2011-12 Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Headlines

May 16, 2012
Cuppini Receives Award To Attend Leadership Conference
Cuppini, a sophomore at Benedictine, was awarded a 2012 National Women’s College Leadership Scholarship to attend the NCCWSL conference May 31-June 2 at the University of Maryland, College Park.

April 12, 2012
MSOE Grad Named Assistant Volleyball Coach At Lakeland
Christopher Brandt, an Illinois native with Division III playing and NAIA coaching experience, is Lakeland College's new assistant volleyball coach.

January 17, 2012
Concordia Chicago Names Shepp Head Volleyball Coach
Concordia University Chicago announces the appointment of Alison Shepp as head coach for the volleyball team. Shepp succeeds Kathy Gebhardt who coached the Cougar women the past nine seasons.

December 14, 2011
Bukowski Named Lakeland Women's Volleyball Coach
Kim Bukowski, a Wisconsin native with Division I playing and coaching experience, is Lakeland College’s new head women’s volleyball coach.

November 17, 2011
DeLozier, Palmer Garner AVCA Awards
Maranatha's Torey DeLozier was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division III Midwest All-Region Team for the 2011 season. Additionally, the junior outside hitter received honorable mention for the AVCA DIII All-American Team.

November 11, 2011
Eagles season ends with NCAA tourney loss to Carthage
In their first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, the Edgewood College volleyball team faced a 25-13, 25-12, 25-16 loss to ninth-ranked Carthage College.

November 8, 2011
Edgewood to face Carthage in NCAA First Round
The Eagles will travel to the campus of Washington University at St. Louis, to meet Carthage College in a first round NCAA Division III Tournament match.

November 7, 2011
Palmer claims final weekly volleyball award of 2011
Edgewood's Mallory Palmer was named the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week for events of October 31-November 6, the final weekly award of the 2011 season.

November 5, 2011
Eagles edge Stars for first NCAA bid
Edgewood held off a Stars' rally in the fifth set for a thrilling 3-2 victory in the title game of the 2011 NAC Women's Volleyball Tournament.

November 4, 2011
Gebhardt resigns as CUC's volleyball coach, SWA
Kathy Gebhardt, head coach of the Concordia University Chicago volleyball team since 2003, has resigned her position, effective with the end of the 2011 season.

November 3, 2011
DeLozier leads women's volleyball awards
The Northern Athletics Conference has announced the awards for the 2011 volleyball season and for the second-straight season Maranatha's Torey DeLozier was named NAC Player of the Year.

October 31, 2011
Palmer's double-doubles spike weekly award
Edgewood's Mallory Palmer was named the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week for events of October 24-30.

October 24, 2011
Davis earns weekly award, tournament berth
Lakeland's Allison Davis was named the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Student-Athletes of the Week for events of October 17-23.

October 22, 2011
Dominican clinches 2011 volleyball title
With a 3-1 victory over the Benedictine Eagles, the Dominican University Stars women’s volleyball team clinched the 2011 Northern Athletics Conference regular season title today in the Igini Sports Forum.

October 17, 2011
Stars' Lawrence earns another weekly award
Dominican's Jacy Lawrence was named the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week for events of October 10-16.

October 11, 2011
Stars' Lawrence honored with weekly award
Dominican's Jacy Lawrence was named the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week for events of October 3-9.

October 3, 2011
Star's setter Guerrieri named weekly award winner
Dominican's Jessica Guerrieri was named the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week for events of September 26-October 2.

September 26, 2011
DeLozier spikes third weekly award
Torey DeLozier of Maranatha was named the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week for events of September 19-25.

September 19, 2011
DeLozier's attack earns weekly award
Maranatha's Torey DeLozier tallied 66 kills in three matches to earn the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week Award for events of September 12-18.

September 12, 2011
Lawrence's 3 double-doubles earn weekly award
Dominican's Jacy Lawrence recorded three double-doubles in four matches to earn the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week Award for events of September 5-11.

September 6, 2011
DeLozier named women's volleyball weekly award winner
Maranatha's Torey DeLozier guided the Crusaders to a 4-0 start, and was named the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Week for events of August 29-September 4, the first award of the season.

August 24, 2011
Dominican chosen as volleyball coaches' preseason favorite
Dominican was chosen as the favorite in the Northern Athletics Conference's 2011 women's volleyball preseason coaches' poll with 163 points and seven first-place votes.

August 18, 2011
Lakeland turns to familiar face to head volleyball program
Lakeland College has announced the hiring of interim head coach for the women’s volleyball program. Jon Staabs has been promoted to interim head women’s volleyball coach after six seasons as an assistant coach for the Muskies.

July 26, 2011
Baumgartner to take over Stars' volleyball program
The Dominican University Department of Athletics announced on Monday that it has hired Ryan Baumgartner as the department’s Athletics Events Manager and Head Women’s Volleyball Coach.

July 22, 2011
Four conference teams honored with AVCA academic award
Four Northern Athletics Conference women's volleyball teams -- Concordia Chicago, Concordia Wisconsin, Dominican and Edgewood -- all earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2010-11 academic year.

July 20, 2011
Longtime head coach steps down from Lakeland women's volleyball program
Chad Schreiber, one of the most successful coaches in Lakeland College history, resigned Tuesday as the Muskies' head women's volleyball coach.

July 6, 2011
Dominican's Paciero accepts position at UW-Parkside
RIVER FOREST, Ill. -- The Dominican University Department of Athletics announced on Tuesday that Christine Paciero has resigned from her position at Dominican University to become the head women's volleyball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, an NCAA Division II institution located in Kenosha, Wis.