2008 Woodie Awards
Cougars collect 20 wins
Cougars win 20 games for three straight seasons; now look to continue home winning streak
Zachary Groves
Issue date: 10/23/07 Section: Sports
Besides a trip to Quincy University, SIUE Volleyball may not have to pack again until the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament.
The No. 17-ranked Cougars wrapped up their multiple-game road trips of the regular season after edging the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons in a 3-2 nail biter Saturday and sweeping the University of Missouri-Rolla Miners in three games Friday night in the "Show-Me State."
SIUE battled a seesaw match for five games against their GLVC rival in the Mark Twain building. UMSL took game one in front of its home crowd.
"First game coming out, UMSL played pretty well," SIUE Head Coach Todd Gober said.
"They were very excited. We came out kind of flat, kind of nonchalant."
The Cougars, according to Gober, picked up their offensive game in games two and three, but fell in game four. Junior outside hitter Kate Hofeldt served six straight points in game five to help earn another six, as in six wins in a row, since the team's loss to the University of Indianapolis Sept. 29.
Hofeldt said each game against UMSL was a comeback effort.
"They got that run in the beginning of the game and we forced ourselves to play catch-up," Hofeldt said.
Junior middle hitter Kelsey Hubert led the team in kills, as she did against UMSL at home Sept. 22, with 17. Junior outside hitter Emily Rahn collected 16 kills and Hofeldt finished with 15.
Meanwhile, UMSL boasted middle hitter Christy Trame's 19 kills and fellow hitter Claudia Medina's 18.
Both teams fought hard for the ball defensively as well. While the Cougars saw five players finish in double digits in digs, the Tritons saw four achieve the feat on their side.
UMSL, however, had the upper hand in blocks with 13 versus SIUE's eight.
Despite trailing in blocks, Hubert said the Cougars still exploited the Tritons' offensive game in the middle, where Trame usually plays, and won two of their three games with the approach.
The No. 17-ranked Cougars wrapped up their multiple-game road trips of the regular season after edging the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons in a 3-2 nail biter Saturday and sweeping the University of Missouri-Rolla Miners in three games Friday night in the "Show-Me State."
SIUE battled a seesaw match for five games against their GLVC rival in the Mark Twain building. UMSL took game one in front of its home crowd.
"First game coming out, UMSL played pretty well," SIUE Head Coach Todd Gober said.
"They were very excited. We came out kind of flat, kind of nonchalant."
The Cougars, according to Gober, picked up their offensive game in games two and three, but fell in game four. Junior outside hitter Kate Hofeldt served six straight points in game five to help earn another six, as in six wins in a row, since the team's loss to the University of Indianapolis Sept. 29.
Hofeldt said each game against UMSL was a comeback effort.
"They got that run in the beginning of the game and we forced ourselves to play catch-up," Hofeldt said.
Junior middle hitter Kelsey Hubert led the team in kills, as she did against UMSL at home Sept. 22, with 17. Junior outside hitter Emily Rahn collected 16 kills and Hofeldt finished with 15.
Meanwhile, UMSL boasted middle hitter Christy Trame's 19 kills and fellow hitter Claudia Medina's 18.
Both teams fought hard for the ball defensively as well. While the Cougars saw five players finish in double digits in digs, the Tritons saw four achieve the feat on their side.
UMSL, however, had the upper hand in blocks with 13 versus SIUE's eight.
Despite trailing in blocks, Hubert said the Cougars still exploited the Tritons' offensive game in the middle, where Trame usually plays, and won two of their three games with the approach.
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