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09.08.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Tihomirova Named WHAC Player Of The Week
Senior All-American Lubovj Tihomirova was named Wolverine-Hoosier
Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the
week ending September 7, 2008. This is the first
WHAC award of the season.
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09.06.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders Take Home Martin Memorial Title
Senior All-American Lubovj Tihomirova
took home MVP honors and was joined on the
all-tournament team by fellow senior Whitney
Fuelling and junior Inta Grinvalds as
Madonna took home the 2008 Julie Martin Memorial
Tournament Championship on Saturday with a 3-0
win over Windsor and a 3-1 win over Spring
Arbor.
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09.05.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Sweeps To Open Martin Memorial
The 10th-ranked Madonna volleyball
team swept through day one of the 2008 Julie
Martin Memorial Tournament on Friday with a 3-0
win over Davenport and a 3-1 win over
Cedarville. MU is now 10-1 on the season.
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08.30.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Splits Pair Of Top-10 Battles At
Point Loma
The 10th-ranked Madonna volleyball team upset
ninth-ranked College of Idaho to pen the day but
fell to No. 8 Point Loma Nazarene in the finals
of the Seaside Invite in San Diego. Whitney
Fuelling and Lubovj Tihomirova were
named to the all-tournament team after the
match.
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08.29.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Opens Seaside With Pair Of Sweeps
Seniors Whitney Fuelling and Lubovj
Tihomirova led the offense with a combined
43 kills
in two matches as the 10th-ranked Madonna volleyball team
rolled to a 3-0 win over Ashford to open play at
the Point Loma Nazarene Seaside Invite and then
improved to 7-0 on the season With a sweep of
Mt. Marty in the night cap. MORE
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08.23.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Captures Early Bird Title With Wins
The 10th-ranked Madonna volleyball
team used a 12 kill performance from Mary
McGinnis to knock off No. 25 Mount Vernon
Nazarene and clinch the 2008 Early Bird
Challenge championship on Saturday at the
University of Michigan-Dearborn. The win marks
the first Early Bird title for MU since 2006.
The Crusaders’ 27-25, 25-17 and 25-16 win
improves the squad to 5-0 on the season.
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08.22.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Cruises On Day One Of Early Bird
The
10th-ranked Crusader volleyball squad continued
its season opening win streak with two wins to
kick off day one of the Early Bird Classic at
UM-Dearborn. MU took down Marian 3-0 in the
opener and dispatched with Robert Morris by a
same 3-0 score. MU returns to action with two
games Saturday starting with an 8:30am match
with Point Park University.
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08.20.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders Roll In Season Opener 3-0 Over SAU
Behind 15 kills from All-American Lubovj
Tihomirova and 13 more from Mary McGinnis,
the 10th-ranked Madonna volleyball
team opened the season with a 3-0 sweep.
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08.19.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Ranks 10th In NAIA Preseason Poll
The
Madonna University volleyball team is ranked 10th
in the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics (NAIA) preseason coaches’ poll
released by the national office today. The
Crusaders debut in the top-10 for the fourth
straight season and will play nine teams who
received votes in the poll, including five
top-25 teams.
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07.30.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Honored For Academic Excellence
The 2007 Madonna University volleyball team was
among 21 NAIA schools recognized by the American
Volleyball Coaches Association today with the
AVCA Team Academic Award.
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06.18.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
2008
Volleyball Schedule Announced
The 11-time defending WHAC champion Madonna
volleyball team will kick-off the 2008 season
August 15th with its annual alumni match, part
of a 13 date home slate on its 2008 schedule
released today.
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06.15.2008
| W. BASKETBALL-VOLLEYBALL
Pair
Of New Crusaders Tabbed By Free Press
A pair of the newest Crusaders have been honored
by the Detroit Free Press in the publication's
16th annual Scholar Athlete selections. Women's
basketball signee Vanessa LaMay
(Taylor, Mich. | Truman HS) and volleyball
signing Karie Altman (Taylor, Mich. |
Allen Park Cabrini HS) were chosen as the
top scholar athlete at their respective schools.
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03.19.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Inks Cabrini Standout To Letter Of
Intent
The 11-time defending Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic
Conference champion Madonna volleyball team
added another piece to its 2008 puzzle today as
head coach Jerry Abraham announced that
Allen Park Cabrini standout Karie Altman
has signed a letter of intent to continue her
academic and athletic careers at Madonna
starting this fall.
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03.12.2008
| VOLLEYBALL
WHAC
Champs Add Another Piece For 2008
Head volleyball coach Jerry Abraham
announced his second signing for the 2008 season
on Wednesday. Megan Fricke (Wyandotte,
Mich.), a 5-9 outside hitter from Wyandotte
Roosevelt High School will continue her academic
and athletic careers at Madonna starting this
fall.
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12.3.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Gatt, Tihomirova
Named To All-America Squads
The National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced
the 2007 Volleyball All-America Teams, as
selected by the NAIA Volleyball All-America
Selection Committee and Madonna junior outside
hitter Lubovj Tihomirova earned first team
honors, while senior Jacqui Gatt was runner-up
for National Libero of the Year and an honorable
mention All-America selection. MORE |
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12.3.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball
Has Trio Named To Scholar Athlete Squad
Following the NAIA National Championship, three
Madonna University volleyball student-athletes
were selected to the 2007 Daktronics NAIA
All-American Scholar Athlete Team.
MU's selections included Whitney Fuelling
(pictured), Jacqui Gatt and Amy Szymanski. MORE |
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12.1.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Tihomirova Named To NAIA
All-Tournament Team
Junior All-American Lubovj Tihomirova (pictured)
was named to the 2007 NAIA National Championship
All-Tournament team following the championship
on Saturday. This is the first time Tihomirova
has been selected to the team.
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11.30.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball
Stung by Scorpions as Season Ends
The Madonna volleyball team
saw their season and national championship run
come to an end Friday, falling to
Texas-Brownsville 3-1 (30-25, 28-30, 19-30,
30-32) in the round of ten at the NAIA National
Championships.
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11.29.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders
Advance With Win Over Olivet Nazarene
The Madonna volleyball team
wrapped up pool play in the 2007 NAIA National
Championship with a 30 (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
sweep of Olivet Nazarene on Thursday. With the
win MU advances to the round of 10 and will face
off with the University of Texas at Brownsville
at 11:30am (EST) on Friday with the winner
advancing to the quarterfinals.
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11.28.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Splits On Day One At
National Summit
Tihomirova Sets Single Season Kills Record
The Madonna volleyball team
got off on the right foot in pool play with a
3-2 (27-30, 30-24, 30-27, 28-30, 15-11) win over
Mount Vernon Nazarene on Wednesday morning.
Match number two of the day was not as
successful for the Blue and Gold as MU fell 3-0
to #3 Concordia (Calif.) Lubovj Tihomiova
(pictured) led MU in kills in both matches and
became the new single season kills record
holder, eclipsing the mark established in 1995
by Kelly McCausland.
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11.17.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Mission Accomplished - Volleyball Crusaders
Headed to Nationals For Sixth Straight Season
The
Madonna University volleyball team is headed to
the NAIA National Championship Tournament for
the 10th time in school history and the sixth
consecutive season after a 3-0 win over Indiana
Wesleyan in the Region VIII title game Saturday
night.
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11.10.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Downs Cornerstone 3-0
In WHAC Final
Led by WHAC Player of the Year Lubovj
Tihomirova's 26 kills, the Madonna volleyball
team captured the 2007 WHAC Tournament
championship on Saturday (Nov. 10) in Dearborn
by defeating Cornerstone 3-0. MU will now host
the NAIA Region VIII Tournament next Friday and
Saturday.
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11.9.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
MU Survives WHAC Semis with 3-2
Win Over Tech
It
took five games, three of which went beyond the
30-point thresh hold, but the top-seeded Madonna
volleyball team hung on and downed Indiana Tech
3-2 (31-33, 33-31, 30-24, 33-35, 15-11) on
Friday night in Dearborn. MU advances to
Saturday's finals against Cornerstone, who upset
UM-Dearborn in four games earlier Friday.
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11.8.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Starts Recruiting
Class With Martin
Head volleyball coach Jerry Abraham announced
today that the MU program has signed Marie
Martin, a 6-1 middle hitter, to a letter of
intent. Martin, who will join a program that has
won 11 straight conference titles, will enroll
at Madonna in the fall and begin her collegiate
career with the 2008 season. STORY |
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11.5.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Grinvalds, Tihomirova Garner
Weekly WHAC Honors
For the second straight week, the
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Confernce honored
MU's Inta Grinvalds (pictured) and Lubovj
Tihomirova as the league's Setter and Player of
the Week respectively. The duo helped the
Crusaders go 2-0 last week and claim the
program's 11th straight WHAC title. This is the
second honor for Grinvalds this season while it
is the fourth in a row and fifth this season for
Tihomirova.
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11.1.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Closes Regular Season
With Sweep
The
Madonna volleyball team closed out the 2007
regular season Thursday night with a 3-0 win at
Warner Southern in Lake Wales, Fla. MU, the 2007
WHAC regular season champion, wrapped up the
regular season at 29-10 and will host the WHAC
tournament next Friday and Saturday.
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10.30.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders Win
11th Straight WHAC Championship
The
MU volleyball team claimed their 11th straight
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference regular
season championship with a 3-1 (30-24, 25-30,
30-25, 30-23) win tonight at Indiana Tech.
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10.29.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Sweeps Weekly WHAC
Honors
The
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference announced
its weekly award winners and MU swept the
volleyball awards as Jacqui Gatt, Inta Grinvalds
and Lubovj Tihomirova
(pictured) were named the Libero, Setter and Player of the week
respectively.
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10.27.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders
Fall to #4 Biola and Lee Saturday
The MU
volleyball team lived the high of defeating #5
National American last night, but turned around
and fell to #4 ranked Biola (CA) and Lee (TN) in
three games each Saturday to cap the Crusader
Classic.
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10.26.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Madonna
Upsets #5 National American in Four
The MU
volleyball team
pulled off its biggest upset of the season,
knocking off defending national champion and #5
ranked National American in four games Friday
night.
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10.23.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders
Send Seniors, Floor Off in Style
The Madonna University volleyball team swept
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference foe
Davenport, 3-0 (30-17, 30-20, 30-13), Tuesday
night here in the Activities Center on senior
night. With the victory the Crusaders move
to 25-8 and 11-2 in league play.
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10.20.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusader Spikers Rebound With Victories
The MU
volleyball team defeated Olivet Nazarene (30-28,
30-19, 30-17)and Indiana Wesleyan (30-25, 30-24,
30-23) Saturday to wrap up the IWU two-day
tri-match with a 2-1 record.
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10.19.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Falls In Five To Georgetown
In a
match that took more than 2 1/2 hours to play
and went five games, the Madonna volleyball team
fell to nationally ranked Georgetown 3-2 (23-30,
30-28, 30-25, 26-30, 18-20) in the opening match
at the Indiana Wesleyan Quad-match on Friday
night. MU will be back in action with a pair of
matches on Saturday.
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10.16.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
MU Volleyball
Sweeps Siena Heights 3-0
Behind double digit kills from Lubovj Tihomirova
and Mary McGinnis (pictured), the Madonna
volleyball team dispatched with Siena Heights
3-0 (30-23, 30-20, 30-16) on Tuesday night in
Livonia. MU is now 22-7 (10-2 WHAC) and faces
off with Georgetown on Friday night at Indiana
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10.12.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders
Make It Two Straight, 3-0 Over Cards
Lubovj
Tihomirova tallied 15 kills and Mary Mcginnis
(pictured) added 12 as MU defeated host
Concordia 30-21, 30-20, 33-31 in Ann Arbor
Friday night.. Inta Grinvalds provided 45
assists and Jacqui Gatt contributed 15 digs in
the win.
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10.11.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball
Gets Back On Track With 3-0 Win Over AQ
Behind 18 kills from All-American Lubovj
Tihomirova (pictured), the Madonna volleyball
team righted the ship Thursday night with a 3-0
win over visiting Aquinas. MU held the Saints to
just a .113 hitting percentage.
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10.09.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball
Falls At Cornerstone 3-0
For the first time since joining the WHAC in
1997, the Madonna volleyball team has dropped
back-to-back league matches, falling 3-0 on
Tuesday night at Cornerstone. MU is now in a tie
with the UM-Dearborn for first place in the WHAC
standings at 7-2.
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10.05.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders on
Wrong Side of History Friday
The MU volleyball team found themselves on the
wrong side of history Friday night, losing for
just the second time ever to Michigan-Dearborn
(3-1)
and for the first time at home in a regular
season conference match since September 30,
1997.
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10.04.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball
Sweeps Tech To Stay Perfect In WHAC
Double
digit kills from Mary McGinnis (12) and Lubovj
Tihomirova (14) propelled the Madonna volleyball
team to a 3-0 home court win over Indiana Tech
on Thursday night. MU is now 19-5 overall and
7-0 in the WHAC.
The Crusaders host UM-Dearborn on Friday night
at 7pm.
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10.02.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders Stay Perfect in WHAC Play
Using a .329 hitting percentage, eight services
aces and 15 kills from sophomore Mary McGinnis
(pictured), the 18th ranked Madonna
volleyball team took down Aquinas 3-0 at the AQ
Field House in Grand Rapids on Tuesday night.
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09.27.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders Make Quick Work of Panthers, 3-0
In a match that took barely more than an hour to
play, 18th ranked Madonna defeated Davenport 3-0
(30-19, 30-20,30-19) in Grand Rapids on Thursday
night . Inta
Grinvalds (pictured) handed out 25 assists in
the win.
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09.26.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Tihomirova
Named National Player of the Week
After being named the WHAC and Region VIII
Player of the Week earlier this week, Madonna
All-American Lubovj Tihomirova has been named
the NAIA National Player of the Week.
NAIA
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09.25.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders Escape Wolves' Den With Five Game Win
It took five games but the Madonna volleyball
team stayed unbeaten in WHAC play with a 3-2 win
at UM-Dearborn on Tuesday night. Whitney
Fuelling (pictured) had 16 kills and made two
solo blocks.
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09.24.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Gatt,
Tihomirova Take Home Weekly WHAC Honors
After helping the 18th ranked Madonna volleyball
team to a perfect 5-0 week, senior Jacqui Gatt
(above right) and junior Lubovj Tihomirova
(above left) have been selected as the WHAC's
libero and player of the week respectively.
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09.22.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Sweeps Its Way To Sailfish
Classic Title
The 18th-ranked Madonna volleyball team came
home with its first tournament title of the
season, defeating Southeastern University and
its hosts Palm Beach Atlantic 3-0 and 3-1
respectively. Lubovj Tihomirova (pictured) was
named tournament MVP while Whitney Fuelling and
Jacqui Gatt were named to the all-tournament
team.
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09.21.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Sweeps Opening Day At Sailfish
Classic
The 18th-ranked Madonna volleyball
team opened play at the Palm Beach Atlantic
Sailfish Classic with a 3-0 win over Northwood (FL)
in the day's first match and closed the night
with a 3-1 win over Embry Riddle. Senior Jacqui Gatt (above) posted
50 digs in the two matches.
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09.18.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Madonna Regroups for Win Over Concordia
After
dropping game one to the visiting Cardinals, No.
23 Madonna regrouped for a 3-1 win Tuesday night
in the Activities Center. Mary
McGinnis (left) posted 12 kills for MU.
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09.13.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders Roll Past Saints for Second WHAC Win
Junior Lubovj
Tihimorova and sophomore Mary McGinnis combined
for 27 kills as MU rolled past host Siena
Heights in three games (30-20, 30-18, 30-22)
Thursday night in Adrian.
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09.11.2007
| VOLLEYBALL 24-28-29
Madonna Sweeps #14 Cornerstone in WHAC Opener
The Madonna volleyball team came out strong and
never looked back, sweeping #14 Cornerstone
behind a balanced offensive attack, 30-24,
30-28, 31-29.
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09.11.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Gatt
Named WHAC Libero Of The Week
The WHAC office announced today that MU senior
Jacqui Gatt has been picked as the conference's
Libero of the Week after her all-tournament team
performance at last week's Julie Martin Memorial
Tournament.
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09.08.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders
Split on Day Two of Tournament
The MU volleyball team got a rude awakening Saturday
morning, being swept in three games by
Georgetown College (KY) to start day two of the
Julie Martin Memorial Tournament. But
the Crusaders rebounded nicely for a three-game
sweep of Cedarville (OH) to end the day.
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09.07.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders Win
Two on Day One of JM Tourney
In
day one action of the eighth annual Julie Martin
Memorial Tournament, Madonna came away with a
pair of victories boosting their season record
to 7-4.
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09.01.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball Wraps Up Seaside Invite With Split
Much
like day one in San Diego, the Crusader
volleyball team split its matches on day two,
downing Hope International 3-0 before falling to
host Point Loma 3-0 in the championship match.
Following the matches, Jacqui Gatt and Lubovj
Tihomirova were named to the all-tournament
team.
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08.31.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
#7
Crusaders
Split On Day
One At Point Loma
It was
a tale of two matches as the seventh-ranked
Madonna volleyball team split its two Friday
matches at the Seaside Invitational hosted by
Point Loma. Madonna handled Dominican (CA) in
three games (30-12, 30-26, 30-16) to open the
day, but fell in the night cap 3-0 to the host
Sea Lions (30-19, 30-22, 30-24). The Crusaders
are now 4-3 and take on Hope International
Saturday at 4pm (EST).
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08.25.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
No. 7 Madonna
Falls Twice at Earlybird Invite
The
7th ranked Crusaders suffered their first two
losses
of the season Saturday, dropping a morning
contest to No. 21 Cornerstone, 3-2 (18-30,
30-20, 28-30, 30-26, 13-15) and an
afternoon match to Indiana Tech, also in five
games.
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08.24.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
Crusaders
Survive Scare in Day One of "Bird"
The
No. 7 ranked Crusaders survived a scare from
unranked St. Francis (IL), winning in five games
(30-25, 30-24, 28-30, 27-30, 15-4) to escape day
one of the Earlybird Classic with a 2-0 record.
MU defeated Bethel College (IN), 3-0 (30-18,
30-28, 30-26) in match one of the day. The Crusaders will face WHAC foe
and No. 21 ranked Cornerstone at 9:30 am
Saturday.
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08.22.2007
| VOLLEYBALL
No. 7 Madonna
Rolls in Season Opener
The
7th ranked Crusaders rolled to a 3-0 win in
their season opener Tuesday at Spring Arbor
University, 30-15, 30-25, 30-16. Lubovj
Tihomirova led MU with 17 kills while Inta
Grinvalds tallied 44 assists and Mary McGinnis
posted 14 digs in her debut.
Whitney Fuelling (top) added 12 kills in the win.
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