A No. 14 ranking certainly isn’t anything to be ashamed of. But for volleyball head coach Cathy George, MSU’s No. 14 ranking only highlights the amount of work that needs to be done before Big Ten play begins Sept. 27. Despite the strong start, MSU (8-1 overall) is only ranked fifth in a stacked Big Ten conference as of Sept. 14.
With a tournament-winning performance, Big Ten honors and a major milestone approaching, it’s safe to say that senior outside hitter Lauren Wicinski is enjoying her week. Fresh off of an MVP performance at the Butler Invitational, Wicinski has been named Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time in her career.
Senior outside hitter Lauren Wicinski fell short of hitting the 2,000 kill mark over the weekend, but it didn’t matter as the Spartans (8-1 overall) won the Butler Invitational behind her MVP performance. Wicinski’s 45 kills led the Spartans to 3-0 sweeps over IPFW on Friday and Illinois State and Butler on Sunday.
As a freshman, MSU volleyball great Jenna Wrobel was immediately plugged into a starting lineup burgeoning with potential. The head coach at the time, Chuck Erbe, was in the midst of compiling a team stocked with significant talent. Current head coach Cathy George described Wrobel as the missing link to that team.
A week after a 2-0 weekend homestand, the volleyball team (5-1 overall) will hit the road to Indianapolis as they take on IPWF, Illinois State and Butler at the Butler Invitational. Illinois State in particular will be an interesting matchup. Besides MSU having a 5-8 series record against the Red Birds, head coach Cathy George is a 1985 Illinois State graduate.
Two thousand kills — it’s an exclusive sorority. Former volleyball player Jenna Wrobel, who will be inducted into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame today, reached the 2,000 career kills almost two decades ago. She currently stands as the all-time MSU leader in career kills with 2,292, and is 18th overall on the NCAA all-time career kills list.
Last Friday’s win against Oregon was an exposition of intensity for the No. 15 MSU volleyball team. Led by the aggressive play of senior middle blocker Alexis Mathews and senior outside hitter Lauren Wicinski, MSU snuffed Oregon — last season’s national championship runner-up — in a close 3-1 victory.
At the eve of the 2013 volleyball season, junior libero and co-captain Kori Moster made it abundantly clear — the Spartans are striving for more. Following a successful 2012 season, it only fits that the bar has been raised. After a Sweet 16 exit last year, MSU’s appetite for success has grown. The Spartans yearn for a Final Four appearance. A national championship berth would be even better.
The momentum from Friday’s win over national championship-runner up Oregon carried over for MSU as they rolled to a 3-0 sweep over Oregon State Saturday night (25-12, 25-16, 25-17).
It was a huge victory for the Spartans, and the two-headed monster of senior middle blocker Alexis Mathews and senior outside hitter Lauren Wicinski enabled it to happen.
With national championship runner-up Oregon coming to town, the MSU volleyball team will be in for a challenging matchup Friday.
MSU volleyball team did not emerge from the Hokie Invitational unscarred.
Going into the Hokie Invitational at Virginia Tech this weekend, volleyball head coach Cathy George planned to dig deep into her bench. The plan was to see which players, particularly her freshmen, would be able to handle roles in the rotation this season.
The MSU volleyball team (3-1) had a solid performance at the Hokie Invitational this weekend as they opened up their season at Virginia Tech.
The MSU volleyball team will open its season today in Virginia, and will play against four teams in the Hokie Invitational, hosted by Virginia Tech University.
With the Hokie Invitational looming for the MSU women’s volleyball team, head coach Cathy George has plans to put her talented recruiting class to the test.
After a season that saw a 12-0 start, a 25-10 overall record and an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 berth, expectations for the 2013-14 MSU women’s volleyball team are high.
The MSU volleyball season kicked off with the Green and White game Saturday, and for the players it was an exercise in teamwork, trash talk and an opportunity to showcase individual talents as excitement for the oncoming season begins.
After an NCAA Tournament filled with triumph, the MSU volleyball teams season came to a heartbreaking end after being swept by Michigan in the Sweet Sixteen.
The MSU volleyball team is slated to play against Michigan today, but this time, the match will be anything but the usual.