night. It was a big comeback after the loss earlier in the day. Michelle Kandell led the defense with 23 digs and Jordan McCullers chipped in 14 digs of her own. See story.
Tech came back from being down 2-0 to SMU Friday (12 Sep) morning, but the Mustangs took the fifth set to earn a 25-21, 27-25, 15-25, 20-25 15-12 win. Talisa Kellogg led the Jackets with 16 kills. Three other Jackets had double digit kills - Alison Campbell with 11, while Callie Miller and Brittany Roderick had 10 each. Michelle Kandell led the back row with 21 digs. Chrissy DeMichelis saw her first action of the season, recovering from off-season knee surgery. See story.
Mississippi State swept Jackson State Tuesday night in Jackson, MS. Grace played the second and third sets.
Talisa Kellogg had 14 kills and three other players added 11, but it wasn't enough as #25 Michigan came away with the five-set win in Atlanta Sunday afternoon. It was the first loss of the season for the Jackets, who will travel to Ole Miss for three matches next weekend. See story.
Talisa Kellogg got her first start of the season, picking up 9 kills, while Callie Miller also had 9 kills, to lead Tech past Xavier 26-24, 25-19, 26-24 Saturday afternoon in Atlanta. Setter Allie Niekamp had a double-double with 32 assists and 11 digs. See story.
Grace got her first college start Saturday morning and her team got a three-set sweep of Grambling at the tournament they are playing at McNeese State this weekend. Grace has all 29 of State's assists in the match. She then played part of State's five-set loss to Nicholls State, picking up 18 assists. She's recovering from an injury to her right foot, so she's coming back slowly so she's ready for SEC play in a couple weeks.
Seniors Callie Miller had 10 kills, hitting .500, and Michelle Kandell had 18 digs to lead Georgia Tech past Arkansas 26-24, 25-22, 25-14 Friday night in Atlanta. Junior Brittany Roderick added 9 kills. See story.
Georgia Tech will Dig for the Cure on 3 Oct against Florida State. The staff is taking pledges at the matches now, so sign up! See story.
Grace got her first extended action Friday night, playing four of Mississippi State's five sets against McNeese State. The very young Bulldogs lost in five. Grace picked up 29 assists, her first four kills, and her first three block assists. She got her first four college assists and her first college dig earlier in the day at the end of MSU's loss to Southern Mississippi. They'll play two more matches Saturday.
PrepVolleyball.com has started listing their 100 Senior Aces for the class of 2009. Monique Mead is listed at #38, Jordanne Scott has come in at #61 and Susan Carlson was ranked #82.
Freshman outside hitter Alison Campbell is the ACC's first player of the week for 2008. She averaged 4.36 kills per game for the weekend up in Athens, earning all-tournament honors. See story.
Junior right side Brittany Roderick had a career-high 15 kills, hitting .440, to lead Tech to a 3-1 win over Furman Sunday afternoon. Tech won the weekend tournament with a 3-0 record. Alison Campbell had 15 kills as well and Bailey Hunter added 11. Asia Stawicka led at the net with 9 blocks, while Michelle Kandell anchored the defense with 14 digs. Kandell also took weekend MVP honors. Mash Tippins set this match as well, tallying 37 assists. See story.
Freshmen outsides Alison Campbell and Bailey Hunter both had 13 kills each as Tech sailed past Georgia State Sunday morning in Athens. Michelle Kendell led the defense with 13 digs. Sophomore setter Mash Tippins ran the offense, dishing out 33 assists to go with 3 kills and 5 digs. Freshman defensive specialist Lisa Carlson made her college debut with three digs. See story.
Freshman outside hitter Alison Campbell had a huge debut with 20 kills, hitting .350, while freshman middle Asia Stawicka added 10 kills, hitting .833, with four blocks as Tech beat Georgia 33-31, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22 Friday night in Athens. The seniors also came up big with middle Callie Miller pounding out 14 kills and libero Michelle Kandell reaching down for 21 digs. See story.
Grace has a web page now! Mississippi State has their "Maroon and White Scrimmage" Saturday (23 Aug) and will start next weekend (29 Aug).
Kele Eveland has retired from professional volleyball in Spain and is now a volunteer assistant with the Jackets. Welcome home, Kele!
Lindsey Gray can be seen around town as an assistant coach at St. Pius X high school.
The Georgia Tech volleyball team will scrimmage publically Saturday (16 Aug) from 2-4pm at the O'Keefe Gym. Fans can also get autographs and take pictures with players and coaches. See
story.
The coaches have voted and here's how they think the conference will finish this year, along with the preseason all-ACC team:
| # | Team | Pts | 2007 Finish |
| 1 | Clemson (11) | 143 | 29-4 1st |
| 2 | Georgia Tech (1) | 130 | 22-10 3rd |
| 3 | Duke | 119 | 25-7 2nd |
| 4 | North Carolina |
102 | 15-16 6th |
| 5 | Florida State | 84 | 16-14 5th |
| Virginia |
84 | 18-13 4th | |
| 7 | Maryland | 68 | 18-13 7th |
| 8 | Virginia Tech |
66 | 14-18 10th |
| 9 | Miami | 53 | 14-17 8th |
| 10 | Wake Forest | 46 | 8-23 11th |
| 11 | Boston College | 28 | 14-18 9th |
| 12 | NC State | 13 | 3-29 12th |
| Preseason All-ACC | |
| Player | Team |
| Jeannette Abbott | Clemson |
| Briana Berry | Florida State |
| Mary Beth Brown | Maryland |
| Shannon Davis | Virginia |
| Lauren Dickson | Virginia |
| Mira Djuric | Florida State |
| Didem Ege | Clemson |
| Briana Eskola | North Carolina |
| Danielle Hepburn | Clemson |
| Talisa Kellogg | Georgia Tech |
| Genny Mayhew | Miami |
| Callie Miller | Georgia Tech |
| Rachael Moss | Duke |
| Natalie Mullikin | Wake Forest |
| Kelly Murphy | Clemson |
| Jourdan Norman | Duke |
| Christine Vaughen | North Carolina |
| Felicia Willoughby | Virginia Tech |
The team is in the gym and preparing for their season opener at Georgia. Watching practice Sunday has me ready for the season to get started as the Jackets are focused on both winning the ACC and getting back to the NCAA Tournament. Go to the BuzzCast page for an interview with seniors Callie Miller and Allie Niekamp.
The 2008 schedule is out! The season starts with Georgia on 29 Aug and finishes with Clemson the day after Thanksgiving. The home non-conference schedule includes Arkansas, Xavier and Michigan. We'll travel to Ole Miss and Georgia for multi-match events. The conference schedule was trimmed by two matches to open up a third weekend of non-conference play, so North Carolina and NC State will not visit Atlanta this year. In total, there are 12 home matches. Volleyball is home during these football weekends: Duke, Gardner-Webb, Florida State, and Miami.
A5 18 Bob won the championship in the 18 National Division at the USAV Junior Olympic National Volleyball Championships Sunday (29 Jun) in Dallas. Lisa Carlson was named to the All-Tournament team. She averaged 2.81 digs per game for the tournament, including an 11-dig performance in the semifinal match against Laguna Beach 18 Kyle. Monique Mead averaged 4.56 kills per game for the tournament, including a 19-kill night against Goldenwest in that challenge match secured the team's spot in the Gold Bracket. Seven of the 11 matches the team played were against teams that finished in the top 18. Four were against teams in the top five. It's the first time a club team from Georgia has won a championship in the National division at any age level.
It's not often you see one of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's sports columnists mention volleyball, but Terrance Moore did call Tech volleyball "perennially successful" in his column on Florida head football coach Urban Meyer's visit to a Braves game Wednesday (25 Jun). Meyer's daughter Nicole Meyer, who plays volleyball for the Gainesville Juniors, was visiting Tech, where she may end up playing volleyball in the fall of 2009. See story.
Florida State has a new head coach in Chris Pool, formerly the head coach at Arkansas. As a result, Laura Kuhn moved south to the University of Miami as an assistant coach. Bird has changed wardrobes three times so far this year, but such is the life in college coaching. See story.
Talisa Kellogg and her USA A2 Blue team won the bronze medal at the USA Volleyball Adult Open Championships in Atlanta. The tournament was won by the USA A2 Red team, which had Ben Bodipo-Memba on its coaching staff. See story.
Tech head coach Bond Shymansky signed a contract extension in April that will keep him on The Flats through the 2011 season. Tech has averaged over 25 wins per season during his six year tenure. Congratulations, Coach! See story.
The Jackets won the Sports Performance Collegiate Spring Tournament 19 April in Aurora, IL. Tech beat Marshall and Michigan State in pool play before knocking off Louisville, Kansas State and St. Louis in the championship bracket. A great end to the spring season! See story.
Bailey Hunter has signed her letter of intent to play for the Jackets this fall. I had the "pleasure" of watching her Piedmont Triangle team beat Grace's A5 18 Bob team in the 18 Open Gold Bracket back at the Big South. Bailey's a good one. See story.
I missed a coach: Jennifer Randall has been on the job at the University of Pennsylvania for nearly a year now. The Quakers were 17-9 (10-4 Ivy) in her first season on the staff. Abby Showers is now an assistant coach at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. The Gamecocks were 18-10 last season, 15-5 in the Ohio Valley Conference, losing to Tennessee State in the semi-finals of the OVC tournament. Showers makes for five recent Tech alumnae now coaching at the college level. She joins Jayme Gergen (Virginia Tech), Laura Kuhn (Florida State), Lauren Sauer (Kentucky) and Lynnette Moster (Georgetown) on the collegiate sideline. You can find Marisa Aston (A5), Nikki Kaminskas (A5), Jacqui Beebe (A5), Lindsey Gray (Tsunami) and Talisa Kellogg (Atlanta Boom) coaching around Atlanta in the club ranks.
Talisa Kellogg made the USA Volleyball Senior A2 National Team! She joins Tech associate head coach Ben Bodipo-Memba, who was named as one of two assistant coaches for the A2 teams. The 22 players who made the A2 program will be split into two 11-member teams who will then play at the USA Volleyball Adult Open Championships 24-31 May here in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center. Kellogg is the only player from the Atlantic Coast Conference on the A2 teams. See story.
Lynnette Moster has moved from Albany to Georgetown, having been hired by the Hoyas as their new assistant coach. See story.
Laura Kuhn appears to be out of a job. The AP is reporting that Florida State head coach Todd Kress was fired 8 Apr. Further word on the Internet is that the entire staff was released. There are no coaches listed at the FSU website anymore.
Erin Birmingham is transferring to New Mexico State, where she will play for the Aggies this fall. Birmingham played in 44 games last fall for the Yellow Jackets, tallying 45 kills and 34 blocks. The loss of Birmingham leaves Tech with only one middle on the roster, rising senior Callie Miller. Rising junior Brittany Roderick played middle in high school and in club, but has played primarily on the right side for Tech. See story.
The spring schedule has been announced! The Jackets will play at Alabama on 29 Mar. On 5 Apr, they will host Florida. On 12 Apr, they will have their annual Spring Tournament with guests Winthrop, Georgia State and Jacksonville State. And then they'll finish the spring 19 Apr with a trip back to the Great Lakes Center in Aurora, IL (the Chicago area) for their spring college tournament. The Jackets will have five seniors this fall: Michelle Kandell, Talisa Kellogg, Callie Miller, Allie Niekamp, and Stephanie Robbins.
The rules they are a-changin' next season. The three biggest changes are that "games" are now known as "sets", sets 1 through 4 will be played to 25 instead of 30, and the number of substitutions are reduced to 12 from 15. Just like the change to rally scoring, this will wreak havoc with the record books as college volleyball now has three "eras": sideout scoring, rally scoring to 30 and rally scoring to 25.
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