bluefield college rams (5-19) milligan college lady

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BLUEFIELD COLLEGE RAMS (5-19) # 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 22

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Katey Hall FR Megan Randall JR Britny Paynter JR Angi Highlander JR Yeda Duarte SR Ashley Harper FR Autumn Elledge FR Ashley Alley SO Ashley Strickland SR Hallie Elder JR Layney Sandifer SO Cheznee Daily JR Kelsee Smith SO Emily Smith FR

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OH/MH MH DS MH DS OPP DS/RS S OH/DS RS MB S OH OH

HOMETOWN Troutville, VA Knoxville, TN Fredricksburg, VA Hampton, VA Brazil Staunton, VA North Wilkesboro, NC Dublin, VA Carroll County, VA Brookneal, VA Lynchburg, VA Mooresville, NC Saltville, VA Fincastle, VA

Brian Votaw - Head Coach

MILLIGAN COLLEGE LADY BUFFS(8-15) # 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 17 17 24 32

Name Chelsea Spivey Karina McAvoy Morgan Rutledge Rachel Hurley Amanda Lackey Kendra Fiddler Rachel Renville Erin Pittman Kaitlyn Qualls Katelin Henson Kayla Moore Kylie Whaley Holly English

Cl. JR SO SR SO FR JR FR FR FR JR FR SO JR

Pos. S DS OH/DS OH OH MH OH DS/OH RS/S LIB/DS MH/RS MH OH/DS

Ht. 5-9 5-5 5-9 5-10 5-9 6-1 5-11 5-6 5-7 5-4 5-10 5-11 5-8

Hometown Gate City, VA Erwin, TN Kingsport, TN Pleasant Hill, IA Midlothian, VA Colorado Springs, CO Broomfield, CO Norris, TN Colorado Springs, CO Kingsport, TN Whittier, NC Maryville, TN Kingsport, TN

Doneva Bays - Head Coach Frank Forsythe - Assistant Coach

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COACHES CORNER Tonight is another tough AAC match as we face Milligan College who was the preseason conference favorite. In our earlier meeting we played with them up until the the 15 point range but struggled with mental errors and Milligan was always able to pull away. We will focus on slowing down their middle attackers and believe that is our best chance to win tonight. We see continued improvement from our middle hitter’s in Angi Highlander and Megan Randall and will be counting on them for some huge defense tonight. I also wish to congratulate Yeda Duarte as she is quickly approaching the 2000 career digs milestone and may achieve that feat tonight.

NAIA VOLLEYBALL NEWS This Week Around the Top 25 • The week of Oct. 17 - 23 showcases six matches between ranked teams, with four of them pairing squads from the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC). In Tuesday’s action, No. 7 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) defeated No. 8 Fresno Pacific (Calif.), 3-1, in a match-up of the second- and third-place GSAC foes. On Tuesday, eighth-ranked Fresno Pacific (Calif.) topped No. 12 Biola (Calif.) in four sets. Also on Tuesday in GSAC play, Concordia (Calif.) extended its winning streak to 22 by knocking off 17th-ranked Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) in four sets. • Top-25 teams took the day off Monday with many resuming action on Tuesday. In total, ranked teams went 12-2 to begin the week, including a 10-0 record against unranked opponents. No. 3 Columbia (Mo.) and No. 4 Lee (Tenn.) both took straight-set decisions over conference opponents. • The biggest non-conference match of the week will take place on Saturday when thirdranked Columbia travels to Des Moines, Iowa, to challenge No. 24 Grand View (Iowa) at the Grand View Tournament. The Vikings wrestled away control of the Midwest Collegiate Conference (MCC) from Viterbo (Wis.) by defeating the V-Hawks in three sets on Oct. 12. Grand View is 7-0 in the MCC and 27-5 overall. Meanwhile, the Cougars are 11-0 in the American Midwest Conference and have won their last 14 matches. • Top-ranked Texas at Brownsville continues Red River Athletic Conference play after dominating two more league opponents over the past week. The Scorpions posted straight-set wins over Texas Wesleyan on Oct. 14 and SAGU (Texas) on Oct. 15. Texas at Brownsville now looks forward to St. Thomas (Texas) on Friday and Huston-Tillotson (Texas) on Sunday.

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2011 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS SEPTEMBER 1 SEPTEMBER 2 SEPTEMBER 6 SEPTEMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 10 SEPTEMBER 13 SEPTEMBER 16 SEPTEMBER 17 SEPTEMBER 18 SEPTEMBER 24 SEPTEMBER 27 SEPTEMBER 29 OCTOBER 1 OCTOBER 3 OCTOBER 4 OCTOBER 6 OCTOBER 7-8 OCTOBER 13 OCTOBER 14 OCTOBER 15 OCTOBER 17 OCTOBER 20 OCTOBER 22 OCTOBER 24 OCTOBER 26 OCTOBER 28 OCTOBER 29 NOVEMBER 3 NOVEMBER 5

UVA-WISE WV TECH TOURNAMENT VA INTERMONT TN WESLEYAN PIKEVILLE/MIDWAY MONTREAT BRYAN REINHARDT COLUMBIA RANDOLPH UNION MILLIGAN MONTREAT BLUEFIELD STATE TN WESLEYAN VA INTERMONT MALONE TOURNAMENT BRYAN REINHARDT CONCORD MILLIGAN “DIG PINK DAY” PIKEVILLE UNION UNIV OF CHARLESTON COLUMBIA UVA-WISE WV TECH

6:30 PM - AWAY TBA PM - AWAY 6:30 PM - AWAY 5:00 PM - HOME TBD PM - AWAY 6:30 PM - HOME 7:00 PM - AWAY 1:00 PM - AWAY TBD PM - AWAY TBD PM - AWAY 6:00 PM - HOME 6:30 PM - AWAY 1:00 PM - HOME 6:00 PM - HOME 4:00 PM - AWAY 6:00 PM - HOME 7:00 PM - AWAY 5:30 PM - HOME 1:00 PM - HOME TBD PM - AWAY 6:30 PM - HOME 11A, 2 PM- HOME 6:30 PM - HOME 6:00 PM - AWAY 6:00 PM - HOME TBA PM - HOME 6:30 PM - HOME TBD PM - AWAY

NAIA TOP 25 RANKINGS

MATCH DETAILS

RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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SCHOOL Texas at Brownsville (23) Concordia (Calif.) Columbia (Mo.) Lee (Tenn.) Embry-Riddle (Fla.) College of Idaho Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) Indiana Tech Vanguard (Calif.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Taylor (Ind.) Biola (Calif.) Cal State San Marcos Southern Oregon Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) Missouri Baptist Spring Hill (Ala.) Indiana Wesleyan Bellevue (Neb.) Oklahoma Baptist Carroll (Mont.) Grand View (Iowa) Saint Xavier (Ill.)

0-3 LOSS 1-3 LOSS, 0-3 LOSS 2-3 LOSS 3-0 WIN 3-0 WIN, 3-1 WIN 0-3 LOSS 0-3 LOSS 1-3 LOSS 0-3 LOSS 0-3 LOSS 0-3 LOSS 0-3 LOSS 0-3 LOSS 3-1 WIN 3-0 WIN 1-3 LOSS 0-4 OVERALL 0-3 LOSS 1-3 LOSS -

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Live Stats:

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Home Team Website: www.bcrams.com

Visiting Team Website: www.milliganbuffs.com

Social Media:

Twitter: @BluefieldRams

Bluefield Team Leaders (through 24 games) Kills- Randall (258) Assists- Daily (542) Service Aces- Daily (23) Digs- Duarte (468) Blocks- Randall (56) Milligan Team Leaders (through 23 games) Kills- Fiddler (207) Assists- Spivey (714) Service Aces- Spivey (18) Digs- Rutledge (472) Blocks- Fiddler (86)

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GAME #25 10.20.2011 6:30pm

BLUEFIELD

DOME GYMNASIUM BLUEFIELD COLLEGE

MILLIGAN

Current AAC Standings

School AAC Union 10-1 .909 Bryan 9-1 .900 Montreat 9-3 .750 Columbia 7-4 .636 Milligan 6-5 .545 VI 6-6 .500 Reinhardt 3-8 .273 Bluefield 2-11 .154 TN Wes 0-13 .000

Overall 13-12 .520 14-12 .538 16-13 .552 18-9 .667 8-15 .348 9-14 .391 7-17 .292 5-19-1 .220 4-18 .182

GB -- 0.5 1.5 3.0 4.0 4.5 7.0 9.0 11.0

Home 7-0 6-1 8-4 7-3 5-6 5-3 2-8 2-5 1-8

Away 5-5 3-4 6-4 7-3 3-6 4-5 4-7 2-12-1 3-8

Neutral 1-7 5-7 2-5 4-3 0-3 0-6 1-2 1-2 0-2

Streak Won 4 Won 3 Won 1 Won 4 Lost 4 Lost 3 Lost 1 Tie 1 Lost 1

this season The Bluefield Lady Rams are coming into tonight’s match with a few days off after a postponed match at Division II side, Concord University. The Lady Rams are looking for a big win tonight at home versus Milligan. BC is on a current seven-game losing streak. Bluefield begins in a stretch of eight games, seven of which are at home. They will only play one more away AAC match in 2011, which is against Union (Ky.) on Oct 26. Nationally, Yeda Duarte ranks number 15 in Division I in Digs per Game (5.710). In the NAIA, Bluefield College ranks number 6 in Division I in Digs per Game (19.090) nationally. Tonight’s match could include a huge milestone in not only Bluefield College volleyball history, but also personally for Senior Libero Yeda Duarte. Duarte currently sits with 1,983 digs in her career. The 2,000th dig mark only happens around 20 times annually across the country.

about the matchup Tonight’s matchup between Bluefield and Milligan is the second matchup of the 2011 season. The Lady Buffs are entering tonight’s match with a 8-15 record, which ranks them among the lower 50% in the AAC. Bluefield is entering with a 5-19 record, sitting just below Milligan in the standings. In the first meeting of the season, Milligan defeated Bluefield in straight sets, 25-17, 25-19, 25-15. In the match, Bluefield’s Randall led the way with 6 kills, while Milligan’s Fiddler tallied 8 kills. In 2010, Milligan took both contests from the Lady Rams in similart fashion with 3-1 wins.

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