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Barmore, Gronotte Honored by MSC for Second Week in a Row (10-1-08)

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- For the second consecutive week, Campbellsville University’s Teresa Masava, Georgetown College’s Amy Barmore and Jenna Gronotte are the Mid-South Conference Volleyball Players of the Week.

Gronotte averaged 10 assists per game to earn MSC Setter of the Week. The senior setter recorded 51 assists in the Lady Tigers 3-2 win over No. 18-ranked West Florida.

Gronotte recorded a pair of double-doubles on the week in leading the No. 11-ranked Lady Tigers to a perfect 6-0 week. The final double-double -- 38 assists and 12 digs -- came in a 3-0 sweep of No. 4-ranked Birmingham Southern.

The Walton, Ky., native, leads the Mid-South with 10 assists per game. The weekly honor is he second of the season.

Barmore, a junior libero averaged 3.6 digs and 0.7 service aces per game to earn Mid-South Libero of the Week. The Louisville native recorded 13 digs and eight service aces in a 3-0 win over conference foe West Virginia Tech.

Barmore finished the week with 72 digs and 14 aces. She leads the MSC in aces (0.6) per game. The MSC honor is her second of the season.

Georgetown, ranked tenth in this week's NAIA Coaches' Poll, is 12-5 on the season, including leading the MSC with a 5-0 record.

Tiger Volleyball Wins Birmingham Southern Tournament (9-27-08)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The 11th-ranked (NAIA) Georgetown College volleyball team went 4-0 this weekend to win the Loco’s Invitational, hosted by Birmingham-Southern, Friday and Saturday in Bill Battle Coliseum.

In the final match of the two-day tournament, Georgetown played host Birmingham Southern and won, 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-21). Erica Janzsen led the Tigers with 11 kills and 17 digs, and Jenna Gronotte recorded a double-double with a match-high 38 assists as well as 12 digs. Jessica Hoeh also posted a match-high 17 digs, while Elizabeth Goodin and Amy Barmore tallied 13 and 12 digs, respectively.

On the Panthers’ side of the net, Anderson led with nine kills, Stojanovic posted a double-double with 32 assists and 11 digs, and McKannan led with 24 digs. Harris also posted 17 digs, and junior Alex Norten recorded 11.

In other action today, West Florida defeated Rhodes College, 3-0 (25-18, 25-11, 25-10), Georgetown College defeated Washington University, 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-17), and Washington University defeated Rhodes College, 3-0 (25-12, 25-23, 25-17).

Georgetown’s Hoeh and Barmore were named to the All-Tournament Team, as were Wilhoite, Anderson, Nikki Morrison of Washington, and Allison Squires of Rhodes.

Volleyball's Barmore, Gronotte Honored by MSC (9-23-08)

(l to r) Amy Barmore and Jenna Gronotte Georgetown College's Amy Barmore and Jenna Gronotte have been honored by the Mid-South Conference as Volleyball Players of the Week for their positions of libero and setter. Barmore, a junior libero from Louisville, averaged 3.8 digs per game to earn Mid-South Libero of the Week. She collected 12 digs in the Campbellsville win and recorded three service aces in the 3-0 win over Pikeville. Gronotte, a senior setter from Walton, Ky., amassed 61 assists en route to a double-double -- she also had 11 digs -- in the No. 11 Tigers 3-1 win at No. 19 Campbellsville last week. Georgetown is 6-5 on the season, including leading the MSC with a 3-0 record.

Tiger Volleyball Moves Up in the Polls (9-10-08)

Georgetown College Volleyball has had the opportunity to size up the competition over the past two weeks and despite five losses to ranked opponents, two important wins have moved the Tigers up one spot in this week's NAIA Coaches' Poll to No. 10.

The Tigers first traveled to California to face four of the NAIA's top five in the Concordia University Labor Day Tournament, knocking off No. 5 Azusa Pacific 3-0 and playing tough against No. 1 Fresno Pacific, No. 4 Biola and No. 3 Concordia.

Georgetown then followed with a trip to the Columbia, Mo. for the Best Western Classic where they were able to grab a 3-2 win over No. 6 Columbia College but fell to No. 22 Bellevue and No. 15 Lindenwood.  Senior setter Jenna Gronotte and junior All-American Erica Janzsen were named to the classic's all tournament team.

"I really didn't know how the losses would affect us in the polls," said Head Coach Jeff Hulsmeyer.  "With quality wins but a few losses to teams ranked lower than us it was a toss up but it is nice to see that our strength of schedule is paying off."

The Tigers opened up conference play on Tuesday at home with a 3-0 win over the University of the Cumberlands and improved their overall record to 4-5.  Next up is a trip to conference rival No. 17 Campbellsville on Tuesday.

Tiger Volleyball Ranked No. 11 in NAIA Coaches' Poll (8-20-08)

The Georgetown College Tiger Volleyball team will open the season with a No. 11 national ranking and a trip to the west coast that will challenge their spot.

The Tigers will travel to Irvine, Ca. to play in the Concordia Labor Day Tournament the last weekend of August.  The competition will be tough as Georgetown will face three of the final four teams from last year's national championship in the first three matches of the year - Fresno, Biola and host Concordia.  Head coach Jeff Hulsmeyer has intentionally crafted this year's schedule to let his team know what is needed to be among the best.  By season's end, the Tigers will have faced eight of the top ten in the poll released Tuesday.

"We'll know where we stand early but if you want your program to be consistently at the top then those are the teams you have to play."

The Tigers are led by junior All-American Erica Janszen, who says the team is working hard in the preseason in many ways.  "It's not just about what is getting done on the court," said the outside hitter. "We are also working hard right now to gel as a team and make sure things get started off the way we want."

Chemistry is a little easier for the team that lost no seniors last year and ended the season at 39-6.  "Its very humbling to know that we are respected by our opponents with this ranking," said Hulsmeyer.  "Some of the tough teams we played last year now know that we have a nice team with everyone returning.  They know we are a quality team that will be a quality opponent for them."

The first regular season ranking will be released on Tuesday, September 9.

RANK	LAST YEAR	SCHOOL	1st Place Votes	2007 Win/Loss	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)	25	38-1	715
2	2	California Baptist University		32-5	692
3	3	Concordia University (Calif.)		30-6	669
4	4	Biola University (Calif.)		32-8	646
5	5	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)		21-10	614
6	6	Columbia College (Mo.)		30-10	596
7	17	Northwestern College (Iowa)		31-12	550
8	9	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)		17-13	528
9	8	College of Idaho (Idaho)		25-8	500
10	21	Madonna University (Mich.)		35-12	479
11	14	Georgetown College (Ky.)		39-6	467
12	10	Southern Oregon University		26-6	416
13	15	Morningside College (Iowa)		33-4	413
14	7	Dickinson State University (N.D.)		30-4	403
15	12	Lindenwood University (Mo.)		41-8	396
16	20	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)		26-8	360
17	23	Walsh University (Ohio)		29-9	338
18	24	Campbellsville University (Ky.)		36-9	334
19	18	University of Texas at Brownsville		36-9	310
20	19	Dordt College (Iowa)		32-9	267
21	16	Vanguard University (Calif.)		10-16	208
22	RV	Bellevue University (Neb.)		27-14	189
23	RV	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)		23-21	171
24	22	Westminster College (Utah)		25-12	165
25	13	Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio)		39-5	130

 

Georgetown College Volleyball Picked to Win Mid-South Conference (8-15-08)

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Georgetown (Ky.) College is the Mid-South Conference preseason favorite for the 2008 volleyball season according to the conference coaches. 

Georgetown received 34 points, including four first place votes from the league coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team. 

Campbellsville (Ky.) University is a close second receiving 33 points, including the final three first place votes. 

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) College (26 points) is third followed by Pikeville (Ky.) College (19) and University of the Cumberlands (18). West Virginia University Institute of Technology (10) and St. Catharine College (7) round out the coaches’ picks for the seven-team conference.

The volleyball team celebrated a great season at the annual awards banquet.

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Student-Athlete Athletics Council Awards Annual GC's on Sunday  (4-28-08)

The Georgetown College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted the third-annual GC Awards on Sunday, April 27th in the Georgetown College Chapel. Former Tiger and current WKYT-TV chief meteorologist T.G. Shuck served as master of ceremonies and gave student-athletes an idea of how much they will appreciate the foundation that athletics helps to form in their lives when they are in their chosen careers.

Shown left: Juniors Jason Frilling (baseball) and Katie Filiatreau (basketball) were named Mr. and Ms. Georgetown for their leadership and accomplishments in the classroom and in their sport and are congratulated by Director of Athletics Eric Ward.

Award winners were nominated and chosen by students, teammates and staff members and are listed below. (Click on the individual's name to see a photo of them receiving their honor if they were present.)

	Female Recipient	Male Recipient
Rookie of the Year	Whitney Ealey (softball)	Christian Heavens (golf)
Courage Award	Amy Chamberlain (soccer)	Donnovan Brown (baskeball)
Comeback Award	Sarah Gronefeld (softball)	Mike Secor (football)
Stripes Award	Sarah Yost (tennis)	Michael Clemons (track)
Supporting Role	Amy Schiller (basketball)	Jerry Turner (basketball)
Performance of the Year	Victoria Witt (softball)	Luke Garnett (cross country)
Play of the Year	Kim Ingle (basketball)	Colin Wilkerson (baseball)
Athlete of the Year	Jennifer Tarplee (softball)	Gus Chase (basketball)
Mr. and Ms. Georgetown	Katie Filiatreau (basketball)	Jason Frilling (baseball)
Coach of the Year	Thomas Thornton (softball)	Happy Osborne (basketball)
Most Improved Academic Team of the Year	Volleyball	Golf
Academic Team of the Year	Cross Country	Cross Country
Team of the Year	Softball	Basketball

 

Tiger Volleyball celebrated the last home match of the season on October 30th with middle school volleyball teams and families – some of whom dressed up for the occasion!  The team will travel to Louisville on November 9 and 10 as the top seed in the Mid-South Conference Tournament.

Photo by Steve Blake

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sophomore Kristy Hock goes for a kill. Photo by Ron Osborne

 

 

 

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