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2008 Final Results2008 Final Results 2008 Team Highs2008 Team Highs

Overall 12-20 + MVC 5-13Home 3-8 Away 5-9 Neutral 5-3

Date Opponent W/L Game Scores8/29 vs. Centenary $ W 28-26,25-17,25-148/29 vs. Ball State $ W 22-25,17-25,25-14,25-20,15-88/30 vs. Sam Houston State $ W 25-23,25-16,25-178/30 vs. Green Bay $ W 25-15,28-26,21-25,25-139/2 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 25-11,15-25,25-14,25-159/5 at Green Bay % W 33-31,25-17,25-229/6 vs. Northern Arizona % L 25-23,25-20,28-269/6 vs. Fresno State % W 18-25,25-18,25-19,20-25,15-99/12 vs. Xavier & L 17-25,25-17,25-18,25-229/13 at Iowa State & L 25-10,25-13,25-159/13 vs. Iowa & L 25-18,25-11,25-169/19 at Northern Iowa * L 21-25,25-19,28-26,25-179/20 at Bradley * W 25-22,15-25,25-17,20-25,15-89/26 WICHITA STATE * L 25-17,25-21,25-219/27 MISSOURI STATE * L 23-25,25-21,25-16,28-2610/3 at Creighton * L 25-15,25-14,25-910/10 at Indiana State * W 17-25,25-23,22-25,25-19,15-1310/11 at Illinois State * L 25-17,25-16,25-1510/14 SOUTH DAKOTA L 25-20,25-20,20-25,25-1810/17 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS * L 25-22,22-25,25-16,25-27,15-710/18 EVANSVILLE * L 25-22,25-23,25-1310/20 at South Dakota State L 25-19,16-25,20-25,25-22,16-1410/24 at Missouri State * L 25-12,25-16,25-2310/25 at Wichita State * L 25-14,25-12,26-28,23-25,15-810/29 UMKC L 13-25,13-25,25-20,25-19,15-810/31 CREIGHTON * L 25-17,25-20,24-26,25-1811/7 ILLINOIS STATE * L 25-19,25-20,24-26,25-1811/8 INDIANA STATE * W 25-12,25-17,25-2311/14 at Evansville * W 25-22,28-26,25-911/15 at Southern Illinois * L 25-18,25-17,25-1011/20 NORTHERN IOWA * L 25-21,25-18,20-25,25-2211/21 BRADLEY * W 25-15,25-17,25-21

$ Comfort Suites Sam Houston St. Invitational (Huntsville Texas)% Green Bay Country Inn & Suites Classic (Green Bay Wis.)& Iowa State Tournament (Ames Iowa)* Missouri Valley Conference

Kills67 at Indiana State (10/10) 5 Sets

Total Attempts181 vs. Southern Illinois (10/17) 5 Sets

Attack Percentage.319 vs. Indiana State (11/8) 3 Sets.319 vs. Bradley (11/21) 3 Sets

Assists63 at Indiana State (10/10) 5 Sets

Aces9 vs. Fresno State (9/6) 5 Sets9 at Bradley (9/20) 5 Sets

Digs84 vs. South Dakota (10/14) 4 sets

Blocks15 vs. Fresno State (9/6) 5 Sets

2008 Individual Highs2008 Individual HighsKills

23 Angela Bys vs. Southern Illinois (10/17) 5 SetsTotal Attempts

52 Angela Bys vs. Southern Illinois (10/17) 5 SetsAttack Percentage

.550 Emily Madden at Sam Houston State (8/30) 3 SetsAssists

51 Chelsea Lauersdorf at Indiana State (10/10) 5 SetsAces

4 Angela Bys vs. Western Illinois (9/2) 4 Sets4 Emily Madden at Wichita State (10/25) 5 Sets

Digs34 Alana Wittenburg vs. South Dakota (10/14) 4 Sets

Blocks9 (1-8) Nicole Brown at Evansville (11/14) 3 Sets9 (0-9) Michelle Reidy vs. Fresno State (9/6) 5 sets

Player MP-MS K K/G E TA Pct. Ast. A/G SA SA/G SE RE Dig D/G BS BA B/G BE BHE

K. Word 26-0 1 0.02 0 2 .500 1 0.02 1 0.02 2 9 27 0.60 0 0 0.0 0 0C. Johnson 20-0 11 0.23 2 21 .429 153 3.19 7 0.15 12 0 57 1.19 0 0 0.0 0 2M. Reidy 29-29 190 1.73 76 499 .228 6 0.05 13 0.12 12 3 57 0.52 8 91 0.90 4 2M. Sims 25-21 184 2.33 70 531 .215 17 0.22 0 0.0 0 1 27 0.34 3 44 0.59 3 2A. Bys 32-32 397 3.31 171 1,117 .202 17 0.14 26 0.22 27 31 239 1.99 5 32 0.31 3 1A. Roth 32-24 216 1.79 101 616 .187 15 0.12 0 0.0 5 1 25 0.21 11 67 0.64 20 1A. Jarek 27-10 42 0.67 18 134 .179 3 0.05 3 0.05 8 2 19 0.30 5 33 0.60 4 2C. Lauersdorf 32-31 76 0.63 41 228 .154 1,003 8.29 32 0.26 27 1 267 2.21 5 35 0.33 4 9E. Price 19-1 23 0.68 15 75 .107 1 0.03 1 0.03 3 3 29 0.85 0 3 0.09 0 0E. Madden 32-32 236 2.00 138 972 .101 15 0.13 15 0.13 25 55 298 2.53 8 50 0.49 3 0A. Wittenburg 32-0 2 0.02 1 18 .056 47 0.39 15 0.12 14 34 603 4.98 0 0 0.0 0 3N. Brown 20-8 36 0.71 30 132 .045 3 0.06 0 0.0 0 1 9 0.18 3 44 0.92 4 0L. Schryver 32-4 5 0.04 4 35 .029 17 0.15 21 0.18 23 9 215 1.84 0 0 0.0 0 2S. Clausen 18-0 0 0.00 0 2 .000 15 0.37 7 0.17 7 0 19 0.46 0 0 0.0 0 0Drake 32-32 1,419 11.73 667 4,382 .172 1,313 10.85 141 1.17 165 165 1,891 15.63 48 399 2.05 45 24Opponents 32-32 1,581 13.07 645 4,477 .209 1,451 11.99 165 1.36 205 141 1,966 16.25 48 320 1.72 20 31

2008 Statistics2008 Statistics

2008 RESULTS & FINAL STATISTICS

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VOLLEYBALL | 09

Sophomore libero Alana Wittenburg set the single-season record with 603 digs last season and moved into fourth with 1,026 career digs.

registered 0.90, 0.64, 0.59 and 0.49 blocks per set, respectively.

The headliner of the group was Reidy, a walk-on, who led the squad with 99 total blocks, including a team-best 91 block assists. She fi nished nationally ranked in blocks, while sitting eighth in the MVC.

DeBerg Roth was strong in her own right, posting a team-high 11 solo blocks en route to 78 total blocks, while Madden, Sims and sophomore middle blocker Nicole Brown chipped in 58, 47 and 47 total blocks, respectively.

Sophomore outside hitter Angela Bys turned in another strong campaign for Drake, leading the team in kills (397), kills per set (3.31) and total attempts (1,117), while ranking second in service aces (26) and aces per set (0.22).

She fi nished the year ranked sixth, eighth and 15th, respectively in the league in kills, points (3.70) and aces per frame. In league-only tilts, she was seventh and 10th in kills (3.18) and points (3.46). Her 397 kills and 1,117 attack attempts represented the seventh-best single-season marks in school history.

On the strength of her team-high 1,003 assists this season, junior setter Chelsea Lauersdorf moved into third place in career assists for the Bulldogs with 2,150. Her 1,003 assists this past season represented the 10th-best single-season output in school history and sparked her to rank ninth in the league in assists.

She proved to be equally adept serving the ball, registering a team-best 0.26 service aces per set, the sixth-best mark in the MVC.

As a team, the Bulldogs posted 18 individual double-doubles this season. Lauersdorf led

A season of change is never easy on any program and for the Drake volleyball squad under the direction of fi rst year head coach Phil McDaniel, the 2008 campaign was one fi lled with many chapters defi ned by a full gamut of emotions.

In raw numbers alone in terms of won-loss ratio this past season was one which critics will either view as glass half-full or glass half-empty.

On the positive side, the Bulldogs fi nished with a 12-20 mark to post their highest victory output since 1998, while their fi ve Missouri Valley Conference triumphs were Drake’s most since 2000. The 12 wins represented a new ceiling for victories among the Bulldogs, as the previous high-water mark for the current Drake roster was eight triumphs in 2006.

The negatives were tangible as despite fi nishing with their 12th consecutive non-winning season, the Bulldogs clearly improved as the season progressed, but the squad still left many victories on the table as evidenced by Drake’s 4-4 record in fi ve-set matches.

Leading the defensive resurgence on the back row was the play of sophomore libero Alana Wittenburg, who shattered the single-season Drake record for digs with 603 and sits fourth in school history with 1,026 career digs. She fi nished fourth in the MVC in digs (4.98), while ranking 28th nationally helping the Bulldogs fi nish 70th (among 250 schools) in the country. In league-only affairs she ranked fi fth in digs (4.70).

Sparking the defensive corps on the front line was the play of freshman middle blocker Michelle Reidy, sophomore outside hitter Alisa DeBerg Roth, redshirt freshman outside hitter Mikayla Sims and junior outside hitter Emily Madden as the quartet

the way with eight, including a triple-double at UMKC, while Bys contributed seven and Madden added three.

The Bulldogs got strong play from their freshmen core of Reidy, setter Caitlin Johnson and defensive specialist Erika Price. Registering 1.73 kills and team-highs in blocks and hitting percentage (.228) was Reidy, while Johnson contributed 3.19 assists and Price 0.85 digs and 0.68 kills per set.

Elevating the Bulldogs’ arsenal in their second seasons were Bys, DeBerg Roth and Sims. DeBerg Roth evolved as a force for the Blue and White, averaging 1.79 kills and the 24th-best block mark (0.64) in the league. Despite being hampered by injuries, Sims posted 2.33 kills a set en route to netting the second-highest hitting percentage (.215) on the team. She ranked 24th in the conference in kills and 25th in points (2.65).

Making the most of their on-court time as juniors were Madden, middle blocker Ashley Jarek and defensive specialists Lindsay Schryver and Kristen Word.

Madden turned in a stellar campaign registering 2.53 digs, 2.00 kills and 0.49 blocks. She fi nished 24th in the MVC in digs. Schryver collected 21 service aces to rank third on the team and 25th in the conference, while Word recorded 0.60 digs per set.

Jarek made the most of her playing time, averaging 0.67 kills and 0.60 blocks. Her block mark stood as the fourth-best mark on the roster.

Sophomore setter Susan Clausen netted 0.46 digs and 0.37 assists in limited action in her fi rst campaign at Drake.

2008 YEAR-IN-REVIEW

The coaching staff led the Bulldogs to 12 wins last season, the highest mark since the 1998 season.

Chelsea Lauersdorf led the Bulldogs in assists (1,003) and service aces (32) in 2008.