1999 Volleyball Season in Review
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Shields named volleyball all-conference UW-Platteville sophomore outside hitter Kristen Shields earned second team all-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference volleyball honors. Shields, from Montfort (Iowa-Grant High School), led the Pioneers in kills with 384 and digs with 467 and was second in blocks with 53. In just two years, she already ranks high in many UWP career categories. Her 701 career kills put her on pace to demolish the school's all-time record of 1,137, set by Heather Hackl. She is almost halfway to the digs standard of 1,935, set by Tori Fowler. Shields has 956. The Pioneers, playing without a senior in the regular rotation, finished 18-15 overall, the 10th time in Coach Deb Schulman's 12 years with a winning record. |
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Pioneers ousted from tourney UW-Whitewater, the nation's seventh-ranked team, swept UW-Platteville out of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament Tuesday night in Whitewater. The second-seeded Warhawks won 15-4, 15-4, 15-7 to advance to Friday's Final Four in River Falls. The Warhawks are 28-4 overall. The Pioneers finished their season with an 18-15 record. They lose just two seniors, reserves Jean Mulderink and Katie Schuldt, from the squad and return the entire starting lineup. The Pioneers' top two attackers both played through knee problems Tuesday. Lindsey Block had 7 kills and Kristen Shields, who was deemed ready to play just before gametime, had 6. Kari Klaas and Kellie Klaas added 6 and 5, respectively. Erin Esser had 10 digs and 2 service aces, while Heather Gundlach had 11 digs. UW-Platteville recorded a winning record for the 10th time in Coach Deb Schulman's 12 years. |
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Pioneers win a pair Freshman Tiff Flesch set a school hitting record by making 9 kills in 10 attempts to lead UW-Platteville to a volleyball victory over Ripon Saturday. The Pioneers also beat Augustana in the home triangular to assure themselves of a winning season. UW-Platteville improved to 18-14 overall with the 15-5, 7-15, 9-15, 15-9, 15-10 win over Ripon and the 15-1, 7-15, 15-5, 15-12 victory over Augustana. Flesch's .900 hitting percentage in the best among all attackers with 10 or more attempts. Lindsey Block added 18 kills, Kristen Shields 14 and Erin Esser 12. In the second match, Block just missed getting into the record books as well. She had 17 kills and no errors in 37 attempts. Her .459 hitting percentage is shy of the record for percentage with 30 or more kills. Coach Deb Schulman said, however, that in her 12 years at UWP she cannot recall anyone with that many kills in a match without an error. Shields served 5 aces in tht second match. For the day, the Pioneers knocked down 22 aces. UW-Platteville improved to 18-14 overall. They travel to seventh-ranked UW-Whitewater Tuesday for the first-round of the WIAC playoffs. The match against the Warhawks starts at 7 p.m. |
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Pioneers post road win UW-Platteville beat Wartburg 15-13, 15-12, 15-7 Friday night in Waverly, Iowa. The Pioneers had a balanced attack at the net, as Kristen Shields had 16 kills, Erin Esser 14 and Lindsey Block 13. Heather Gundlach recorded 41 setter assists. The Pioneers improved to 16-14 overall. UWP, with just two seniors and one junior, needs to win at least one of the two matches tomorrow to clinch a winning record. The Pioneers play Ripon at noon at Augustana at 4 p.m. in Williams Fieldhouse. |
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Titans top Pioneers The UW-Platteville volleyball team lost at UW-Oshkosh 3 games to 1 Wednesday and draws the unenviable task of facing UW-Whitewater in the first round of the league tournament. UW-Oshkosh beat UWP 15-5, 15-6, 9-15, 15-12, knocking the Pioneers down to seventh place in league play. Platteville is 15-14 overall, 2-6 in the WIAC. The Titans improved to 17-12, 4-4. Kirsten Shields paced the Pioneers with 13 kills and hit .314 for the night. However, only Shields and Lindsey Block (.214) had positive hitting stats along the front line for UWP. By virtue of that seventh-place finish, the Pioneers travel to UW-Whitewater Tuesday for the WIAC tournament opener. The Warhawks are 27-4 on the year and ranked seventh in the country. The Pioneers close their home schedule Saturday by playing Ripon at noon and Augustana at 4 p.m. Before the first match, the Pioneers will salute seniors Katie Schuldt and Jean Mulderink. |
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Esser is all-tournament UW-Platteville volleyball player Erin Esser, a junior outside hitter from Montfort, was named to the six-person all-tournament team at the North Central College Pumpinball Tournament Friday and Saturday. The Pioneers split their four matches. On Friday, they whipped Dominican 15-4, 15-9, 15-4 and lost to Millikin 15-9, 15-3, 15-7. On Saturday, they won a thriliing five-game match against Benedictine, 16-14, 11-15, 15-7, 8-15, 15-13. Unfortunately, after the win, the Pioneers had to get right back on the court and lost to the host school and eventual champions, 16-14, 15-8, 15-13. The Pioneers are now 15-13 overall. They have a busy week of games, starting with Wednesday's conference match at UW-Oshkosh. After playing at Wartburg Friday, the Pioneers have their final home matches Saturday. They play Ripon at noon and Augustana at 4 p.m. |
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Pioneers split up north The UW-Platteville ensured that its long drive home would be a good one as the Pioneers beat UW-Superior 15-5, 15-8, 15-8 Saturday, snapping a four-match losing streak. The Pioneer defense nearly pitched a perfect game, holding the Yellowjackets to a .022 hitting percentage. UWP, meanwhile, hit .261 on the day. Both Lindsey Block and Kari Klaas had 10 kills. The Pioneers improved to 13-10 overall, 2-4 in the WIAC. On Friday, UWP ran into a 20-4 UW-Eau Claire team and lost to the Blugolds 15-8, 15-8, 15-10. |
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Pioneers fall before record crowd The largest regular season volleyball crowd in UW-Platteville history saw the Pioneers put up quite a struggle before losing 3-1 to regionally ranked UW-La Crosse Wednesday night Six-hundred fifty-two Williams Fieldhouse fans, which included 411 students for the Homecoming Yell contest, saw the Eagles win 15-8, 15-8, 12-15, 15-5. Dobson Hall won the spirit award and was named the Super Fan of the Game. They took $75 and 10 pizzas back to their residence hall, courtesy of the UW-Platteville athletic department and Dominos Pizza. Kristen Shields led the Pioneers with 18 kills, while Lindsey Block added 13 with only one error. Heather Gundlach recorded 46 setter assists and 18 digs. Angela Muenkel was La Crosse's top threat at the net with 26, while Sara Tappa added 16. Both Muenkel and Megan Eklund had 25 digs, with Eklund adding 58 assists. The Pioneers fell to 12-9 overall and 1-3 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Eagles improved to 14-4, 3-2. |
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Yell for volleyball Williams Fieldhouse will be rocking Wednesday night when the UW-Platteville volleyball team plays host to UW-La Crosse at 7 p.m. For the first time, the annual Homecoming "Yell" contest will be held in conjunction with the volleyball match. More than 30 student groups are already registered to try and win Homecoming points as well as the Dominos Super Fans contest. The Pioneer band will also be in attendance, which should number somewhere between 700 and 1,000 for the night. The Pioneers are 12-8 on the year and 1-2 in the WIAC. Seven of the UWP eight losses have come to ranked teams, including an exciting five-game match to UW-La Crosse earlier in the year. REMEMBER: WEDNESDAY IS PIONEER SPIRIT DAY. WEAR YOUR ORANGE AND BLUE. COME TO THE VOLLEYBALL MATCH AND HELP SET AN ATTENDANCE RECORD! |
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Pioneers open WIAC play with win UW-Platteville opened Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a 3-1 victory over visiting UW-Stevens Point Tuesday. The Pointers won the first game 15-11 before the Pioneers roared back to win the next three, 15-7, 15-10, 15-12. UW-Platteville improved to 10-6 overall, while Point fell to 5-8, 1-2. Lindsey Block displayed a dominating effort with 25 kills--just two shy of the school record--and five service aces. She had three aces in one serving rotation during game two. Kristen Shields also turned in a strong effort with 20 kills and just five hitting errors with 30 digs. Erin Esser and Kellie Klaas each added 3 service aces to the Pioneers' 13-ace attack. UWP is now off until Sept. 29, when the Pioneers face Edgewood and St. Norbert in a triangular in Madison. |
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Shields, Block make all-tourney team Sophomores Kristen Shields and Lindsey Block were each named to the all-tournament team, helping the UW-Platteville volleyball team place third in the Blazer Holiday Inn-vitational Friday and Saturday at St. Benedict College. The Pioneers were 2-2 on the weekend. On Friday, they whipped Concordia-Moorhead in straight games before falling to Simpson in 4. On Saturday, UWP beat Wittenberg 15-5, 15-5, 15-13 before losing a great five-game match to tournament champion St. Benedict 10-15, 12-15, 15-11, 15-12, 10-15. UW-Platteville is now 9-6 on the year. St. Benedict is 10-1 after finishing the tournament 4-0. UW-La Crosse was second at 3-1. Platteville, St. Ben's and La Crosse each had two players selected to the seven-person all-tournament team. Posted 9/14/99 Pioneers sweep Carroll UW-Platteville shut out host Carroll College in the second game on its way to a volleyball sweep Tuesday night in Waukesha. Plattevile's Pioneers beat Carroll's Pioneers 15-6, 15-0, 16-14 to improve to 7-4 on the year. Carroll fell to 2-6. UWP hit .263 for the match, including a sizzling .365 in game one. Platteville had only 11 hitting errors for the entire match. Lindsey Block paced UWP with 12 kills, while Kellie Klaas had 10, Erin Esser 9 and Kristen Shields 8. Freshman Megan Dankert made her first collegiate setting start and recorded 38 assists. |
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Pioneers split at IWU tourney UW-Platteville split four volleyball matches at the Illinois Wesleyan tournament Friday and Saturday in Bloomington, Ill. The Pioneers lost a five-game match to Illinois Wesleyan Friday night, as the host Titans took a 15-7, 15-5, 2-15, 17-19, 15-11 decision. The Pioneers then bounced back to beat Rose-Hulman 15-4, 15-6, 19-17. After finishing at 10:30 p.m. Friday, the Pioneers were right back on the court Saturday at 9 a.m. to face once-beaten UW-River Falls. UWP captured the first game 15-9 before the Falcons rallied for a 15-6, 15-12, 15-10 victory. The Pioneers closed the tournament by blasting Lakeland 15-11, 15-0, 15-12. Kristen Shields paced the tournament effort with 48 kills, including 15 in the Illinois Wesleyan match. Kelli Klaas also turned in strong net play with at least two blocks in each match, with a career-high 8 against Illinois Wesleyan. UW-Platteville is now 6-4 on the young season. |
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Pioneers blast Buccaneers UW-Platteville needed just 53 minutes to dispose of Beloit College 15-4, 15-4, 15-6 Wednesday in Williams Fieldhouse. The Pioneers hit .279 for the night, while the Buccaneers registered just 14 kills and hit .052. Lindsey Block paced the UWP attack with 7 kills, while Erin Esser and Tiff Flesch each had 6. Kristen Shields and Heather Gundlach each had 3 service aces. Platteville improved to 4-2 on the year, while Beloit fell to 1-4. |
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11th Annual UWP Invitational Results Fridayıs Pool Play POOL A UW-Platteville def. Loras 15-11, 15-4, 15-11 UW-Platteville def. Eureka 15-0, 15-12, 14-16, 15-6 Loras def. Eureka 15-1, 15-11, 15-8 POOL B UW-La Crosse def. Dubuque 15-12, 15-4, 15-11 UW-La Crosse def. Ripon 15-11, 15-6, 15-1 Ripon def. Dubuque 15-9, 15-10, 15-6 POOL C UW-River Falls def. North Central 15-12, 14-16, 11-15, 15-11, 15-11 UW-River Falls def. Simpson 15-11, 16-14, 15-7 North Central def. Simpson 15-5, 13-15, 15-13, 6-15, 15-7 Saturdayıs Pool Play CHAMPIONSHIP POOL UW-River Falls def. UW-Platteville 15-4, 15-9, 15-8 UW-River Falls def. UW-La Crosse 15-8, 10-15, 15-4, 15-10 UW-La Crosse def. UW-Platteville 14-16, 13-15, 15-4, 15-4, 15-8 POOL B Dubuque def. North Central 12-15, 15-7, 15-7, 15-3 Dubuque def. Loras 15-4, 15-9, 4-15, 15-6 North Central def. Loras 15-4, 15-9, 4-15, 15-6 POOL C Simpson def. Ripon 18-16, 15-2, 15-9 Simpson def. Eureka 15-8, 15-4, 15-8 Eureka def. Ripon 15-7, 15-12, 15-5 |
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Pioneers open with victory A young UW-Platteville team, which played just two upperclassmen, knocked off the 17th-ranked NAIA team, St. Ambrose, 3-1 Wednesday in Williams Fieldhouse. The Pioneers took the first two games 15-8 and 15-12 before the Bees came back to win game three 15-6. UWP then claimed the match with a 15-11 victory. Kristen Shields paced the Pioneer attack with 17 kills and 3 blocks, while Lindsey Block added 14 kills and a game-high 6 blocks. Erin Esser had the highest hitting percentage at .462. The Pioneers are the hosts of the 11th annual UW-Platteville Invitational, beginning Friday at 4 p.m. The two-day, nine-team affair concludes Saturday at 2 p.m. with the championship. |