2008 Woodie Awards
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Worst season in program's history ends
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The women's volleyball team lost its program-worst 25th game of the season in the Mid-American Conference tournament Tuesday to end its season.
Northern Illinois University (14-17, 7-9 MAC) defeated Ball State University (5-25, 4-12 MAC) in four games, 30-20, 27-30, 30-19, 30-28, to advance to the MAC quarterfinal against No. 1 Ohio University. The Cardinals failed to advance to at least the quarterfinals of the conference tournament for the first time since 1991 when it lost to Miami University.
The loss brought coach Dave Boos' first season as the Cardinals' leader to an end. Ball State had losing streaks of 13 and nine matches this season, the two worst streaks in team history.
Also, the five wins was the worst in the program's history, breaking the mark set by the 1988 team that finished 11-12.
In addition, Ball State's four MAC wins was the fewest in school history since the team went 3-5 in 1989.
Sophomore Julie Breivogel led Ball State with 17 kills in the match. Freshman Alyssa Rio led the Ball State defense with 27 digs. Senior Angie Parrell had 43 assists and 14 digs in her final match as a Cardinal.
As a team, the Cardinals had a .077 attacking percentage.
Northern Illinois University (14-17, 7-9 MAC) defeated Ball State University (5-25, 4-12 MAC) in four games, 30-20, 27-30, 30-19, 30-28, to advance to the MAC quarterfinal against No. 1 Ohio University. The Cardinals failed to advance to at least the quarterfinals of the conference tournament for the first time since 1991 when it lost to Miami University.
The loss brought coach Dave Boos' first season as the Cardinals' leader to an end. Ball State had losing streaks of 13 and nine matches this season, the two worst streaks in team history.
Also, the five wins was the worst in the program's history, breaking the mark set by the 1988 team that finished 11-12.
In addition, Ball State's four MAC wins was the fewest in school history since the team went 3-5 in 1989.
Sophomore Julie Breivogel led Ball State with 17 kills in the match. Freshman Alyssa Rio led the Ball State defense with 27 digs. Senior Angie Parrell had 43 assists and 14 digs in her final match as a Cardinal.
As a team, the Cardinals had a .077 attacking percentage.
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Just an Observer
posted 11/14/07 @ 8:20 AM EST
Interesting...BSU fires Litchfield (one of the most successful coaches in the history of the athletic department...which in all honesty doesn't take much) under some interesting circumstances (oh, I don't know, the urging of a certain former coach in a very visable program). (Continued…)
Scott
posted 11/14/07 @ 10:09 AM EST
what he said.
Keep In Mind
posted 11/14/07 @ 1:57 PM EST
Keep in mind that this is an extremely young team. 2 seniors, 1 junior, 4 sophomores, and 6 freshman. If Litchfield were here they would have had a similar record. (Continued…)
sside67
posted 11/14/07 @ 3:32 PM EST
Give Boos a chance.
And there's still no credible proof that Thompson got Litchfield fired. There are, however, plenty of horror stories from past players. (Continued…)
afan
posted 11/14/07 @ 7:33 PM EST
when will everyone read that litchfield was not fired, hes contract was just not renewed. with this team he would have done the same. they are very young. (Continued…)
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