2007-08 Headlines
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THOMAS NAMED A FINALIST FOR DIVISION III COLLEGIATE WOMAN ATHLETE OF THE YEARDecember 05, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Amber Thomas (Ephrata, Pa./Conestoga Valley), a junior outside hitter on the Juniata College women’s volleyball team, has been named a finalist for the Collegiate Women Sports Awards’ 2007-08 Division III Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.
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JUNIATA ADVANCES INTO SEMIFINALS WITH WIN OVER AMHERSTNovember 15, 2007BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Juniata College women’s volleyball team fought back an Amherst College challenge in the second and third games before putting away the Lord Jeffs 3-0, in a quarterfinal matchup at the NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Championship in Bloomington, Ill.
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THOMAS, KOZAK, AND SOLLENBERGER NAMED TO ALL-AMERICA TEAMSNovember 13, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. –Three Juniata College women’s volleyball players, including two first-time selections, were named to the 27th annual American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America teams, which were released Tuesday.
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JUNIATA VOLLEYBALL ADVANCES TO NCAA QUARTERFINALS WITH WIN OVER HAVERFORDNovember 10, 2007HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Juniata College women’s volleyball team earned its way through to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Championship with a 3-0 win over 16th-ranked Haverford College, Saturday evening at Haverford College in Haverford, Pa. Game scores in the match were 30-19, 30-12, and 30-14.
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JUNIATA VOLLEYBALL SURVIVES SEMIFINAL SCARE FROM THE CAPTAINS Juniata squeezes out 3-2 win over Christopher Newport University (Va.)November 09, 2007HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Juniata College women’s volleyball squad posted a come-from-behind win in game five to escape its NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship regional semifinal match against Christopher Newport University (Va.) with a 3-2 victory, at the Haverford College regional in Haverford, Pa.
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FOUR EAGLES NAMED TO AVCA ALL-REGION TEAMNovember 08, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College placed four Eagle women’s volleyball players on the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region team, which was released Thursday.
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JUNIATA DOMINATES PHILADELPHIA BIBLICAL TO OPEN NCAA VOLLEYBALL TOURNEYNovember 08, 2007HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Juniata College women’s volleyball team’s pursuit of a second straight national championship began with a 3-0 victory over an outgunned and overmatched Philadelphia Biblical University squad, Thursday afternoon in Haverford, Pa. Game scores in the first round match at the Haverford College regional were 30-13, 30-19, and 30-23.
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VOLLEYBALL’S BETH KOZAK NAMED TO CoSIDA/ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAMNovember 08, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College junior Beth Kozak (Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon Area) has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Third Team for women’s volleyball.
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SIX JUNIATA VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS HONORED BY LANDMARK CONFERENCE Thomas named Player of the Year; Megan Sollenberger named Specialist of the YearOctober 31, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Six members of the Juniata College women’s volleyball team were named to the All-Landmark Conference squads, as released by the conference on Wednesday afternoon.
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JUNIATA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL DOWNS MORAVIANOctober 31, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Second-ranked and top-seeded Juniata College will host the Landmark Conference Women’s Volleyball Tournament championship match, after dispatching fourth-seeded Moravian College, 3-0, Wednesday night at the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center in Huntingdon, Pa.
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JUNIATA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL COMES UP SHORT IN UPSET BID OVER #1 WITTENBERG Eagles cruise past #5 Carthage College in opener at Wittenberg Fall ClassicOctober 26, 2007SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Juniata College women’s volleyball team faced perhaps its toughest test of the 2007 season, going up against top-ranked Wittenberg University on its own floor on the first day of the Wittenberg Fall Classic, and eventually falling to the Tigers, 3-1, in front of a packed house of 1,400 fans at the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center in Springfield, Ohio.
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JUNIATA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL DOWNS CARNEGIE MELLON IN WID GUISLER TOURNEY OPENEROctober 19, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The second-ranked Juniata College women’s volleyball team required just an hour and 15 minutes to dispose of a pesky Carnegie Mellon squad, 3-0, in Friday night’s opening game of the 2007 Wid Guisler Invitational, at the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center in Huntingdon, Pa. Game scores were 30-16, 30-20, 30-22.
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JUNIATA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL DOWNS #7 LA VERNE, 3-0October 19, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Second-ranked Juniata College trailed at various times in all three games, but rallied when it needed to on its way to a thrilling three-game victory over #7 University of La Verne (Calif.), to close out Friday’s first day of action at Juniata’s Wid Guisler Invitational women’s volleyball tournament in Huntingdon, Pa. Game scores were 30-28, 30-27, and 32-30.
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JUNIATA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TO HOST RANKED OPPONENTS AT WID GUISLER INVITATIONALOctober 18, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College will play host to some of the top women’s volleyball teams in Division III during this weekend’s “Wid” Guisler Invitational tournament, which runs Friday, Oct. 19, and Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center.
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JUNIATA VOLLEYBALL COMPLETES LANDMARK SWEEP WITH WIN OVER SCRANTONOctober 07, 2007BALTIMORE, Md. – The Juniata College women’s volleyball team completed an unblemished sweep of Landmark Conference foes with a 3-0 win over the University of Scranton, Sunday morning in Baltimore, Md. Game scores were 30-20, 30-21, 30-22.
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JUNIATA’S RESERVES OUTLAST CATHOLIC IN 3-0 WINOctober 06, 2007BALTIMORE, Md. – Juniata College head women’s volleyball coach Larry Bock gave both his starters and his reserves a workout, as 15 players saw the floor in the top-ranked Eagles’ 3-0 win over Catholic University, in a Landmark Conference match held at Goucher College in Baltimore, Md. Game scores were 30-26, 30-23, and 30-21.
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JUNIATA IMPROVES TO 19-2 WITH 3-0 WIN OVER ELIZABETHTOWNOctober 03, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The top-ranked Juniata College women’s volleyball squad improved its overall record to 19-2 with a 3-0 win over Elizabethtown College, Wednesday night at the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center in Huntingdon, Pa. Game scores were 30-11, 30-21, and 30-16.
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JUNIATA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL FALLS TO PRINCETON IN FOUR GAMESSeptember 30, 2007PRINCETON, N.J. – The Juniata College women’s volleyball squad pushed Division I Princeton University to four games before falling to the Tigers 3-1, Sunday afternoon in Princeton, N.J. Game scores were 30-28, 23-30, 30-20, and 31-29.
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JUNIATA VOLLEYBALL CRUISES PAST ST. VINCENT, 3-0September 25, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Junior Amber Thomas (Ephrata, Pa./Conestoga Valley) racked up 14 kills and Erin Albert (Philipsburg, Pa./Philipsburg-Osceola) chipped in with 12 kills to lead Juniata College past St. Vincent College, 3-0, in women’s volleyball action Tuesday night at the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center in Huntingdon, Pa. Game scores were 30-16, 30-9, and 30-27.
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JUNIATA COMPLETES FOUR-GAME SWEEP OVER LANDMARK FOES Eagles defeat Moravian and Goucher on day two of conference playSeptember 23, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The top-ranked Juniata College women’s volleyball squad completed a weekend sweep of four Landmark Conference foes with wins over Moravian College and Goucher College, Sunday afternoon at the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center in Huntingdon, Pa.
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JUNIATA DOWNS TWO LANDMARK FOES IN 3-0 VICTORIES Top-ranked Eagle defeat Susquehanna and U.S. Merchant Marine AcademySeptember 22, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The top-ranked Juniata College women’s volleyball squad managed to accomplish two things in Saturday’s first day of competition in a Landmark Conference volleyball weekend, being held at Juniata’s Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center in Huntingdon.
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THOMAS NAMED AVCA DIVISION III NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEKSeptember 17, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Amber Thomas (Ephrata, Pa./Conestoga Valley), a junior outside hitter for then-No. 2 Juniata, has been named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division III National Player of the Week.
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JUNIATA VOLLEYBALL DOWNS DICKINSON, BALDWIN-WALLACE TO OPEN SEASONAugust 31, 2007HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Juniata College women’s volleyball team began its 2007 season the same way it ended its 2006 campaign – with a pair of wins. Two very convincing wins.