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12/7 MSU State News
Players react to coach's retirement
12/3 Lansing State Journal
Spartan volleyball coach Erbe retiring
12/3 MSU State News
Erbe retires as coach after 12 years with 'U'
12/2 MSU State News
Recruit preparing for season after torn ACL
12/1 MSU State News
Team optimistic for next season; Schram, Griffin garner honors
11/29 MSU State News
Team shut out in losses to end year
11/22 MSU State News
Volleyball team splits weekend on the road
11/15 MSU State News
'U' frustrated by No. 5 Iowa; Shram ties record
11/12 MSU State News
Spikers set for 2-game homestand
11/10 MSU State News
Coach optimistic of postseason
11/8 MSU State News
'U' splits weekend against Purdue, Indiana
11/5 MSU State News
Spartans carry 3-game win streak to weekend at Indiana
11/3 MSU State News
Spikers gaining confidence with each victory
11/1 MSU State News
Spikers carry momentum from U-M win, upset No. 21 Illinois
11/1 Illinois Daily Illini
Illinois volleyball splits road weekend
10/29 Illinois Daily Illini
Volleyball hopes for solid second half
10/29 MSU State News
No. 21 Illinois to play at 'U'
10/28 MSU State News
Spartans take win from U-M, 3-2
10/28 Michigan Daily
Spikers let another match slip away
10/27 MSU State News
Spikers set for rematch vs. Michigan
10/25 MSU State News
Spikers finally record win
10/22 MSU State News
Spikers return home
10/20 MSU State News
Frosh setter already making impact at 'U'
10/18 MSU State News
Spikers drop 2 weekend matches; now winless in 5
10/15 Ohio State Lantern
Women's volleyball seeks sweet revenge
10/15 MSU State News
Inconsistent spikers travel for 2 weekend games
10/14 Penn State Collegian
PSU ready for Wolverines
10/13 MSU State News
Team slips as season progresses
10/11 MSU State News
Spikers fall 2 games below .500
10/8 MSU State News
Spartans to face No. 24 Illinois
10/7 Michigan Daily
Win extends best start in 'M' history
10/7 MSU State News
Service errors, hits hurt spikers as Wolverines edge Spartans
10/4 MSU State News
Spikers travel to Ann Arbor looking for edge vs. U-M
10/4 Purdue Exponent
Volleyball players take first win against MSU in 12 years
10/4 MSU State News
Errors amount to team's weekend split
10/1 Purdue Exponent
Volleyball's Michigan match-up measures growth
10/1 MSU State News
Team returns home searching for wins
9/30 MSU State News
Wallin tears ACL, out for entire season
9/29 MSU State News
Spikers able to balance studies, sport
9/27 MSU State News
Spartans winless for second straight week; Wallin injured
9/24 Minnesota Daily
No. 1 Minnesota gets set to play host to duo of Michigan foes
9/24 MSU State News
'U' looks to get past No. 1 Golden Gophers
9/21 MSU State News
Volleyball searches for outside left hitter as Big Ten season approaches
9/20 MSU State News
Spartans go winless in weekend plays
9/20 USC Gamecock
Volleyball holds serve at Gamecock Invitational
9/16 MSU State News
Spartans prepare for weekend invite
9/15 MSU State News
Wallin shines, breaks record
9/13 MSU State News
Spartans place 2nd in tourney
9/10 MSU State News
Spikers prepare for 1st road trip
9/8 MSU State News
Spikers lead Big Ten in hits, blocks
9/8 The WSU Sunflower
WSU hosts Green Mill Classic this week
9/7 MSU State News
Spartans 3-0 in weekend matchups
9/7 The Ohio Post
Volleyball wins 2 of 3 at Michigan State Invite
9/5 Lansing State Journal
Volleyball team keeps up perfection
9/3 MSU State News
Spartans host weekend invite
9/3 Lansing State Journal
Departures leave Spartans with questions
9/1 MSU State News
Competition for starting positions heat up for 'U'
8/30 The Famuan
Lady Rattlers ready to strike
8/30 MSU State News
Green and white match kicks off season
8/17 Lansing State Journal
Postseason appearances aren't enough
Note: Because many of the news items on this page link to current-news sites that are updated frequently, some links in the archive may no longer work.
Western Michigan assistant coaches Russ Carney and Ron Arenz will join Cathy George at MSU. [Carney] [Arenz]
According to the Kalamazoo Gazette, assistant coach Russ Carney will join Cathy George at MSU. [full story]
Ron Mason expects a "thorough search process" to select the next coach. [full story]
In a move that surprised many, Chuck Erbe retired December 2 as MSU's most successful volleyball coach, capping off a career that had a tremendous impact on the game at all levels. [full story]
Kim Schram was a unanimous choice for the All-Big Ten Team and Maggie Griffin was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. [full story]
During the ten-week 2004 conference season, six of the players chosen as Big Ten Player of the Week earned the award for excelling in their match against the Spartans. Either a strong performance against MSU is highly regarded in the award selection or we bring out the best in our opponents!
The MSU Volleyball team counts five outstanding Honors College Students among their players: Michaela Kopka, Brooke Langston, Diana Steplyk, Kim Schram, and Miken Trogdon. The women have earned numerous academic and athletic accolades over the year. Michaela Kopka was selected for Academic All Region honors. Kim Schram was selected for First Team All Big Ten, All Region and Honorable Mention All-American for her volleyball endeavors. (from HConnections, publication of the MSU Honors College)
MSU headed for Columbus, Ohio and University Park, Pennsylvania on October 15 to play the number 8 and 5 ranked teams in the country. Friday's match against Ohio State was swept by the Buckeyes 3-0. Saturday's match against Penn State went four games, with the Nittany Lions coming out on top.
The Big Ten has announced the television schedule for the fall 2004 volleyball season. No Spartan home matches are included, but the match at Penn State will be on ESPN2 and those at Illinois and Wisconsin on Fox Sports Chicago.[full story]
On Friday, October 1 MSU came from behind in each of the first two games against Indiana to defeat the Hoosiers 3-0. Saturday brought MSU their third five-game match of the year, ending in a loss to the Purdue Boilermakers.
Chuck Erbe announced on September 29 that Megan Wallin's injury during the Minnesota match has been diagnosed as a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee. She was scheduled for surgery October 14 to repair it. [State News story]
The Spartans opened the Big Ten conference season last Friday with a match against the #1-ranked team in the country, Minnesota, who lived up to their ranking by dominating MSU 3-0. Megan Wallin injured her knee in the match, and is out for an undetermined time.
Then the Spartans traveled to Iowa City for a Saturday night match against the Hawkeyes, which ended in a 1-3 loss.
The University of Southern California cancelled their trip to South Carolina, but the tournament went on with a revised schedule. MSU lost the first match of the weekend to Notre Dame 1-3 on Friday, and fell to South Carolina 2-3 on Saturday. This is the first time since 1993 that the Spartans finish a tournament appearance without a victory.
One of MSU's players hoped to celebrate her birthday on Friday September 17 by beating Notre Dame. [Who was it?]
Chuck Erbe announced this week that freshman Maggie Griffin will set for the volleyball squad this year. If Maggie's career goes as planned, she would be the first four-year setter to play at MSU for Chuck Erbe and only the second in Spartan history. [Who was the first?]
Red-shirt juniors Brooke Langston and Megan Wallin have been chosen as co-captains for the 2004 Spartan volleyball team.
All match times for the Coca-Cola MSU Invitational, as well as two away tournaments. [full season schedule]
Fourth place has been a familiar neighborhood for MSU in the Big Ten coaches' preseason poll, with their rankings varying from third to fifth for the last seven years. Kim Schram earned the unanimous support of the coaches for a spot on the 2004 preseason All-Big Ten preseason team, which features what might be a record number of seniors this year.[MSU story] [Big Ten story]
Three new freshmen will join the program this fall while, unfortunately, Sara Villwock's foot injury has forced the end of her volleyball career.[full roster]
Setter Maggie Griffin was named MVP of the 18 Open Division of the USAV Junior Olympic Championships. In so doing, she became the first player in JO history to win the award twice. Her Sports Performance 18 Elite team also won the gold medal in the 18 Open Division.
[USAV site] [Sports Performance site]
Notable matches: The Coca-Cola Classic returns to the schedule for Labor Day weekend; the Spartans will play NCAA champions USC at South Carolina.[full season schedule]
MSU Volleyball has hired Ed Tolentino as assistant coach and promoted Daune Koester to first assistant. [full story]
Nikki Colson was named team MVP for the second year in a row. [full story]
The former MSU assistant is getting acclimated to his new home. [full story]
Kim follows in the footsteps of Angela Morley (2002) and Erin Hartley (2001) as an AVCA All-Mideast Region pick. [full story]
Full List of All-America Selections
Penn State won the Big Ten championship for the second year in a row and earned the number two national seed for the NCAA tournament. [full story]
On September 13, Minnesota was named the #1 team in the country for the first time in school history. Two other Big Ten teams were included in the top ten. [complete poll]
Illinois ended the NCAA-record 52-game winning streak of #1-ranked Southern California with a 3-2 victory on Saturday 9/11. The same day, Minnesota knocked off #4-ranked Florida 3-2. However, Michigan has the best non-conference record at 7-0. [Standings]
No there aren't any Spartan volleyball players involved, and no, it doesn't fit the green heading at the top of the column, but certainly some of you want to watch Olympic volleyball. Most viewers with cable TV will be able to see coverage on at least NBC, MSNBC and CNBC and maybe more channels. See the full schedule by going to NBC's Olympic TV Listing page, selecting either Volleyball or Beach Volleyball, and picking the dates you want.
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court decision in favor of parents of high school volleyball players and against the Michigan High School Athletic Association. The court ruled unanimously that the scheduling of Michigan's high school sports seasons hurts volleyball players. On August 4, the MHSAA annnounced that they will appeal the decision. [full story]
USC, Nebraska, UCLA and Florida take the top four spots in the AVCA poll, with Minnesota and Penn State leading the Big Ten in the number 5 and 8 positions. The MSU Spartans get 45 points, good for the unofficial 36th spot. [full story]
Fredrick comes from Washington State University, replacing Rita Buck-Crockett who resigned as head coach in March to move to Florida with her husband, taking an associate coach position with Florida State University.[full story]
Libero will be allowed to serve. [full story]