Nov. 6, 2002
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REDHAWK VOLLEYBALL TEAM TRIES FOR FIRST ROAD WIN
Following a five-match homestand, Miami University's volleyball team tries for its first road win of the season, traveling to Kent State for a 7 p.m. battle on Friday, Nov. 8. This is the lone contest of the week for the RedHawks. Last week, the Red and White suffered narrow losses to the East Division's top two teams-Akron and Ohio-taking each squad to five-games and falling in the fifth game by a two-point margin. Sophomore outside hitter Tara Buroker (Bluffton, Ohio/Bluffton) recorded a career-high 34 digs against the Zips on Sunday.
BUROKER NAMED MAC FEMALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Sophomore outside hitter Tara Buroker spearheaded Miami's defensive effort in narrow losses to the East Division's top two teams and earned Mid-American Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week honors for her efforts, the conference office announced Tuesday. For the week, Buroker averaged an impressive 5.40 digs per game, which included 20 digs in a five-game match versus Ohio and a career-high 34 digs in a five-game match against Akron. Her 34 digs, an average of 6.80 digs per game, is the most by any Miami player in more than six years. She also notched five blocks against the Zips and averaged 0.60 blocks per game for the week and a team-high- tying 2.90 kills per game. With two double-double's last weekend, Buroker upped her season sum to a team-best 15 and now has recorded more than 20 digs on five occasions, eclipsing 28 digs in four of those matches. This is the first MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week accolade for Buroker, who earned MAC East Division Player of the Week laurels in Miami's opening weekend of competition.
McCULLOUGH RECORDS TRIPLE-DOUBLE
Senior outside hitter Kelly McCullough (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) chalked up another milestone to her Miami career last weekend when she notched a triple-double-the first of her career-in a five-game match over Ohio on Friday night. McCullough notched 13 kills a career-high 18 digs and a match-best 10 blocks (2 solo; 8 assist). This is the first RedHawk triple-double of the season.
OH SO CLOSE
Over its past six matches, Miami has gone to five games in four contests, dropping all four final games by a two-point margin to Northern Illinois, Ball State, Ohio and Akron. In its other loss, a four-game decision to Bowling Green, Miami also lost the fourth game by two points.
MORE CAREER MILESTONES
Freshman middle hitter Lindsey Sullenberger (Piqua, Ohio/Piqua) achieved a career milestone against Akron, serving up four aces. With her devastating jump serve, Sullenberger has recorded service aces in six of Miami's last eight matches, including multiple service aces in five contests.
ABOUT KENT STATE
Last weekend, the Golden Flashes pounded out four-game wins over Buffalo and Bowling Green to improve their record to 14-10 overall and 7-5 in Mid-American Conference action. The Golden Flashes are paced by Danielle Holt, who averages 4.08 kills per game. Anne Butts leads Kent State in assists, averaging 11.66 per game.
SERIES VERSUS THE GOLDEN FLASHES
Miami owns a 40-7 lead in the series with Kent State, having defeated the Golden Flashes in four games on Oct. 13 in Oxford. Last season, the RedHawks split the series with Kent State as each team won on its home court in five games. Having dropped their last two matches at Kent State, the RedHawks' last win in Kent was a four-game win in 1998.
SENSATIONAL SOPHOMORES
Sophomore outside hitters Angie Zent and Tara Buroker were pivotal parts of the solid effort the RedHawks put forth against Ball State and Marshall. In a five-game battle with Ball State, Zent, making just the fourth start of her career, stepped in and was a pillar of strength in the RedHawk lineup with 22 kills, a .400 hitting percentage, 28 digs and three solo blocks-all career-high numbers. Buroker also manufactured impressive numbers against the Cardinals, posting 18 kills and 28 digs. For the week, Buroker averaged 3.25 kills per game, and a team-best 5.12 digs per game, while Zent paced the Red and White averaging 3.50 kills per game and 4.38 digs per game.
20/20 VISION
For the first time this season, Miami had a player amass more than 20 kills and 20 digs in a single match. Sophomore outside hitter Angie Zent produced 22 kills and 28 digs in a five-game match for the RedHawks.
EATON AND McCULLOUGH CONTINUE TO CLIMB BLOCK CHARTS
Collecting 11 block assists last week, senior middle hitter Jennifer Eaton moved into a tie for fourth on Miami's career block assist chart. Eaton now owns 307 career block assists and needs 24 more move No. 3 and 40 more to capture the record of 347. Senior outside hitter Kelly McCullough owns 301 career block assists and is No. 7 on the career list. Both are chasing Miami's career standard of 347. McCullough needs seven block assists to take over No. 4. With 48 solo blocks, Eaton also is tied for ninth on the RedHawks' career solo block list.
McCULLOUGH NEARING CAREER KILL TOP TEN LIST
With 25 more kills, senior outside hitter Kelly McCullough will place her name on Miami's career kill list. McCullough enters the weekend with 1,051 career kills. Earlier this month, McCullough became just the 13th player in school history to record 1,000 career kills when she produced 11 kills against Bowling Green.
MAC NUGGETS
Seven Miami players rank among Mid-American Conference leaders in the latest MAC statistics (11/4). Senior middle hitter Jennifer Eaton ranks fourth in blocks (1.19), while junior middle hitter Susan Poll is 13th in blocks (1.01) and sixnth in hitting percentage (.288). Sophomore outside hitter Tara Buroker averages 3.86 digs per game to rank fifth, while freshman setter Megan Clark averages 9.12 assists per game to rank 10th. Senior outside hitter Kelly McCullough is 11th in service aces (0.35) and 12th in blocks (1.02). In league matches, freshman middle hitter Lindsey Sullenberger is fourth in service aces (0.50), Poll ranks eighth in blocks (1.19) and 10th in hitting percentage (.305), while Eaton is 11th in blocks (1.15). Buroker averages 4.12 digs per game to rank seventh, Clark ranks 11th in assists (7.91) and junior setter Melinda McCormick averages 7.27 assists per game to rank 13th. McCullough ranks 14th in blocks (1.08) and 15th in service aces (0.31)
EATON NAMED MAC'S EAST DIVISION PLAYER OF THE WEEK AND FEMALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Leading Miami University's volleyball team to its first pair of Mid-American Conference wins of the season and snapping a six-match losing skid, senior middle hitter Jennifer Eaton was named the MAC East Division Player of the Week and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week.
Eaton paced the RedHawks with a .529 hitting percentage for the weekend as Miami upped its record to 7-11 and 2-4 in MAC action with a three-game win over Buffalo (30-24, 30-18, 30-18) and a four-game win over Kent State (30-25, 29-31, 30-28, 30-20). In Miami's win over Buffalo, Eaton averaged 3.00 kills per game and notched a .692 hitting percentage. She made no hitting errors and connected on nine of 13 attempts. Against Kent State, Eaton collected her second double-double of the season, notching 11 kills and 13 digs. She also added a team-best seven blocks to her performance to average 1.75 blocks per game against the Golden Flashes and also posted a .429 hitting percentage and launched two service aces. She made only two attack errors all weekend. Over the weekend matches, Eaton averaged 1.29 blocks, 2.86 kills, and 2.71 digs per game in addition to her stellar .529 hitting percentage.
This is the second career conference player of the week and scholar-athlete of the week honor for Eaton. Following back-to-back triple-doubles last season, Eaton garnered her first player of the week accolade.
TOUGH FOES
Six of Miami's 12 non-conference opponents advanced to the 2001 NCAA Tournament: Louisville, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Cincinnati, San Jose State and Florida A&M. Four of those six reached the second round, while Ohio State went on to the regional semifinal. Two teams are ranked in the AVCA/USA Today Coaches' Poll. Washington is No. 21 and Georgia Tech is No. 24.
ROAD WARRIORS
Following the Miami Best Western/Sycamore Inn Classic, the RedHawks host only one home match over a five-week span. Miami played in the Georgia Tech and TCU tournaments and at Cincinnati, No. 13 Ohio State and Dayton over the first two and a half weeks of that stretch. The RedHawks returned home to host Western Ontario on Sept. 21 before opening league action on the road for two straight weekends.
McCULLOUGH LAUNCHES CAREER-HIGH FIVE ACES
Earlier this season senior outside hitter Kelly McCullough tallied four service aces against Stephen F. Austin. McCullough launched a career-best five service aces against Kent State to help lift the RedHawks to their second consecutive conference win. In the first game against the Golden Flashes, McCullough served up three consecutive aces.
POLL NAMED MAC EAST DIVISION PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Following a weekend where she earned TCU Invitational MVP laurels, Miami University junior middle hitter Susan Poll was named Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the Week. Poll earned tournament MVP honors, the first of her career, and was on only the second all-tournament team of her career. Earlier this season, Poll was named to the Miami Classic All-Tournament Team. For the week, she averaged 3.60 kills and had a .350 hitting percentage to lead the team. Never having served up an ace in her career, Poll registered four over the week, including a career-high two against San Jose State. Against the Horned Frogs, she paced the team with 4.00 kills per game and a .394 hitting percentage. In the opening match of the tournament against Stephen F. Austin, Poll averaged 3.50 kills per game and produced a .440 hitting percentage. This is the first player of the week honor for Poll.
BUROKER NAMED TO THIRD ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
For three straight weeks, sophomore outside hitter Tara Buroker (Bluffton, Ohio/Bluffton) was named to an all-tournament team, earning TCU Invitational All-Tournament Team honors on Sept. 14. Buroker has been named to every all-tournament team this season.
ENDURANCE DAY
On Sept. 14, the RedHawks' endurance was tested as the squad played nine games over a seven-hour stretch. Miami upended San Jose State in a grueling five-game match, which started at 10 a.m. and lasted two hours and 15 minutes. The RedHawks then had to turn around and face host TCU at 3 p.m. with little recovery time but came up short in a four-game loss to the Horned Frogs in a two-hour match. With the morning win over San Jose State, Miami assured itself the tournament title.
BUROKER NAMED MAC EAST DIVISION PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sophomore outside hitter Tara Buroker wasted no time making her presence felt on the court for the RedHawks in their season-opening weekend and earned Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the Week honors for her efforts. For the weekend, Buroker, who earned Miami Classic All-Tournament Team laurels, paced the RedHawks averaging 4.20 digs and 3.40 kills per game. This is the first player of the week honor for Buroker.
MIAMI CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Three players earned all-tournament team laurels at the Miami Best Western/Sycamore Inn Classic: sophomore outside hitter Tara Buroker, senior outside hitter Erika Eagan and junior middle hitter Susan Poll. This was the first time any of the three players have earned all-tournament team honors.
BUROKER'S "BUR"-EAK OUT
Sophomore outside hitter Tara Buroker, the youngest captain named during head coach Carolyn Condit's 19-year tenure, burst out of the gates in Miami's season opener against IPFW to amass a career-best 29 digs, 17 kills and a .385 hitting percentage to lead the RedHawks in all three categories. In the first game against the Mastodons, Buroker compiled an impressive 15 of her 29 digs. For the weekend, Buroker paced the RedHawks averaging 4.20 digs and 3.40 kills per game.
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